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Australia's space agency will officially commence operations on July 1 2018.

The Martian dust storm that began a few weeks ago has grown to engulf the entire planet, and Curiosity is well-positioned to get it on camera! The post The Martian Dust Storm Has Covered the Entire Planet appeared first ...

Astronomers using a powerful quasar to study an enormous invisible tendril full of superheated gas say they may have finally discovered the universe's 'missing' detectable matter.

Clusters of stars across the vast reaches of time and space of the entire universe were all created the same way, researchers at McMaster University have determined.

Eutelsat's disclosure comes less than three weeks after London-based Inmarsat rejects an unsolicited acquisition offer from EchoStar. SpaceNews.com

This unique video shows a full launch of the Soyuz MS-09: from liftoff to orbit. Watch the launch from inside the crew capsule with first-ever shots from outside the spacecraft recorded by cameras fixed to the exterior o...

It sounds appealing given the state of politics on Earth: a plan to launch a utopian "space nation" with the aim of transcending earthly divisions.

Randy Walden, Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office: "It's not the label on the door that actually makes you rapid. It's the culture." SpaceNews.com

An exploration of the possibilities of low-light microbial life and how some life on earth indicates that photosynthesis at low energies is possible, and may be common in the universe. Scientists at The Australian Nation...

Ancient gibbon from Chinese tomb may be first ape to go extinct since the Ice Age. The 2,200-year-old skull is unlike those of modern gibbons, but some scientists are unsure if it's a new species. A careful examination o...

Welcome to the 566-567th Carnival of Space! The Carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers and bloggers, who submit their best work each week for your benefit. We have a fantastic double-feature round...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

Many Earth-bound efforts focus on synthetic chemicals, but some researchers hope the stress of space could provide new insights --

An art exhibit now open at the National Quilt Museum features a soft-ware approach to the hardware that took the first astronauts to the moon.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

A series of NASA flight tests has successfully demonstrated technologies that achieve a significant reduction in the noise generated by aircraft and heard by communities near airports.

Sitting between Mars and Jupiter, the doughnut-shaped asteroid belt is packed full of rocky bodies and debris....

The Alien Observatory --"The Mystery of Where Alien Life is Hiding Deepens" Neutron Stars May Unveil "Unknown 5th Force Between Normal Matter and Dark Matter" China's Land Grab Beyond the Blue Planet --"First the Moon, T...

Viasat on June 25 acquired a quarter of the steerable capacity on Avanti's newest satellite, Hylas-4, providing fresh Ka-band resources the company can use anywhere from the Americas across the Atlantic to the Middle Eas...

Planet and Airbus Defense and Space's geospatial division have agreed to co-develop imagery products that leverage both companies' satellites. SpaceNews.com

In the past two decades, NASA spacecraft have identified potentially habitable environments throughout the solar system and beyond. Spacecraft on Mars have found evidence that lakes and streams once covered the planet, p...

Spaceflight announced June 25 an agreement with Virgin Orbit for a future dedicated rideshare mission as it seeks to diversify its options for launching smallsats. SpaceNews.com