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NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has released four stunning images of cosmic wonders, depicted in red, white and blue for the America 250 anniversary on July 4.

NASA is recruiting research participants for the agencys next simulated deep space mission. Beginning no earlier than August 2027, research volunteers will spend one year living and working in interplanetary environments...

A first-of-its-kind mission to raise the orbit of NASAs Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is poised for launch no earlier thanThursday, July 2, 5:09 a.m. EDT (9:09 p.m. UTC+12),from Kwajalein Atoll, part of the Republic of ...

Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, June 26, 2026 There were two planning cycles over this span of sols. The Monday planning took place with Curiosi...

Ray Jayawardhana begins his tenure today as the 10th president of the California Institute of Technology. His selection as Caltechs president, and as the Sonja and William Davidow Presidential Chair and professor of astr...

The European Space Agencys XMM-Newton and NASAs Chandra X-ray space telescopes have spotted the aftermath of three bright explosions echoing through the outer spiral arms of our galaxy, the Milky Way. By measuring the di...

A new European Southern Observatory (ESO) study has found that current proposals to launch over 1.7 million satellites into orbit, including extremely bright ones, would have devastating consequences for astronomy. Accor...

One small, errant drone can scrub a space launch at the cost of millions of dollars in delays, with further repercussions spanning across multiple commercial and government launch service providers. [] The post Unseen th...

For the first time, NASAs TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant star thanks to ripples in space-time. Unlike the star-hugging transiting planets TESS regularly re...

EchoStar subsidiaries tied to its satellite TV and abandoned 5G network businesses have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, advancing a prepackaged restructuring plan to repay debt early after selling spectrum to...

French startup Latitude intends to perform the first launch of its small launch vehicle from a spaceport in Oman in late 2027. The post Latitude plans to conduct first launch from Oman appeared first on SpaceNews.

As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, the history of the solar system tells its own story of exploration.

A month after a devastating pad explosion, Blue Origin reiterated plans to return its New Glenn vehicle to flight from a rebuilt launch pad by the end of the year. The post Blue Origin outlines new launch pad approach as...

When it comes to drought stress, timing can be the difference between saving a crop and losing it, whether in a greenhouse or in the high-stakes environment of future space missions. In a recent study published in Plant ...

Millions of stars. Thousands of hidden worlds. One unprecedented view of our galaxy. Three years since launch, ESA's Euclid space telescope reveals the center of the Milky Way galaxy in extraordinary detail: a mosaic...

A coronal mass ejection accompanied the X1.1 solar flare.

Video: 00:10:45 Millions of stars. Thousands of hidden worlds. One unprecedented view of our galaxy.Three years since launch, ESAs Euclid space telescope reveals the Milky Way galaxys centre in extraordinary detail: a mo...

A new NASA audit says the agency will need to purchase more astronaut flights to the ISS by 2030 and focuses on issues with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.

Every muscle in the human body is, in a sense, in constant conversation with gravity, sensing load and responding accordingly to stay strong. Remove that conversation, as happens to astronauts in orbit, and the consequen...

Research has shed new light on why some distant galaxies suddenly stop forming stars. An international team led by astronomers at the University of Nottingham has used the James Webb Space Telescope to study a large samp...

Five explorers from three space agencies have successfully completed ESAs CAVES training course in Italy.

When stars like the Sun reach the end of their lives, the textbook story has them puffing up and quietly shedding their outer layers to leave a white dwarf behind. A new model suggests it is far less serene than that. As...