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"What we're claiming here," said Philippe Gillet, a planetary scientist at the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, "is that we have in our hands a remnant of this first generation of planets that are missing tod...

If one replaces the 2024 retirement of ISS with the 2010 retirement of space shuttle, you pretty much have the "back to the moon" space policy of the George W. Bush administration. SpaceNews.com

Aurora Station will be the first luxury hotel in space. The station will be open for business in 2022. The post The Aurora Station Will be the First Luxury Hotel in Space appeared first on Universe Today.

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross says his department is gearing up to add space traffic management to its growing portfolio of commercial space responsibilities. SpaceNews.com

"Commercial space will be fully leveraged in satisfying user needs and fully considered in the development of every future space system," said NRO Director Betty Sapp. "Just as we do in other areas, we want to design onl...

An FCC commissioner said Tuesday she was astonished the White House did not give the telecom regulatory agency a seat on the National Space Council. SpaceNews.com

ocket Lab is postponing its next launch by a few weeks because of a technical problem, but the company says it is optimistic about its long-term prospects as demand for its small launch vehicle grows. SpaceNews.com

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:

"We use special telescopes to catch X-ray light in the sky, and while looking at these X-rays, the telescopes noticed an unexpected feature and captured a spectrum of light, which is not produced by any known atomic emis...

Some 19 months after announcing its intent to buy the assets of Sea Launch, Russian aviation group S7 has closed the purchase. SpaceNews.com

This Earth Day, NASA invites you to create your own shareable views of our home planet, help combat mosquito-transmitted diseases, and watch our fleet of Earth-observing spacecraft as they circle the globe.

Spaceflight Industries has secured rideshare opportunities on two Vega rocket missions for tiny satellites. SpaceNews.com

"Sixty percent of the drugs we take today were developed from natural products, and most of those products have terrestrial sources. Currently, only seven FDA-approved pharmaceuticals in clinical use have marine sources,...

An environmental group announced plans April 11 to develop and operate its own satellite to track one particular greenhouse gas, the latest sign of the proliferation of smallsat technology.

The Environmental Defense Fund is working with researchers at Harvard University on the probe --

"The problem is there is currently not legal certainty about what is allowed and what is not allowed," said Tanja Masson-Zwaan, former president of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL). SpaceNews.com

See the most spectacular photos of Lyrid meteors, pieces of Comet Thatcher that rain down on Earth every year in April.

Fragments of a meteorite that fell to Earth more than a decade ago provide compelling evidence of a lost planet that once roamed our solar system, according to a study published Tuesday.

In "Before Mars," a geologist arrives at a small Mars base after a lengthy journey, only to realize that things aren't as they seem.

In "Before Mars," a geologist arrives at a small Mars base after a lengthy journey, only to realize that things aren't as they seem.

Astronaut ice cream's failed mission and the snacks you can get up in space.

It's one of the deepest 'swimming pools' in Europe, but for three years has been helping preparations for a human return to the moon. ESA's Neutral Buoyancy Facility at the European Astronaut Centre has been the site of ...