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The company that developed a spacecraft to boost the orbit of a NASA observatory says it is making progress in recovering from its own spacecrafts problems. The post Katalyst Space makes progress in restoring control of ...

Named GHOST the containerized infrastructure is designed to support orbital and suborbital launches The post Rocket Lab builds deployable infrastructure for Electron launches appeared first on SpaceNews.

A quasar is a supermassive black hole in the act of feeding, and its so bright that it drowns out the galaxy it sits in. That is a nuisance if you want to weigh the galaxy and weighing it is exactly what you need to do t...

Time on a large professional telescope is one of the scarcest resources in science. Astronomers wait months for a few hours, and every one of those hours is a running argument with the weather, the Moon and the atmospher...

Rocket Lab plans to start launching even more frequently and flexibly, thanks to a new portable spaceport system called "GHOST," which packages everything into standard shipping containers.

With the end of the Space Age and the winding down of the Cold War, scientists again returned to the question of interstellar flight. Having failed to realize a working concept that could be realized in the near term, mo...

Kepler Communications plans to deploy next-generation optical relay satellites on Rocket Labs upcoming Neutron rocket in one of several launches the Canadian operator has slated for 2028. The post Kepler books Neutron fo...

Teaching the beautiful and inspirational science of astronomy using only the conceptual framework offered by a traditional textbook - without incorporating the wealth of incredible resources, images and activities from N...

Andromeda has slowed its star-forming rate over the last 40 million years. Scientists think they finally know why.

For decades, astronomers have assumed that the Martian surface froze solid around 3 billion years ago and has stayed that way ever since. If this were really the case, any liquid water would have long since either been l...

Is the new Lego Project Hail Mary set worth the space on your shelf? We built the movie-inspired set to help you decide if it belongs in your collection.

As NASA+ continues its expansion across multiple streaming platforms to bring space closer to home, NASA announced Monday programming is next heading to discovery+ and HBO Max. A continuous live feed of NASA+ programming...

China's latest rocket launch ended in failure this morning (Aug. 10), lighting up the skies with some unwanted fireworks.

Image: Observing across the starry plains of space, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has taken images of NGC 2392, nicknamed the Lion Nebula.The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope previously viewed this planetary...

Earth observation satellites help us monitor phenomena such as wildfires, drought and heatwaves from space. This page is updated on a regular basis with a selection of ESAs most recent news-related images showing how the...

Easy to use and with an excellent build quality, the ZWO ASI174MM is a fast, monochrome USB 3.0 camera thats perfect for solar and lunar imaging.

Observing across the starry plains of space, NASAs James Webb Space Telescope has taken new images of NGC 2392, nicknamed the Lion Nebula. NASAs Hubble Space Telescope previously viewed this planetary nebula in 2000, ima...

An international team of researchers using the U.S. National Science Foundation's Inouye Solar Telescope has captured the highest-resolution view of the sun's surface.

On Aug. 10, 1972, an Earth-grazing fireball burst through the sky over North America. Here's what happened.

A new school year brings fresh opportunities to get involved with NASA. Whether youre curious about space or eager to build real STEM skills, NASA offers a world of experiences putting you close to the action. As we ente...

HELSINKI - China appears to have lost an unknown payload after a Long March 7A rocket exploded less than 90 seconds into flight, according to amateur footage. The Long March [] The post Chinese Long March 7A rocket explo...

Hold on to your telescopes: The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys team has released the largest-ever 2D color map of the universe. The 5.6-trillion-pixel map contains nearly 4 billion celestial objects, primarily stars and gal...