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U.S. near-peer adversaries such as China and Russia have incentives to remain peaceful in orbit. They may not want to create debris for fear of damaging their own satellites, or disrupt position, navigation, and timing s...

NASA Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot said that a new NASA authorization bill should provide continuity for the agency's programs despite swirling questions about potential budget cuts. SpaceNews.com

International Launch Services is adding a larger payload fairing for its Proton rocket, but deferring development of one of two smaller versions of the vehicle announced last year. SpaceNews.com

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:

At NASA's Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop, which took place last week, some interesting concepts for terraforming Mars and space habitats were presented. The post The Future of Space Colonization – Terraforming ...

Minds at NASA are cooking up a new approach to finding life on other worlds. The post How Will NASA Find Life On Other Worlds? appeared first on Universe Today.

Finding derelict spacecraft and space debris in Earth's orbit can be a technological challenge. Detecting these objects in orbit around Earth's moon is even more difficult. Optical telescopes are unable to search for sma...

On Earth, liquid flows downhill thanks to gravity. Creating an effective liquid fuel tank involves little more than putting a hole at the bottom of a container.

NASA returns to Austin, Texas, to share its exciting missions, discoveries, technology advancements and plans for future space exploration at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival, March 10-14, and SXSW Trad...

This image of Saturn's moon Pan was taken on Taken: Mar. 7, 2017 at 5:56 PM by Cassini...

On Feb. 22, astronomers announced that the ultra-cool dwarf star, TRAPPIST-1, hosts a total of seven Earth-size planets that are likely rocky, a discovery made by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in combination with ground...

Finding derelict spacecraft and space debris in Earth's orbit can be a technological challenge....

"Fast radio bursts are exceedingly bright given their short duration and origin at great distances, and we haven't identified a possible natural source with any confidence," said theorist Avi Loeb of the Harvard-Smithson...

SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell says using Falcon 9 rockets with pre-flown first stages will enable the company to execute on its backlog, which is currently loaded with customers that expected to have their sat...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:

Galaxy UGC 12591 abides in the Pisces-Perseus Supercluster and is one of the largest known structures in the Universe.

Satellites service and equipment suppliers remain on high alert, watching for signs individual hackers or powerful nation states are trying to breach their network's cybersecurity. That job is becoming increasingly compl...

Every day, invisible magnetic explosions are happening around Earth, on the surface of the sun and across the universe. These explosions, known as magnetic reconnection, occur when magnetic field lines cross, releasing s...

Chinese astronomers have renewed their ambitious attempt to build two powerful telescopes at Dome A, the highest place in Antarctica. Professor Cui, Deputy Director of the Chinese Center for Antarctic Astronomy, said the...

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics:

The search for extraterrestrial intelligence has looked for many different signs of alien life, from radio broadcasts to laser flashes, without success. However, newly published research suggests that mysterious phenomen...

The Arctic has been losing sea ice over the past several decades as Earth warms....