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SpaceX is laying off about 10 percent of its workforce, a cost-cutting move the company says is required to focus on development of its next-generation launch system and a broadband satellite constellation. SpaceNews.com

Astronomers know our solar system better than any other, but they're still learning new ways that it doesn't seem to be particularly normal.

Russia's space agency says its specialists are attempting to fix problems that have blocked control of an orbiting radio telescope.

But "when, where, and how" remain to be seen.

While it seems the movie element of the "Star Trek" universe is dead in space, the TV side of things is prospering.

A team of researchers in Japan has discovered a gigantic streak structure in the cloud tops of Venus. The discovery is based on observations of Venus by the Japanese spacecraft Akatsuki. The findings were published in Ja...

Greenhouse gas monitoring was a hot topic at the American Meteorological Society's annual conference. International agencies shared plans for a global constellation and companies showcased a new generation of sensors. Sp...

New research using some of the latest Gaia mission data has revealed what happens to stars like our Sun once they become white dwarfs. The post In the far Future our Sun will Turn Into a Solid Crystalline White Dwarf. He...