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Heres one less thing to worry about - or to look forward to: NASA has ruled out any chance that an asteroid called 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in 2032.

The Senate Commerce Committee advanced a revised NASA authorization bill that implements some of the changes to Artemis sought by the agency while also extending the life of the ISS The post Senate committee advances NAS...

WARSAW - Polish chemical propulsion startup Liftero has signed a deal with Indias commercial in-orbit servicing specialist OrbitAID where Liftero will supply green chemical propulsion for OrbitAIDs in-orbit servicing spa...

Astronomers using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa have discovered the most distant hydroxyl megamaser ever detected. It is located in a violently merging galaxy more than 8 billion light-years away, opening a...

TACP Benefits Foundation for disruptive technologies: Placing emphasis on transformative concepts lays the groundwork for revolutionary advancements in aviation. Accelerated innovation in aerospace: Developing next-gener...

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IRVINE, Calif., March 5, 2026 - Terran Orbital, a Lockheed Martin Company and a leading satellite solutions provider, announced today the appointment of Kwon Park as senior director of manufacturing [] The post Terran Or...

SAN FRANCISCO - Southern California startup General Galactic plans to launch a 500-kilogram satellite later this year to demonstrate a novel multimode propulsion system. When the Trinity mission travels to low-Earth orbi...

The Airspace Operations and Safety Program (AOSP)acceleratesthetransformationof the National Airspace System (NAS) to meet thevariety, density, and complexity of futureairspace users. Our mission is to ensure that U.S. s...

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed our lunar companion is safe for now from an asteroid impact.

LONDON - In-orbit services provider Infinite Orbits announced plans March 3 to acquireLondon-based in-orbit servicing and manufacturing startup Lunasa, marking a step in the companys expansion into the United Kingdom. Th...

The zodiacal light is at its most visible on the nights surrounding the spring and autumn equinoxes.

When NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced the revamped approach to the Artemis moon program, it was unclear whether the new mobile launcher that has been constructed over the last two years at Kennedy Space Center...

NASAs Wallops Flight Facility supported a Rocket Lab HASTE suborbital launch from the companys Launch Complex 2 in Virginia on Feb. 27, 2026. The mission, called Cassowary Vex, supported aflight of a hypersonic test plat...

Last year, an approximately 60 metre near-Earth object captured global attention. For a brief period, asteroid 2024 YR4 became the most dangerous asteroid discovered in the last 20 years. While an Earth impact was soon r...

The Moon appears red during a total lunar eclipse over New Orleans, home of NASAs Michoud Assembly Facility, on March 3, 2026. This blood moon occurs during a total lunareclipse, as Earth lines up between the Moon and th...

A new study by researchers at the SETI Institute suggests that stellar "space weather" could make radio signals from extraterrestrial intelligence harder to detect. Stellar activity and plasma turbulence near a t...

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In this episode of Space Minds, Jeff Foust moderates a panel at AIAA AscendxTexas on the role Texas is playing in the space economy.With a series of industry leaders they [] The post Texas as a strategic space hub appear...

Astronomers have unveiled one of the most ambitious maps yet of the early universe, revealing a vast "sea of light" between galaxies that had remained otherwise hidden in previous surveys.

This stunning satellite image of Ouarzazate, Morocco, was taken by Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

These astrophotography camera accessories are worth adding to your setup in 2026.