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Star formation is one of the most important research fields in astrophysics. This process, in which gravitational instabilities cause the collapse of gas to form more compact structures and finally stars, encompasses a b...

Builders of satellite antennas disagree on whether flat panel antennas -- widely considered a necessity for planned broadband megaconstellations -- can be produced cheaply enough to address the mass consumer market in th...

Despite concerns about quality control in Russia's human spaceflight program in the wake of two incidents, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said he was confident the Soyuz would return to flight safely by the end of th...

New research, published Wednesday, 24 October, in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, has found evidence for a large number of double supermassive black holes, likely precursors of gigantic bla...

An international team of astronomers recently observed an unexpected sight, a binary star system that is set to collide and explode in a nova inside of a nebula. The post Binary Stars Orbiting Each Other INSIDE a Planeta...

Zipping through the sky 250 miles up is a shoebox-sized bundle of detectors and electronics named Dellingr....

About 550 light-years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia lies IC 63, a stunning and slightly eerie nebula....

NASA's upcoming landing of the first-ever mission to study the heart of Mars will be the topic of a media briefing at 1:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Oct. 31 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

If you're standing in the Southern Hemisphere on a clear night, you can see two luminous clouds offset from the Milky Way.

NASA has awarded the Goddard Library and Information Services Technical Support (GLISTS) contract to Select Federal Services, LLC of Sweetwater, Tennessee. The work will be performed at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center...

What would it be like to be onboard the Cassini orbiter as it made its way around Jupiter and Saturn and their moons? Pretty cool. Now a new video made from Cassini images pieces together parts of that stately journey. K...

This month, as moviegoers flock to theaters to experience Neil Armstrong's bold journey to the Moon, we witness some of the less theatrically appealing drama of human spaceflight play out here in real life. SpaceNews.com

NASA is inviting media to attend a two-day Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge Industry Day beginning at 8 a.m. PDT Thursday, Nov. 1, at the Seattle Marriott Waterfront.

Major European countries are backing a new generation of home-grown space launchers amid growing competition from private space companies and developing nations such as India and China.

Space Force is here. For real. The President said he was going to create it, and now the White House has released some details on this new branch of the US armed forces. The US Space Force will be the 6th branch of the a...

It's time to vote for this year's standout companies, leaders and programs. SpaceNews.com

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NASA expects to soon end efforts to contact the Opportunity Mars rover, silent for more than four months after a major dust storm, but will continue to listen for signals from the spacecraft for months to come.

In less than 10 weeks, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will explore the most distant target ever visited by a spacecraft. Mission team members don't know what to expect -- and that's part of the fun.

The Russian space agency Roscosmos has successfully executed its first rocket launch since Oct. 11's aborted crew launch to the International Space Station.

Scientists are seeking—and not finding—thermal evidence for geysers on the Jovian moon --

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