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The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission takes the temperature of Hurricane Lane on 22 August as it headed for Hawaii

A newly hired NASA intern recently lost her position at the agency after a vulgar exchange with a famous NASA engineer on Twitter, according to news reports.

A spacesuit worn on a mission seen by millions is up for auction.

Kleos Space, a Luxembourg-based satellite Earth observation startup, raised 6.96 million Euros ($8 million) from investors and began trading on the Australian Stock Exchange. SpaceNews.com

After an almost two-year journey, NASA's asteroid sampling spacecraft, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx), caught its first glimpse of asteroid Bennu la...

According to new research that was presented at the 2018 Goldschmidt Conference, "water worlds" may be more common than previously thought. The post There are so Many Water-Worlds Out There appeared first on Universe Tod...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

The Vice President’s remarks offered new details on the Trump administration’s space-policy plans --

A Russian cargo ship departed the International Space Station Wednesday night as another resupply mission from Japan is planned in September....

A recent paper lays out some key characteristics of Von Kármán Crater, the spot on the far side of the moon where China's robotic Chang'e 4 mission is scheduled to land late this year.

Hurricane Lane began pummeling Hawaii on Wednesday (Aug. 22), carrying with it strong winds and heavy rains, and space science has not escaped the storm's wrath.

Our week through the lens: 20 - 24 August 2018

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

Having worked around the clock since the launch of Aeolus on Wednesday, teams at ESA's control centre in Germany have declared today that the critical first phase for Europe's wind mission is complete.

Lifted into orbit on a Vega rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on 22 August 2018, ESA's Aeolus satellite will measure winds around the globe and play a key role in our quest to better understand the workings...

Traces of the Apollo astronauts’ presence lingered long after they left --

Chinese strategists regard the ability to use space-based systems -- and to deny them to adversaries -- as "central to modern warfare."

A Colorado airport has received a commercial spaceport license from the Federal Aviation Administration despite a lack of announced users of the site and concerns about conflicts with aviation.

Calling all "Star Wars" mega fans! The 2018 "Star Wars" Fan Awards contest has been underway for a while, but there's still time to get creative and submit your best fan work for a chance to win the ultimate prize.

Researchers are proposing to add a new arrow to our planetary-defense quiver: steering small, benign near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) into big and dangerous ones, in a dramatic and high-stakes game of cosmic billiards.

Gamma ray bursts may contain "time-reversed" structures.

A controversial new study in lab mice hints at sex-based differences in cosmic ray–induced cognitive decline --