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An international team of astronomers used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to estimate whether there might be water on the seven earth-sized planets orbiting the nearby dwarf star TRAPPIST-1. The results suggest that ...

An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) failed to place a navigation satellite into its planned orbit Aug. 31 when the rocket's payload fairing failed to deploy. SpaceNews.com

Stars which pass close to the Sun could have a noticeable impact on the solar system....

The latest North Korean missile tests come at time when the U.S. defensive shield is weakened, missile-defense analysts say, by this summer's loss of a pair of warships specially outfitted for ballistic-missile defense. ...

Record-breaking NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and her Expedition 52 crewmates are scheduled to depart the International Space Station and return to Earth Saturday, Sept. 2. NASA Television and the agency's website will pr...

Regional satellite fleet operator KT Sat, continuing its quest to raise its stature outside of its home country of South Korea, forged a landmark partnership Aug. 30 with a ship network supplier to offer satellite connec...

Spire is wading deeper into the ship-tracking business, challenging established competitors operating fleets of much bigger satellites. SpaceNews.com

A team from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is moving into Phase II of their plan to send a clockwork rover to explore Venus The post NASA’s Plan to Explore Venus with a “SteamPunk” Rover appeared first on Univers...

NCCR PlanetS: An international team of astronomers led by Vincent Bourrier member of PlanetS used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to estimate whether there might be water on the seven earth-sized planets orbiting the...

The $199 Jedi Challenges includes a Mirage AR headset from Lenovo, a lightsaber-shaped controller and a tracking beacon to place you right in the middle of the Star Wars universe.

In everyday life, ultraviolet, or UV, light earns a bad reputation for being responsible for sunburns and other harmful effects on humans. However, research suggests that UV light may have played a critical role in the e...

From an AR headset that puts you right in the midst of a lightsaber battle to an R2 unit you build yourself, here's some of the best Star Wars gear coming out for Force Friday.

An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) failed to place a navigation satellite into its planned orbit Aug. 31 when the rocket's payload fairing failed to deploy.

Humans first journeyed into space in 1961, but even half a century later, questions remain about how spaceflight affects the human body.

The 2017 Lego UCS Millennium Falcon comes in at 7,541 pieces - the most ever for Lego - and costs $799. See more photos of the awesome new set for "Star Wars" collectors.

A team led by Edith Falgarone (Ecole Normale Supérieure and Observatoire de Paris, France) has used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array to detect signatures of the carbon hydride CH+ in distant starburst ga...

The Trump administration has identified representatives of the various government agencies who will serve on the National Space Council, which is likely to hold its first meeting "very, very shortly," Greg Autry, the adm...

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: In everyday life, ultraviolet, or UV, light earns a bad reputation for being responsible for sunburns and other harmful effects on humans. However, research suggests that UV l...

Hubble Space Telescope News:

The result sheds new light on the long-term evolution of these stellar explosions --

The movements of more than 300 000 stars surveyed by ESA's Gaia satellite reveal that rare close encounters with our sun might disturb the cloud of comets at the far reaches of our solar system, sending some towards Eart...

Many NASA space missions got a good look at the long-awaited Great American Solar Eclipse, as a new video shows.