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At least eight of the nine cubesats sent by the Russian Soyuz 2.1a rocket into a 600-kilometer orbit July 14 alongside a larger spacecraft, the Kanopus-V-IK Russian Earth-imaging satellite, are not responding to commands...

The U.S. Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx), a group charged with finding cutting-edge technologies to solve national security problems, is looking for space companies to provide persistent Earth observation, re...

Record-breaking NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and her Expedition 52 crewmates, Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA and Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, are scheduled to depart the Intern...

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center: Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser completed an important milestone toward orbital flight on Wednesday, Aug. 30, with a successful captive carry test at NASA's Armstrong Fligh...

A new study from the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics indicates that UV radiation may be the key to finding life on other planets The post Ultraviolet Light Could Point the Way To Life Throughout the Universe ...

After leaving the space community waiting and wondering for months, the White House is expected to nominate Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) as NASA administrator as soon as Sept. 5. SpaceNews.com

Two separate propulsion problems will shorten the expected lifespan of Intelsat's second high-throughput satellite by an estimated 3.5 years, the company told SpaceNews Aug. 31. SpaceNews.com

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Lego just released the latest additions to its "Star Wars" collection in honor of the upcoming release of "The Last Jedi."

Our weekly pick of interesting articles on threats, solutions, observations and odds and ends about life on our home planet. Just for fun we've tossed in a raging conspiracy theory or two. NASA Made This Technology for S...

Our weekly pick of interesting articles on threats, solutions, observations and odds and ends about life on our home planet. Just for fun we've tossed in a raging conspiracy theory or two. NASA Made This Technology for S...

On August 31, 2017, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of the Texas coast and the Houston metropolitan area....

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: Most satellites, not designed to withstand high levels of particle radiation, wouldn't last a day in the Van Allen Radiation belts. Trapped by Earth's magnetic field into two giant bel...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: Phenomena across the Universe emit radiation spanning the entire electromagnetic spectrum -- from high-energy gamma rays, which stream out from the most energetic events in the cosmos,...

Uncontrollable flying objects in orbit are a massive risk for modern space travel, and, due to our dependence on satellites today, it is also a risk to global economy. A research team at the Fraunhofer Institute for Appl...

Secrets lie deep within Jupiter, shrouded in the solar system's strongest magnetic field and most lethal radiation belts. On July 4, 2016, NASA's Juno spacecraft plunged into uncharted territory, entering orbit around th...

Now you can witness the final mission of Cassini and enjoy the beauty of Saturn's rings and the moon in your own room. NAOJ has released the latest version (1.4) of the astronomical software Mitaka with many new features...

Our week through the lens: 28 August - 1 September 2017

Observations by Japan's Venus climate orbiter Akatsuki have revealed an equatorial jet in the lower to middle cloud layer of the planet's atmosphere, a finding that could be pivotal to unraveling a phenomenon called supe...

ESO Top News: On 1 September 2017, Xavier Barcons became ESO's eighth Director General, succeeding Tim de Zeeuw who has served since 2007. Barcons begins his tenure at an exciting time for ESO. Construction of the Extrem...

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has lowered expectations for the Falcon Heavy rocket's upcoming maiden launch. Experts weigh in on what could go wrong, and the flight's chances of success.

A mountain-size space rock cruised past Earth this morning (Sept. 1) in a record-breaking encounter that has long had scientists drooling.