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A tiny satellite has started investigating the halo of incredibly hot gas surrounding the Milky Way -- and it could help scientists track down the huge amount of missing matter in the universe.

For nearly a century, astronomers have puzzled over the curious variability of young stars residing in the Taurus-Auriga constellation some 450 light years from Earth....

With about $40 million in hand and an agreement to use a new launch site, British small launch vehicle startup Orbex argues that it's joined the small group of companies in this sector of the industry that should be take...

For the last several years, aerospace companies have been examining ways to use additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, to aid the production of rocket engines. SpaceNews.com

This summer, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will launch to travel closer to the Sun, deeper into the solar atmosphere, than any mission before it. If Earth was at one end of a yard-stick and the Sun on the other, Parker Solar...

There's a new way for people to learn about NASA's exciting missions and thought-provoking discoveries: The agency now has a channel for Roku digital media streaming devices.

"We should have all the matter today that we had back when the universe was 400,000 years old," said Philip Kaaret, HaloSat's principal investigator at the University of Iowa (UI), which leads the mission. "Where did it ...

The British government announced July 19 a new effort to help space companies in the country win business outside of Europe amid concerns about the effects Brexit will have on the industry. SpaceNews.com

The European Gaia spacecraft recently released a catalog of the positions of 1.7 billion stars, mapping our stellar neighbors around the Milky Way with unprecedented precision.

"For most of Earth history our planet was populated with microbes, and projecting into the future they will likely be the stewards of the planet long after we are gone," says Crockford, now a postdoctoral researcher at P...

Deep in the ocean's twilight zone, swarms of ravenous single-celled organisms may be altering Earth's carbon cycle in ways scientists never expected, according to a new study from Florida State University researchers. In...

Have you checked out Mars this season? Mars reaches opposition on July 27th at 5:00 Universal Time (UT) shining at magnitude -2.8 and appearing 24.3" across--nearly as large as it can appear, and the largest since the hi...

Ultra-bright galaxies in the early universe may be less common than initially thought, new research conducted using the Hubble Space Telescope has found.

While NASA's policy of free and open remote-sensing data has long benefited the scientific community, other government agencies and nonprofit organizations, it has significant untapped potential for commercialization. NA...

Killjoys Dutch, Johnny and D'avin have wandered far afield from their early space-bounty-hunter days -- they've uncovered an otherworldly conspiracy, kicked off a system-spanning war and dealt with a whole lot of green g...

Are two different types of stars actually the same thing? Research of recent years shows that kinds of exotic stars -- known as pulsars and magnetars -- may actually be a single type of star, but at different stages of i...

A new technique that analyzes clashing observations may help solve the mystery behind the expansion of the universe.

There's something strange about the outer solar system -- and that could be the signature of a long-ago visit to our neighborhood.

Friday will mark the 49th anniversary of one of humanity's greatest achievements: Apollo 11 and the first lunar landing. And the sky has a lunar treat in store.

Mars Express imaged a local dust storm in April, a precursor to the dramatic planet-circling event that followed

The animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars is being revived for a surprise seventh season on the upcoming Disney streaming service.

This image was taken by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst from the International Space Station on 30 June 2018 when the Moon and Mars were at its closest so far during his six-month Horizons mission.