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Two dozen members of the House of Representatives have signed a letter supporting the ongoing SpaceX Falcon 9 investigation, a counterpoint to an earlier letter signed by other members critical of how that investigation ...

A new mathematical model created by astrophysicists at the American Museum of Natural History details a way that dead stars called white dwarfs could detonate, producing a type of explosion that is instrumental to measur...

On Sept. 1st, 2016, aerospace giant SpaceX suffered a terrible setback when one of their Falcon 9 rockets inexplicably exploded during a fueling test. An investigation into the causes of the accident - which Musk describ...

The last time an in-flight escape system test for a crew capsule took place was during the Apollo program, in 1966. Now, you can watch live as Blue Origin tests the escape system for their New Shepard rocket on Wednesday...

NASA and Orbital ATK have set a new launch date of Oct. 13 for the return to flight of the company's Antares launch vehicle on a mission to the International Space Station, the organizations announced Oct. 4. SpaceNews.c...

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) conduct research, fix equipment, perform space walks ... and they vacuum.

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A look back at ESA's Open Day in the Netherlands on Sunday 2 October - in pictures

Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Engineering model of the ExoMars Schiaparelli lander at ESA's technical heart in the Netherlands

The Sun's activity is determined by the Sun's magnetic field. Two combined effects are responsible for the latter: The omega and the alpha effect. Exactly where and how the alpha effect originates is currently unknown. R...

NASA commercial cargo provider Orbital ATK is scheduled to launch its sixth mission to the International Space Station at 9:13 p.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 13. Live launch coverage will begin at 8:15 p.m. on NASA Television a...

The Sun's activity is determined by the Sun's magnetic field. Two combined effects are responsible for the latter: The omega and the alpha effect. Exactly where and how the alpha effect originates is currently unknown. R...

Mike Massimino is launching on his third, or maybe his fourth, mission -- sort of. He is a veteran of two space shuttle missions and a fictional spaceflight on "The Big Bang Theory," and now he's releasing his first book...

One of the ultimate goals of Mars exploration is to bring samples from the surface to Earth, especially those that could be examined for evidence of life on the Red Planet.

The new NASA image above shows a more complete picture of Cassiopeia A, the remains of a star that blew up in a supernova event whose light reached Earth about 350 years ago, when it could have appeared to observers...

Where does innovation come from? People. ESA engineers recount the Agency's ground-breaking work in their own words

(Phys.org)--An international team of astronomers, led by Nicolas Martin of the Observatory of Strasbourg in France, has detected a new, very faint stellar system, designated SMASH 1. This compac, very faint system could ...

Black holes are everywhere in the Universe. A typical galaxy might have millions of stellar-mass black holes, ones created when a massive star explodes (this is usually the kind you think of when you think "black hole")....

"This star was already completely unique because of its sporadic dimming episodes. But now we see that it has other features that are just as strange, both slowly dimming for almost three years and then suddenly getting ...

As a series of NASA planetary spacecraft begin extended missions, a recent National Academies report recommends that the agency work with Congress to stretch out the review process that determines whether science mission...

Harsh radiation, thin air, and frigid temperatures on the Red Planet likely forced any extant microbes into subterranean refuges long ago --

Put on your thinking caps! NASA has announced Phase 2 of its 3D-printed habitat challenge, focused on creating a living space for astronauts on the Red Planet.