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Using local resources will be key to any mission to either the Moon or Mars - in large part because of how expensive it is to bring those resources up from Earth to our newest outposts. But Mars in particular has one loc...

SAN FRANCISCO - After attracting cubesat customers, Belgium-based Simera Sense is developing higher-resolution optical payloads for larger satellites. To date, Simera Sense customers have sent more than 50 xScape100and x...

A massive upheaval in the Saturnian system could have also led to the moon Hyperion.

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Grab your telescope and join us on a sightseeing tour, before the moon returns to spoil the fun!

As Predator: Badlands decloaks on streaming and physical media, we've sat down for a quick spoiler-filled chat with its director.

Chinese launch startup Space Epoch has secured B-round funding as the company moves towards a first orbital launch and recovery attempt late this year. The post Chinas Space Epoch raises new funding, targets 2026 launch ...

On February 5, 2026, theMODIS(Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on NASAsTerrasatellite acquired this image of snow-covered landscapes across Hokkaido. With more than31 active volcanoes, the island features s...

SpaceX founder Elon Musk now says he wants to build a city on the moon before building a city on Mars. Is either scenario realistic? In the latest episode of the Fiction Science podcast, biologist Scott Solomon, the auth...

High-altitude flight isgetting increasing attention from sectors ranging from telecommunications to emergency response.To make that airspace more accessible, NASA is developing an air traffic management systemcovering th...

Earth observation startup SatVu said Feb. 17 it has raised $41 million in a funding round that included the NATO Innovation Fund, as commercial space-based thermal imagery gains traction with defense and intelligence age...

A team of 48 astronomers from 14 countries, led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has discovered a population of dusty, star-forming galaxies at the far edges of the universe that formed only a billion years af...

Space-Comm Expo is one of Europes premier space industry events and the largest event in the UK, taking place in just 2 weeks time 4-5 March, ExCeL London. Over 5,400 [] The post Global leaders meet at Space-Comm Expo in...

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Results are coming out from the samples returned by Chinas Change-6 sample return mission to the far side of the Moon. They offer our first close-up look at the geology and history of the far side, and a recent paper pub...

An annular eclipse swept over a remote corridor of Antarctica on Feb. 17.

Its taking too long. It costs too much. Yet its not being talked about enough. Its not historic enough. Its not safe enough. Im talking about Artemis. Or at least what a goodly portion of the space community is saying pr...

Earths river deltas, home to about 5% of the global population and some of the worlds major cities, are experiencing subsidence, which exacerbates the risks from sea-level rise. The Copernicus Sentinel-1mission has captu...

Test your knowledge of Europe's boldest missions, brilliant spacecraft, and groundbreaking discoveries as you dive into a trivia challenge dedicated to the European Space Agency.

Sateliot will launch two of its next-generation direct-to-device satellites on a PLD Space rocket in what is billed as the first fully private Spanish mission. The post Sateliot to launch satellites with PLD Space appear...

Astrophysicists from the University of Waterloo have observed a new jellyfish galaxy, the most distant one of its kind ever captured. Jellyfish galaxies are named for the long, tentacle-like streams that trail behind the...

The Orion capsule's heat shield had issues during the uncrewed Artemis 1 moon mission in late 2022. Here are the steps NASA has taken to prevent them from recurring on Artemis 2.