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Flashes of gravitationally lensed starlight could act as cosmic lighthouses revealing the presence of binary supermassive black holes in close orbit.

SAN FRANCISCO - Before uploading a large language model to space-grade hardware, Boeing Space Mission Systems engineers sought guidance from the hardware manufacturer. They told us it wasnt possible, but we are skilled e...

Chandra's X-ray Space Telescope, with some help from the Hubble, spotted a young Sun-like star about 120 light-years away with a powerful stellar wind. It's carving out its astrosphere, a bubble of relatively hot...

NASA will roll its Artemis 2 moon rocket off the launch pad on Wednesday (Feb. 25) to deal with a glitch, and you can watch the four-mile trek live.

Written by Diana Hayes, Graduate student at York University, Toronto Earth planning date: Friday, Feb. 20, 2026 This has been a pretty routine week for Curiosity. As was mentioned last week, were now in the final phase o...

The next video game set in The Expanse's sci-fi universe is a cutting-edge RPG with highly detailed third-person shooter action.

On April 8, 2024, volunteers participating in NASAs Eclipse Megamovie citizen science project all around the United States hurried to photograph the solar eclipse with the latest, greatest equipment, capturing groundbrea...

For the first time, astronomers have used images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to identify a supernova progenitor that could not be seen by any other telescope: a red supergiant that was located in a n...

The observations offer a rare glimpse into our solar system's early history.

The sun's visible disk has been perfectly free from sunspots for the first time since June 2022, suggesting the current solar cycle might be heading toward its quieter phase.

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We have known for several decades that the universe is expanding. Scientists use multiple techniques to measure the present-day expansion rate of the universe, known as the Hubble constant. These methods are internally c...

The moon will rise with its right half lit tonight, creating dramatic shadows on the lunar surface.

GPS IIIF features, including regional spot beams, will change the calculus for adversaries The post Lockheed Martin presses case that GPS upgrade will counter jamming threats appeared first on SpaceNews.

Asteroid mining companies are finally getting off the ground, and that is raising some concerns about the impact those activities will have on the space environment. A new paper published in Acta Astronautica from Anna M...

NASAs James Webb Space Telescope provided the first vertical view of Uranuss ionosphere in this image released on Feb. 19, 2026, revealing auroras shaped by its tilted magnetic field. Getting a look at the structure of t...

Two aging stars in the binary system AFGL 4106 sculpt a glowing, egg-shaped nebula as they approach the end of their lives.

An outline of what drone Obstacle Avoidance is, how it works and how to use it effectively for your drone flights.

The Lego Creator Space Exploration Telescope is a fantastic model, but the alternative builds of this 3-in-1 are a little disappointing.

Forget spending $1,000 on a UCS Death Star - the best Lego Star Wars sets are as cheap as $50.

A team of scientists from around the world has created the first system that can predict when and where extremely powerful solar storms, called superflares, are most likely to happen. These storms can disrupt power grids...

Groundbreaking camera-on-a-chip technology that was originally developed at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for use in space missions is currently employed in billions of devices like cell phones that are used dail...