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SpaceX's CRS-35 cargo Dragon will rendezvous with the International Space Station today (Oct. 15) after a two-day chase. Here's how to watch it live.

The discovery of surprising molecules of methanol and associated maser activity has expanded the inventory of the chemical starter kit that builds planets in young star systems.

As part of the ALMA COMPASS Large program, an international research team has detected a rare form of methanol in space for the first time.

Join us for a conversation on how machine learning is transforming the GEOINT mission across different markets The post Oct. 29: Applying AI to the GEOINT Mission appeared first on SpaceNews.

Imagine if the sun could take on a spooky green glow for Halloween. Scientists have discovered that our star may go green if it turns into a cosmic zombie after its death in billions of years.

NASA is playing an important role in JAXAs (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) MMX (Martian Moons eXploration) mission, to advance our understanding of Mars moons and build on the agencys long history of exploring the R...

NASA's Artemis II mission sent four astronauts around the moon and brought them safely back to Earth, laying a foundation for crewed flights to the moon's surface.

On this day in space! Oct. 15, 1997: NASA launches Cassini-Hugyens probe on 7-year voyage to Saturn

A new study of young tectonic landforms on the moon offers the most detailed estimate yet of how much the moon has contracted as its interior gradually cooled over time.

SpaceX launched a classified mission for the U.S. Space Force from California this evening (Oct. 15), on the 114th Falcon 9 mission of the year.

A phenomenon rarer than a solar eclipse and more powerful than any single storm system is unfolding this fall, and NASA is tracking it closely. El Niño is a natural climate pattern that emerges roughly every two to seve...

Pre-orders are now open for the Atlas, the new modular smart telescope from Vaonis which allows observation with two optical tubes.

From the International Space Stations unique position 250 miles above Earth, the Sun is a vital source of energy. Solar power supports the stations life support systems, daily activities, and hundreds of research investi...

A NASA Dynamic Aviation A200 aircraft will conduct low-flying research flights over farmland near Transit, Texas, from Thursday, Oct. 22, through Monday, Nov. 9. These flights will measure gaseous and particulate emissio...

Registration is open for the 2026 NASA Space Apps Challenge, a two-day global event on Saturday, Nov. 14 and Sunday, Nov. 15, where teams work to create solutions inspired by NASAs most ambitious exploration goals and ma...

"Just like here on Earth, Mars helicopters can cover distance quickly and can go places that might be impossible to reach by ground."

NASA has selected 12 U.S. institutions to receive $12 million to accelerate academic research and technology development in support of the agencys priorities for exploring the Moon, Mars, and deep space. Through NASAs Mi...

The Earth got its moon when a small planet collided with our planet more than 4 billion years ago. This impact hurled molten rock into space, which eventually coalesced to form the satellite we can see every night from a...

In this episode, SpaceNews Mike Gruss talks with NASAs Shatel Bhakta, the principal systems engineer for Moon Base, about whats needed between now and 2028 and the incremental steps to [] The post How NASA is thinking ab...

NASAs Artemis II mission sent four astronauts around the Moon and brought them safely back to Earth, laying a foundation for crewed flights to the Moons surface. Additional engineering data analysis of the Orion spacecra...

Fall meteor season has begun. Late October not only sees dusk falling ever earlier as ghouls and goblins walk the Earth on Halloween, but it also sees the peak of two fine annual meteor showers kicking off Halloween seas...

A formation of radio waves looks remarkably like a treble clef in this Oct. 14, 2026, image from NASAs Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Researchers used Chandra to find that the Treble Clef is likely caused by an outburst from...