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SpaceX launched 24 more of its Starlink global internet satellite constellation to orbit from California on Aug. 11, wrapping the second Starlink launch of the day.

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 ...

CesiumAstro is acquiring semiconductor specialist Jariet Technologies, adding more in-house capabilities behind the phased-array antenna specialists plans for a future communications constellation. The post CesiumAstro b...

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.

NASA is planning to send three small rovers to the moon with a single instruction: Work out among yourselves how to explore a patch of ground.

On Aug. 15, 1977, astronomers using Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope detected the famous "Wow!" signal, which remains unexplained to this day.

In brightest day, in blackest night, no Lanterns character shall escape our sight!

A new paper published in Physical Review Letters reveals that a leading dark matter candidate-the hypothetical "dark photon"-would not have heated the early universe as previously thought. The finding opens a vas...

On Episode 223 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest co-host Dale Skran are joined by Dr. Scott Pace to discuss the future of exploration on the Moon.

Get everything between 10x and 22x with Nikons new Action Zoom 10-22x50 binoculars

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 15 - Todays APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph o...

A new study modelling Reflect Orbital's proposed constellation of giant orbital mirrors finds their light pollution would be severe. A single 54 metre satellite would appear four magnitudes brighter than the full moo...

A team of scientists led by the University of Washington has studied how star formation is declining in the Andromeda galaxy using highly detailed Hubble surveys.

Largest Italian radio telescope located on an out of the way mountain plateau in southern Sardinia sheds light on the cosmos still misunderstood Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs).

The Aug. 10 launch of QZS-7 completes bilateral program to host U.S. sensors aboard Japanese navigation satellites The post U.S. Space Force adds second surveillance sensor to Japanese constellation appeared first on Spa...

With a projected surge in launches from Wallops Island in the coming years, companies and officials say now is the time for infrastructure improvements to benefit companies and their workers. The post Wallops gears up fo...

NASA announced today (Aug. 14) that it will hold a two-day aerospace expo this November - an event whose name should draw a chuckle from "Simpsons" fans.

From launchpads to low Earth orbit and beyond, space companies and their affiliates are deploying a familiar marketing tactic-with a new twist. In a space economy projected to reach US$1.8 trillion by 2035, they sell spa...

"We're not just studying astronomical objects anymore; we're using them to test the laws of nature."

NASA is asking U.S.-based collegiate teams tosubmitbold, original concepts to the 2027 edition of a student challenge focused on aerospace innovation that couldhelp the agency envisiona future on the Moon shaped bynew te...

Cards Against Humanity isn't done with its scorched-Earth campaign against SpaceX and Elon Musk, and is planning to erect an "Elon Musk is a Sad Little B-- with No Friends" monument near SpaceX's Starbase...

Whoever controls space will control the Earth.