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Astronomers have been collecting data for generations, and the sad fact is that not all of it has yet been fully analyzed. There are still discoveries hiding in the dark recesses of data archives strewn throughout the as...

The House Science Committee unanimously approved a NASA authorization bill Feb. 4 after adopting dozens of amendments. The post House committee advances NASA authorization bill appeared first on SpaceNews.

The discovery by JWST of a substantial population of compact "Little Red Dots" (LRDs) presented astronomers with a major mystery. By reproducing their spectra with simulations, a team argued that they were Direct...

It's nicknamed Jetty McJetface.

Two next-generation satellite missions announced Thursday will help NASA better understand Earth and improve capabilities to foresee environmental events and mitigate disasters. NASA uses the unique vantage point of spac...

From spaghettified convicts to doomed interplanetary liners, these space movies really pile on the misery.

In 2023, a subatomic particle called a neutrino crashed into Earth with such a high amount of energy that it should have been impossible. In fact, there are no known sources anywhere in the universe capable of producing ...

Ionized clouds give the impression of flames surrounding the star AE Aurigae.

What does a welder do? A welder uses tools that join two or more parts through forces such as heat or pressure. Metals are the materials most commonly used in welding, but its also possible to weld thermoplastics or wood...

NASAs SpaceX Crew-12 mission is preparing to launch for a long-duration science mission aboard the International Space Station. During the mission, select crew members will participate in human health studies focused on ...

What happened to Captain Benjamin Sisko? This episode won't give you any answers, but it asks all the right questions.

Mercury puts on its best evening show of 2026 this February, with bright views after sunset and a helpful crescent moon.

ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher joined French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace for an event celebrating the first spaceflight of ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot.

SpaceX launched 26 missions from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A in 2025, including four human spaceflight missions. That era is coming to an end. A massive crane was put in place this week with speculation it...

An international collaboration of astrophysicists that includes researchers from Yale has created and tested a detection system that uses gravitational waves to map out the locations of merging black holes-known as super...

This new Hubble image, released on Jan. 30, 2026, is the sharpest taken of NGC 7722, a lenticular galaxy located about 187 million light-years away in the constellationPegasus. A lenticular, meaning lens-shaped, galaxy i...

Perchlorate, a toxic substance found in Mars dirt, could help the bacterium Sporosarcina pasteurii strengthen bonds between particles of regolith.

In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss sits down with a panel of experts at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center to discuss the future of the United States [] The post The future of the Space Force in a comp...

Telescopes are getting smaller. Its strange to think: smartscopes have been with us for over half a decade now. Since 2020, weve tested units from Vaonis, Unistellar and more. In a short time, these smartscopes have revo...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman took Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for a ride over the Artemis 2 launch pad recently.

Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy said the Space Force is taking a closer look at companies developing technologies to mine asteroids. The post Deep space, dim objects: Why asteroid mining caught the Space Forces eye appeared firs...

From Lego and stickers to hats and mugs, we've rounded up the best NASA Artemis 2 swag you can buy for the space and rocket fan in your life, everything from soup to nuts!