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A novel instrument that has already proven its mettle on field campaigns will attempt to measure atmospheric greenhouse gases from an occultation-viewing, low-Earth-orbiting CubeSat mission called Mini-Carb early next ye...

The positively charged particles may have an outsize influence on the properties of neutron stars and other neutron-rich objects....

The Pentagon's Joint Oversight Requirements Council will be briefed this fall on potential solutions to a major national security vulnerability: hypersonic weapons that fly into space at supersonic speeds and descend bac...

This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Allen Versfeld at his Urban Astronomer blog.

University of California astronomers, including three from UCLA, have resolved a mystery about the early universe and its first galaxies.

Two Expedition 56 cosmonauts packed a Russian resupply ship today before preparing for Wednesday's spacewalk....

The Michigan Scientific Literacy Survey of 2017 found that last year's total solar eclipse got Americans more interested in celestial science. --

Lockheed Martin has been involved in aviation and space exploration for about 100 years.

Human and robotic exploration image of the week: The International Space Station launches CubeSats into orbit

ESA's Aeolus wind satellite is poised for liftoff from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. This latest Earth Explorer satellite has been at the launch site since early July being readied for its ride into space ...

Like a game of "hide and seek," Lawrence Livermore astrophysicists know that there are black holes hiding in the Milky Way, just not where.

Chinese private launch vehicle maker OneSpace has secured $43.6 million in Series B financing as the company looks to its first orbital launch near the end of 2018. SpaceNews.com

New findings give some weight to the idea that life was blasted here from another planet --

A team of scientists from the Faculty of Physics and Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, MSU, leading an international collaboration with members from Europe, Chile, the U.S. and Australia discovered a supermassive b...

NASA's Chief Scientist, Dr Jim Green, speaks to Kepler scientist Jon Jenkins about hunting exoplanets.

The nebula of a dying star has a "inside-out" appearance, scientists announced in a new study. And this may be the outcome that awaits our sun.

SpaceX recently invited reporters to its headquarters to take a look at the new Crew Dragon capsule, which is scheduled to start flying astronauts to and from the space station next year. Here's what Space.com's Mike Wal...

The launch of NASA's $1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe atop a Delta IV Heavy rocket was spectacular. Here's what it was like to see it in person.

A new image of a solar eclipse will have you seeing double.

NASA scientists are venturing into the ocean's "twilight zone" to explore how phytoplankton are affecting Earth's climate.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine expressed full support Monday for President Donald Trump's proposed military "Space Force" but added that it will have a role separate from NASA.

Tech magnate Elon Musk's SpaceX vowed Monday to send its first astronauts into orbit on schedule next year--part of a drive to restore America's dominance of the space race.