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STMSat-1, a cubesat built by students at the St. Thomas More Cathedral School in Arlington, Virginia, is scheduled to blast off aboard Orbital ATK's uncrewed Cygnus cargo spacecraft Thursday at 5:55 p.m. EST.

The Sun demonstrates the potential to superflare, new research into stellar flaring suggests....

Astronomers harnessing the combined power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes have found the faintest object ever seen in the early universe. It existed about 400 million years after the big bang, 13.8 billion ...

The blackness of space. There isn't much visible light in space - but there are numerous other wavelengths of light and scientists want to know what's out there and where it comes from.

As astronomers continue to find more and more planets around stars beyond our own Sun, they are trying to discover patterns and features that indicate what types of planets are likely to form around different kinds of st...

As astronomers continue to find more and more planets around stars beyond our own Sun, they are trying to discover patterns and features that indicate what types of planets are likely to form around different kinds of st...

Astronomers harnessing the combined power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes have found the faintest object ever seen in the early universe....

Most people think of black holes as giant vacuum cleaners sucking in everything that gets too close. But the supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies are more like cosmic engines, converting energy from infall...

Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos shares a video showing company employees reacting to New Shepard's successful launch and landing. SpaceNews.com

Eutelsat plans to reduce the cost of its future satellites by some 20 percent initially, with more savings to come, as it seeks to adapt to a changing competitive environment SpaceNews.com

What is the climate waiting for Russia and Europe in 15-20 years? Will be there weather abnormalities in the coming decades? Will some areas experience more severe winter, while the others will have hot summer? It all de...

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For scientists studying the impacts of space weather, one of the central mysteries of solar flares - the colossal release of magnetic energy in the Sun's atmosphere that erupts with the force of millions of hydrogen bomb...

The host of several podcasts and YouTube series, Paul Sutter joined Space.com in 2015 to share his unique insights into the universe and our place in it.

NASA awarded contracts and agreements for 22 projects to advance space technologies that the agency believes are on the verge of significant advancement.

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The European Space Agency successfully launched the LISA Pathfinder, a spacecraft designed to demonstrate technology for observing gravitational waves in space. The launch took place at Europe's spaceport in Kourou, Fren...

JAXA's Hayabusa2 spacecraft flew by Earth on Dec. 3rd, 2015 to pick up momentum for its asteroid Ryugu sample return mission. At nearest approach it was about 1864 miles (3000km) above the Pacific Ocean.

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An astronaut's two children's books about a mouse who goes to space are actually going to space, where the author's twin (astronaut) brother may read them on video for children. Story Time From Space brings together kid'...

Matter known as ordinary, which makes up everything we know, corresponds to only 5% of the Universe....