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The most massive galaxies in our neighbourhood formed their stars billions of years ago, early in the history of the universe. At the present day, they produce very few new stars. Astronomers have long believed that is b...

A Senate committee voted on party lines Jan. 18 to advance the nominations of individuals to lead NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, although with no clear indication of when, or if, they will ...

Details about how NASA will implement a space policy directive regarding a human return to the moon will be in the agency's 2019 budget request, scheduled for release as soon as early February. SpaceNews.com

NASA Kennedy Space Center: As part of Underway Recovery Test 6, the Orion test article is pulled in by a winch line at the rear of the USS Anchorage's well deck that brings the capsule into the ship, along with four mann...

California Assembly Appropriations Committee backs plan to create a California Aerospace and Aviation Commission to recommend action the governor and state legislature could take to retain jobs and encourage the industry...

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis: "In space we will do our best to deter. But for right now, it's about sizing up the problem." SpaceNews.com

NASA has bumped an astronaut off an upcoming spaceflight, a rare move for the space agency so close to launch.

Scott Altman, commander of the final space shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, and spacewalker Thomas Jones, who helped install the U.S. laboratory on the International Space Station, will enter the U....

"With these exquisite ALMA observations, astronomers are seeing the most massive galaxy known in the first billion years of the Universe in the process of assembling itself," said Dan Marrone, associate professor of astr...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

A pair of spacewalks are planned for Jan. 23 and 29 to swap and stow external robotics gear. NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei will lead both spacewalks....

A puzzle posed by segments of 'dark matter' in genomes -- long, winding strands of DNA with no obvious functions -- has teased scientists for more than a decade. Now, a team has finally solved the riddle. The conundrum h...

The meteor that caused a huge fireball above the skies of southern Michigan Tuesday night (Jan. 16) was only a few feet in size, researchers have said, but its speed was enough to shake the ground as it exploded in the a...

"The Earth, like many planets and stars, has a magnetic field that sprouts out of the North Pole, circles the planet and goes back into the South Pole," says Chris Packham, associate professor of physics and astronomy at...

Officials have decided to move a data center for the European Union's new satellite navigation system out of Britain because of Brexit.

A Japanese Epsilon rocket launched a new Earth-observation satellite into space this week, notching a third successful flight for the solid-fueled booster.

On Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018, the Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle successfully launched 31 satellites, making a comeback from a launch failure in August 2017. See photos from the Cartosat-2 satellite mission here!

Christa McAuliffe's lost lessons are finally getting taught in space.

Our week through the lens: 15-19 January 2018

An asteroid's upcoming close pass with Earth has been the subject of some sensational news coverage -- but is there is anything to fear?

No one plans like NASA, and when it came to exploring the moon, the Apollo program was no different. However, even despite their best efforts, the astronauts consistently demonstrated the challenges of keeping to schedul...

ESA has helped coastal authorities to track up to 70% more ships and pick up nearly three times more ship positions via satellite than was possible before.