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Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space will build a replacement military communications satellite for Spain as they, along with Leonardo, continue efforts on a space joint venture. The post Airbus and Thales wi...

During the Space Age and Cold War, fusion-powered spacecraft systems were investigated as a possible means of reaching another star system within a human lifetime. Many of the proposed ideas are still on the table today,...

During the Space Age and Cold War, fusion-powered spacecraft systems were investigated as a possible means of reaching another star system within a human lifetime. Many of the proposed ideas are still on the table today,...

The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will slam into the moon early Wednesday morning (Aug. 5). Here's what put it on this kamikaze course.

William Gibson's influential 1984 sci-fi novel finally scores a proper adaptation.

Every spring in Palestine, Texas, the wide-open fields around NASAs Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility fill with students and faculty from across Louisiana. They arrive carrying sensors, laptops, and carefully engineer...

"This helps future missions interpret what they find and better understand where to look for signs of habitability."

A new Vera C. Rubin Observatory image featuring hundreds of thousands of distant galaxies in and around the COSMOS field marks the observatory's first LSST Camera image and catalog release for science.

Twice each day, tides ebb and flow through a maze of sandy channels, mudflats, and mangrove forests that flank the 88 islands and islets of Guinea-BissausBijagós Archipelago(Arquipélago dos Bijagós in Portuguese). See...

If you've ever been under a dark sky in the early morning before dawn, you may have seen a faint glow, almost like a column of light rising from the east. It's sometimes known as the false dawn because it appears...

"We've had only a single flyby - Voyager 2 in 1989 - and these results make clear there's much more to learn."

EchoStars Hughes geostationary satellite broadband business has filed for bankruptcy in the United States after years of mounting competition from SpaceXs Starlink constellation. The post Hughes files for bankruptcy afte...

The expanse of glacial ice on Canadas Baffin Island lost its snow cover quickly and early in summer 2026, revealing a network of melt features.

The approval allows the startup to transmit stronger signals in spectrum adjacent to GPS frequencies The post Xona secures spectrum approval for 250-satellite navigation network appeared first on SpaceNews.

The approval allows the startup to transmit stronger signals in spectrum adjacent to GPS frequencies The post Xona secures spectrum approval for satellite navigation network appeared first on SpaceNews.

So far, almost all stellar-mass black holes detected by astronomers have been found in binary systems. However, astronomers have long suspected that these binary black holes are the exception and that, within the Milky W...

Roll back the tape of Earth's history, and geologists and astrobiologists remain perplexed about the environmental conditions on early Earth. That's because conventional pathways for understanding Earth's his...

New images reveal what astronomers believe is the first-known "trilobate" or three-headed asteroid in our solar system.

NASA delivered the NavCube3-mini payloadonJuly 13to Intuitive Machines for integration intoAltus-1,the companysfirstlunar relaysatellite, marking an important milestone in the development of futurelunarcommunications and...

Imagine trying to swallow a sip of water while your face feels stuffed with congestion, your sense of taste is dulled and your body is floating 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth.

NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft aimed to orbit Mercury for the first time to hunt for clues of water on the tiny, innermost planet.

From serving in the U.S. Army to helping prepare astronauts to explore the lunar surface, Ike Theriot built a path to NASAthrough discipline and determination. Theriot serves as theFlight Operations Surface Testinglead i...