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A new study by researchers from MIT has cast doubt on when the Moon lost its magnetic field, indicating that it lasted for another 1 billion years The post New Study Says Moon’s Magnetic Field Existed 1 Billion Years L...

David Williams, chief executive of broadband satellite operator Avanti Communications, has parted ways with the company he co-founded. SpaceNews.com

Could NASA's space shuttle be the next real launch vehicle to enter the Lego universe? A fan-designed, scale model of the reusable spacecraft, sized to match the Saturn V, has soared on Lego Ideas since lifting off less ...

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...

The complex multilayered sunshield that will protect the delicate optics and state of the art science instruments of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is now fully installed on the spacecraft bus in California, co...

Satellite fleet operator EchoStar of Englewood, Colorado, revealed Aug. 9 it had signed a contract with Space Systems Loral for the long-awaited Jupiter-3/EchoStar-24 satellite meant to further propel the company's broad...

With the total solar eclipse right around the cosmic corner, eye doctors are going into nagging overdrive.

When astronomers peer into the universe, what they see often exceeds the limits of human understanding. Such is the case with low-mass galaxies--galaxies a fraction of the size of our own Milky Way.

A new study by researchers from MIT has cast doubt on when the Moon lost its magnetic field, indicating that it lasted for another 1 billion years The post Study of Lunar Rocks Indicates Moon’s Magnetic Field Existed 1...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory:

Brian Koberlein reports on his new Kickstarter to develop a TV show called Big Science The post A Different Kind Of Science Show appeared first on Universe Today.

A British small satellite manufacturer and a startup company are partnering on a mission to fly a series of smallsats carrying hosted payloads of varying sizes. SpaceNews.com

Ursa Space Systems, a geospatial data and analytics company, announced plans to offer global reports on oil storage drawn from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. Ursa plans to begin offering weekly reports tracking oil...

The James Webb Space Telescope, billed as NASA's premier observatory of the next decade, could provide an unparalleled view of Proxima Centauri b after it launches.

The Claypool Lennon Delirium's new EP, "Lime and Limpid Green," features cover songs from Pink Floyd, King Crimson and The Who.

For skywatchers who'd like to look for some "bonus objects" during the brief two and a half minutes of totality, when the sun is completely covered by the moon, mobile astronomy apps can offer a guide for where to look.

A house-sized asteroid will shave past our planet on October 12, far inside the Moon's orbit but without posing any threat, astronomers said Thursday.

A docked Russian cargo craft fired its engines today slightly raising the orbit of the International Space Station. The orbital boost sets up next month's crew swap. The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft also received a new targ...

SpaceX's next launch has slipped a day. NASA said Wednesday that the Falcon 9 launch of a Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station had been delayed from Sunday to Monday at 12:31 p.m. Eastern. SpaceNews...

New evidence from ancient lunar rocks suggests that an active dynamo once churned within the molten metallic core of the moon, generating a magnetic field that lasted at least 1 billion years longer than previously thoug...

An ancient mountain range on Mars preserves a complex volcanic and tectonic past imprinted with signs of water and ice interactions.

"Today the moon's field is essentially zero," says Benjamin Weiss, professor of planetary sciences at MIT. "And we now know it turned off somewhere between the formation of this rock and today." New evidence from ancient...