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It's not their No. 1 problem, but it may be a problem for going number one.

NASA modified operations of an astrophysics spacecraft in a decaying orbit to buy more time for a mission later this year that will attempt to raise its orbit. The post Swift spacecraft reorientation buys time for reboos...

At 06:25 p.m. EDT (03:25 p.m. PDT) on April 1st, the Artemis II mission lifted off from the historic Launch Pad-39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This mission will send astronauts on a ten-day journey ar...

Huntsville-based defense contractor focuses on systems engineering and integration, and space mission assurance The post Former Sierra Space CEO Tom Vice to lead Astrion appeared first on SpaceNews.

Because there's more to extra-terrestrial life than humans with prosthetics stuck to their foreheads.

GP Sandhoo: From an optical communications terminal perspective, were not there yet on how many we need The post Optical terminals still a bottleneck in Pentagons proliferated constellation appeared first on SpaceNews.

For the first time since the Apollo era, humans are preparing not just to visit the moon, but to live and work there for weeks, months-and eventually years.

About 10 billion years ago, the growth rate of supermassive black holes began to slow dramatically. To this day, the SMBH growth rate still appears to be low. There are three potential explanations for this, and research...

Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) belongs to a rare group of sungrazing comets.

New research suggests that neutrinos in the early universe may have transformed into a previously unknown form of radiation. A study from Washington University in St. Louis offers a new way to explain certain puzzling ob...

Jared Leto's Skeletor slashes He-Man in rocking new 'MOTU' trailer.

During the Artemis II mission launched Wednesday, NASA will test out a pair of new solar radiation forecasts, developed at University of Michigan Engineering, designed to protect astronauts venturing away from Earth. The...

NASAs Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft lift off in this April 1, 2026, image. NASAs Artemis II mission will take NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Age...

The search for life on Mars involves the efforts of scientists from many different disciplines. An important aspect of that search is to study Martian sedimentary rocks for information about the planet's environment ...

"There's no home without you, buddy."

Scientists have discovered that a highly unusual giant planet-sometimes called "forbidden"-could have an atmosphere with fewer heavier elements than its host star. University of Birmingham astrophysicist Dr. Anja...

Astronomers have long argued that dark matter is the invisible scaffolding that holds galaxies together. Without its immense gravitational pull, the rotational spins of galaxies would force them to simply fly apart. But ...

Extreme but not exotic, - a glimpse at Comet 3I/ATLAS through the eyes of the European Space Agencys Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice).

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have investigated the star-forming region W51, resulting in stunning new images.

East Aurora, NY - Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B), a worldwide designer, manufacturer, and systems integrator of high-performance precision motion and fluid controls and control systems, provided the critical [] The po...

In this weeks episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss interviews Carmel Ortiz, senior vice president of medium-Earth-orbit constellation programs at SES. They discuss new technology to help satellites communicate [] The ...

NASA's Artemis 2 has launched on a history-making journey around the moon and back, and the moment was captured from space.