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The company that played a leading role in promoting hosted payloads and sold excess space on Iridium Communications satellites, is turning its attention to small satellites "because that's where the market is." SpaceNews...

For the U.S. Air Force Space Command, the question is no longer if war is battle zone, but how to fight it. SpaceNews.com

There is a striking misconception going around that this year's Perseid meteor shower will be the "brightest shower in recorded human history" and even visible during the day.

In preparation for their historic flyby with a KBO, the New Horizons team conducted observations that indicated that the target may be different than previously thought The post New Horizons’ Next Flyby Target Just Got...

Audacy is seeking to establish a commercial version of NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System, which transmits communications from satellites to ground stations. SpaceNews.com

The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is targeted for launch August 14 from Kennedy Space Center for its twelfth commercial resupply (CRS-12) mission to the International Space Station.

NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting its 12th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station for 12:31 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 14. Coverage will begin on NASA Television and the agenc...

A recent study by an international team of scientists has revealed four Earth-like planets around tau Ceti, a Sun-like star just that is 12 light years away! The post New Study Claims There are Four Exoplanets Around Nea...

NASA has selected six astrophysics Explorers Program proposals for concept studies. The proposed missions would study gamma-ray and X-ray emissions from clusters of galaxies and neutron star systems, as well as infrared ...

Today - Fluids Integrated Rack (FIR): The crew replaced the two FIR white lights. One was burned out and the other had high usage and was nearing its end of life....

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: NASA's Cassini spacecraft will enter new territory in its final mission phase, the Grand Finale, as it prepares to embark on a set of ultra-close passes through Saturn'...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope began a nearly 100-day cryogenic test in a giant chamber in Texas in mid-July. Components of the Webb have previously endured similar tests to ensure they would function in the cold envi...

An experimental small satellite has successfully collected and delivered data on a key measurement for predicting changes in Earth's climate.

New research suggests cold, Mars-like planets will, once warmed, skip over any Earth-like phase to Venus-like conditions --

NASA's Cassini spacecraft will enter new territory in its final mission phase, the Grand Finale, as it prepares to embark on a set of ultra-close passes through Saturn's upper atmosphere with its final five orbits around...

Non-scientists are being recruited to collect data on everything from the Sun’s outer atmosphere to animal behavior --

New observations of stars orbiting the Milky Way’s central giant black hole confirm Einstein’s theory yet again --

Is the smallsat industry in the midst of a bubble? Yes and no, according to one group of experts. SpaceNews.com

NASA's Ames Research Center News and Features: An experimental small satellite has successfully collected and delivered data on a key measurement for predicting changes in Earth's climate.

As the hullabaloo surrounding the Aug. 21 total eclipse of the sun swells by the day, a University of Colorado Boulder faculty member says a petroglyph in New Mexico's Chaco Canyon may represent a total eclipse that occu...

Only a small part of the universe consists of visible matter. By far the largest part is invisible and consists of dark matter and dark energy. Very little is known about dark energy, but there are many theories and expe...

More than 6,200 smallsats are to be launched in the next 10 years, with the market value expected to reach up to $30.1 billion, compared with $8.9 billion in the previous decade, according to a report Euroconsult release...