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Two Falcon 9 launches from Florida and one from California deployed 83 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit, wrapping up February 2026 for the SpaceX network.

A new analysis of Apollo moon samples reveals insight into the history of the lunar magnetic field.

The radio telescope LOFAR, with a major contribution from Leiden Observatory, has produced the most detailed radio map of the Universe ever made. Never before have so many cosmic radio sources been captured in a single s...

The U.S. military is developing a new experimental aircraft known as the X-68A and looks a lot like a cruise missile that is also capable of launching its own missiles.

Let's say Godzilla exists and walks among us like in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. Could humans actually stop him, or even survive? We spoke to the experts to find out.

Light shines onto a solar concentrator being tested in this Aug. 7, 2025, photo. The concentrator is part of the Carbothermal Reduction Demonstration (CaRD) project, which aims to produce oxygen from simulated lunar rego...

NASA is changing its plans to return astronauts to the moon, and redrawing the architecture for how the Artemis missions will look moving forward.

Researchers in Brazil have discovered another tektite field. Tektites are gravel-sized chunks of natural glass formed by impacts and spread over a wide area. Their presence indicates that a powerful impact occurred 6 mil...

Uranus is a planet that seems to roll around on its side as it orbits the Sun. That's because it's tipped over, with an axial tilt of 97.8 degrees. That weird tilt gave the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) a cha...

One of 2026's must-have Lego Star Wars sets - the excellent mid-sized AT-AT model.

Nestled in the Mojave Desert, NASAs Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, pushes the boundaries of flight to advance the agencys aeronautics mission. This is where Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier ...

Video: 00:19:11 On 26 February, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot conducted her first in-flight call with selected French media.Access the related broadcast quality video material.

As part of a GoldenAge of exploration and discovery,NASA announced Friday the agency is increasing its cadence of missions under the Artemis program to achieve the national objective of returning American astronauts to t...

NASA announced major changes to its Artemis lunar architecture, adding a test flight of lunar landers in low Earth orbit while canceling planned upgrades to the Space Launch System. The post NASA revises plans for future...

NASA brought its mega moon rocket back into the shop for repairs on Feb. 25, 2026, just as the sun was setting over the Florida Space Coast.

With a small form factor and a seriously low price, the Herhoter Galaxy star projector is a great buy for anyone wanting nebula projections on a budget.

Planetary systems such as our solar system take hundreds of millions of years to evolve. Since humanity has only existed for a sliver of that time, astronomers have only observed planetary systems at birth or, more often...

The web-like features are believed to be sculpted by ancient groundwater, offering new clues about the Red Planet's watery past.

A U.K. astrophotographer had to put together some clever equipment tricks to show six of the seven planets in a rare 'parade' over the south of England.

NASA said Friday it's adding an extra moon mission by Artemis astronauts before attempting a high-risk lunar landing with a crew.

The failure of a propellant tank during testing in January will delay the first launch of Rocket Labs Neutron rocket to at least the fourth quarter of this year. The post Rocket Lab delays Neutron debut to late 2026 appe...

Simulated lunar dirt can be turned into extremely durable structures, potentially paving the way to more sustainable and cost-effective space missions, a new study suggests. Using a special laser 3D printing method, rese...