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An international team led by Monash University has uncovered evidence of a rare form of exploding star, helping to shed light on one of the most cataclysmic events in the universe. At the end of their lives, most massive...

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Nominee would succeed Christopher Scolese as head of the nations spy satellite agency The post Trump picks industry executive Roger Mason to lead National Reconnaissance Office appeared first on SpaceNews.

Looking at the best games for building lunar settlements, and how they compare to NASA's real-life plans for Artemis Base Camp.

AST SpaceMobile received permission to provide direct-to-smartphone broadband services in the United States with up to 248 satellites, days after a botched launch complicated plans to ramp up deployments this year. The p...

The contracts are part of the Kronos program that aims to replace legacy tools with commercial software The post Space Force awards contracts to Leidos, MapLarge for battle planning software appeared first on SpaceNews.

The search for life beyond Earth has traditionally focused on exoplanets orbiting sun-like stars, which is a G-type star. However, low-mass stars, which are designated as K-type and M-type stars, have rapidly become a ta...

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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team now is targeting as soon as early September 2026 for launch, ahead of the agency's commitment to flight no later than May 2027.

NASAs Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team now is targeting as soon as early September 2026 for launch, ahead of the agencys commitment to flight no later than May 2027. Romans accelerated development is a true success...

An origami-inspired reflectarray antenna developed by researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo enables CubeSats to achieve high antenna gain while fitting within the tight size constraints of small satellites. Weighing ...

Rocket Lab will launch eight Japanese satellites to orbit tonight (April 22), including one that features an origami-folded antenna, and you can watch the action live.

NASA says it's confident that new spacesuits will be ready for a moon landing in 2028, even though a new report raises the possibility of a multiyear delay.

Organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and hosted by the Rwanda Space Agency (RSA), the 2nd IAF Global Space Conference on Climate Change (GLOC 2026) will take place from [] The post Kigali to Host...

This Earth Day, we reflect on our home planet and look at Earth from space through history.

This image, released in celebration of Earth Day, shows the terminator - the line between night and day - on Earth. The Artemis II astronauts captured this view on April 2, 2026, during their journey to the Moon. NASA sc...

Four Navy divers made a contribution to the historic Artemis 2 moon mission, welcoming its astronauts home to Earth and making sure they were safe and healthy.

Reaching the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, would take hundreds of thousands of years using current rocket propulsion technology. Researchers in the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Te...

Back in 1997, the Hubble Space Telescope imaged the spectacular Trifid Nebula, a region of active star-formation. Now the telescope has revisited the Trifid. By comparing both images, astronomers have tracked some change...

Video: 00:03:28 EnglishFrom 13 to 17 April, ESAs Centre for Earth Observation in Frascati, ESRIN, hosted the 2026 edition of ESA School Days, welcoming students from across Italy for a week dedicated to space and science...

The Federal Aviation Administration has temporarily grounded Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, which failed to deliver a satellite to the proper orbit during its third-ever launch on Sunday (April 19).