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A little more than a year after dismissing the moon as a distraction, Elon Musk says SpaceX will focus on lunar settlement before sending humans to Mars. The post Musk says SpaceX focus is on the moon rather than Mars ap...

To test it, I want you to imagine rolling up a piece of paper into a tight cylinder. Or, if you happen to be near a source of paper, doing it in real life. The analogy works either way.

Four crew members are set to launch to the International Space Station as part of NASAs SpaceX Crew-12 mission, where they will conduct research, technology demonstrations, and maintenance aboard the orbiting laboratory....

NASA and SpaceX mission managers have delayed the Falcon 9 launch of the next crew to the International Space Station as they await improved weather conditions.

"Science fiction is all about the imagination. And it can be exploring space or exploring that mysterious organism called our bodies."

There's been widespread agreement that a supermassive black hole resides in the Milky Way's Center. But that may not be true. Researchers say that a dense clump of fermionic dark matter can also explain the motio...

This Feb. 4, 2026, image from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captures a strong solar flare erupting from the star. Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy that can, along with other types of solar eruptio...

Under the leadership of the University of Bonn, a research team led by Prof. Dr. Pavel Kroupa from the Helmholtz Institute for Radiation and Nuclear Physics has discovered that galaxy clusters are about twice as heavy as...

'Whatever that thing is, it's hunting us, and it wont stop.'

Video: 00:01:21 For its most powerful flight yet, Ariane 6 lifts off for the first time with four boosters.Designed for versatility, Ariane 6 can adapt to each mission: flying with two boosters for lighter payloads, or f...

Interstellar comets are the original cosmic explorers, and by studying their metallic whispers, we are learning the secrets of worlds we may never see directly.

Have you ever heard the saying, You have to learn how to walk before you can run? The same can be true in human space exploration. To push capabilities further and ensure safe, successful missions, NASA must test ideas a...

NASA has taken another step towards greater autonomy for planetary exploration rovers. In December, the space agency used AI to generate waypoints for Perseverance's route on two separate days. The rover drove more t...

Origami and space exploration might not seem like they have much in common, but the traditional paper-folding technique solves one massive problem for space exploration missions - volume. Satellites and probes that launc...

Amino acids, the building blocks necessary for life, were previously found in samples of 4.6-billion-year-old rocks from an asteroid called Bennu, delivered to Earth in 2023 by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission. How those am...

A new proposal suggests borrowing the "Conference of the Parties" model from climate diplomacy to update space law before orbital congestion and lunar competition escalate.

A major theme in communist governments is the idea of central planning. Every five years, the central authorities in communist countries lay out their goals for the country over the course of the next five years, which c...

Germanys top intelligence officials made waves last year by calling for the creation of a European spy network to lessen Europes dependence on American intelligence. After Washingtons sudden freeze of American intelligen...

There are a lot of moving pieces when it comes to building the world's largest telescope.

For life to develop on a planet, certain chemical elements are needed in sufficient quantities. Phosphorus and nitrogen are essential. Phosphorus is vital for the formation of DNA and RNA, which store and transmit geneti...

A major study by an international team of researchers using data from the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini spacecraft has revealed a lattice-like structure of crisscrossing reflected waves that flow downstream behind the moon in Sat...

Early rises - and late night skywatchers - will get the chance to spot a wealth of spectacular sights on the lunar surface.