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Peter Wegner, Spaceflight Industries chief technology officer, is convinced the killer app for small satellites is imagery. Joe Rothenberg, the former engineering director for Terra Bella, the Earth-imaging company purch...

A huge mass of glowing stardust in a galaxy seen shortly after the Universe's formation has been detected by a UCL-led team of astronomers, providing new insights into the birth and explosive deaths of the very first sta...

The eagerly anticipated James Webb Space Telescope will be the first of the Super Telescopes to start work. The post Rise of the Super Telescopes: The James Webb Space Telescope appeared first on Universe Today.

Accepting that we live in a simulated universe is game-changing, like Copernicus realizing Earth was not the center of the universe. "If in the future there are more digital people living in simulated environments than t...

The bright central area of Ceres' Occator Crater, known as Cerealia Facula, is approximately 30 million years younger than the crater in which it lies, according to a new study in the Astronomical Journal. Scientists use...

U.S. Air Force Space Command is looking to increase its partnership with industry, even preparing to bring in commercial operators to help run the Wideband Global Satcom constellation, the AFSC vice commander said March ...

NASA has selected 133 proposals from U.S. companies to conduct research and develop technologies that will enable NASA's future missions into deep space and benefit the U.S. economy.

PORT CANAVERAL - Bit by bit, piece by piece, the first of NASA's SLS megarockets designed to propel American astronauts on deep space missions back to the Moon and beyond to Mars is at last coming together on the Florida...

Geologically young deposits in a crater on the dwarf planet's surface were formed by brine erupting from below --

The Meridiani Planum has been surveyed for over 13 years by the rover Opportunity and provides many sites of interest for human exploration, say researchers.

A team of astronomers has doubled the number of known young, compact radio galaxies--galaxies powered by newly energized black holes. The improved tally will help astronomers understand the relationship between the size ...

The bright central area of Ceres' Occator Crater, known as Cerealia Facula, is approximately 30 million years younger than the crater in which it lies, according to a new study in the Astronomical Journal. Scientists use...

OneWeb has signed on as Blue Origin's second customer for its New Glenn orbital launch vehicle, both companies announced March 8. SpaceNews.com

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is using satellite data provided by Spire Global and Ball Aerospace to monitor maritime traffic in the Arctic, a region where the changing climate is having a dramatic impact o...

A scientist from the University of Sussex who is researching the Batagaika Crater, a one kilometer-long and 328 feet deep mysterious megaslump in Siberia, which is expanding at a rapid rate, believes the huge hole in the...

The commercial market for geostationary communications satellites shows no signs of rebound, according to Boeing executives who attribute lackluster demand to the rapid pace of innovation in the satellite market, few lau...

In celebration of International Women's Day on Wednesday and Women's History Month in March, NASA has unveiled an educational virtual tour that brings students into the exciting careers of seven women in science, technol...

In 2005, the Hayabusa spacecraft developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) landed on Itokawa, a small near-Earth asteroid named after the famous Japanese rocket scientist Hideo Itokawa. The aim of the un...

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The HughesNet Gen5 service will provide 25 megabits per second download speeds starting at $50 a month, the company said. SpaceNews.com

What are fast radio bursts? Why are astronomers so excited about them? --

NASA is preparing for longer human journeys deeper into space and is exploring how to keep astronauts healthy and productive. The Expedition 50 crew members today studied space nutrition, measured their bodies and checke...