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In the closing decades of the 20th century, several proposed explanations were put forward for why humanity has not yet found evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence in the cosmos.

Scientists are exploring how lasers stabilized in the moon's coldest, darkest craters could enable a GPS-like network to help future Artemis astronauts and spacecraft navigate the lunar surface with far greater preci...

Description Captured by the multispectral imager instrument on NASAs Psyche mission, this is an enhanced-color view of the large double-ring crater Huygens (upper left; about 290 miles, or 470 kilometers, in diameter) an...

Description This is the highest-resolution view of the water ice-rich south polar cap of Mars captured by NASAs Psyche mission after it made its close approach with the planet for a gravity assist. The image scale is aro...

The Pentagon is realigning the Space Development Agencys satellite programs under new acquisition structure The post SDA director Sandhoo takes on broader Space Force missile warning portfolio appeared first on SpaceNews...

Description This is Psyches first view of a nearly full Mars seen shortly after the spacecrafts closest approach to the planet on May 15, 2026. The view extends from the south polar cap northwards to the Valles Marineris...

Description This view of a crescent Mars was captured on May 15, 2026, at about 5:03 a.m. PDT by NASAs Psyche mission as it approached the planet for a gravity assist. Captured by the spacecrafts multispectral imager ins...

A worker died at SpaceX's Starbase site in South Texas early Friday morning (May 15), as the company geared up for the debut launch of its Starship V3 megarocket.

NASAs Psyche spacecraft completed its close approach of Mars on May 15, coming within 2,864 miles (4,609 kilometers) of the planets surface. This flyby used a gravity assist from Mars to provide a critical boost in speed...

The California startup Vast, which is best known for its space station plans, announced today (May 19) that it's launching a new line of high-power satellites.

Ever since the JWST found over-massive black holes in the early Universe, researchers have been trying to understand them. Theory showed that black holes and their galaxies grew in synchronization with each other. That c...

The Moon and Venus, center, are seen in conjunction above the Washington Monument, Monday, May 18, 2026, as viewed from the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. The Moon and Venus look close together...

The moon dances with the king of the planets, with the horizon as their stage.

Maul doesn't need the Force. He needs a hug.

Contrivian argues that stitching together GEO, MEO and LEO satellites creates networking problems, and that LEO constellations alone can provide both resilience and speed The post Startup challenging satellite industrys ...

NASAs Artemis II crew had many technical and operational responsibilities during their historic mission to the Moon, but they also served an important role as scientific ambassadors to Earths nearest neighbor. On their 1...

No quantum gravity. The wrong peak in the wave function. Boltzmann Babies. Roger Penrose pointing out that the arrow of time was smuggled in through the back door. The no-boundary proposal is beautiful. It is also possib...

Portal is preparing to launch maneuverable spacecraft aimed at the military market The post Portal Space taps Quindar for ground mission support of its maneuvering spacecraft appeared first on SpaceNews.

The galaxy M77 looks truly out-of-this-world in a new image by the James Webb Space Telescope.

A new European-led telescope could map the dusty, hidden half of the universe, all without using fossil fuels. If you have ever seen the Milky Way in the night sky, you probably noticed that it looks cloudy. That is beca...

NASAs Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission has collected more than ten years of data from this zone - more than scientists can analyze alone. As Shock Detectives, youll help sort the chaotic from peaceful regions of t...

Commercial space station developer Vast is moving into satellite manufacturing with a line of high-power satellite buses. The post Vast announces line of high-power satellite buses appeared first on SpaceNews.