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Japanese astronomers report the identification of a new ultra-luminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG) as part of the search for far-infrared-bright but optically faint objects. The newly detected ULIRG, designated AKARI-FIS-V2 ...

As NASA reopens after the longest government shutdown in history, the agency's administrator said Jan. 29 that a full recovery from the effects of the shutdown will take longer than the shutdown itself. SpaceNews.com

An international team of researchers was able to accurately measure the effect that a supernova shock wave had on the surrounding gas for the first time. The post Astronomers are Continuing to Watch the Shockwaves Expand...

For the first time Shanahan confirmed that the Pentagon is proposing to establish a Space Force within the Department of the Air Force. SpaceNews.com

A few brief reports about international science and technology from Papua New Guinea to Kazakhstan, including one on the slow slide of Mount Etna in Italy. --

The Earth wasn’t formed containing the necessary chemicals for life to begin. One well-supported theory, called the “late veneer theory”, suggests that the volatile chemicals needed for life arrived long after the ...

The Expedition 58 astronauts explored time perception and tested a wearable body monitor aboard the International Space Station today....

The latest data release from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) includes observations revealing the internal structure and composition of nearly 5,000 nearby galaxies observed during the first three years of a program c...

Human and robotic exploration image of the week: An ICE Cubes commercial experiment cube on the International Space Station

The main contractor for the Chinese space program is planning more than 30 launches in 2019, with major missions including the crucial return-to-flight of the heavy-lift Long March 5 rocket in July. SpaceNews.com

The first qualification model of the P120C solid-fuel motor, configured for Vega-C, was static fired yesterday on the test stand at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

The first qualification model of the P120C solid-fuel motor, configured for Vega-C, was static fired yesterday on the test stand at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

Investigating the history of our cosmos with a large sample of distant 'active' galaxies observed by ESA's XMM-Newton, a team of astronomers found there might be more to the early expansion of the universe than predicted...

The far outer solar system is teeming with mountain-size space rocks left over from the long-ago planet-formation period, a new study suggests.

A time-lapse video combines 365 photos of the sun taken by the Proba-2 satellite in 2018.

The secretive mission of a U.S. Air Force X-37B miniature space plane just winged past 500 days in Earth orbit.

Cherenkov Telescope Array: Written by: Daniel Mazin When we talk about CTA, we usually talk about studying the Universe at the highest energies. Scientists, however, also talk about low energies with CTA, which seems str...

Just days after returning to work from five weeks of furlough, NASA employees convened for a town hall meeting with the agency's administrator Jim Bridenstine today (Jan. 29) to discuss the implications of the longest go...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has completed its first loop around the sun and entered the second of 24 planned orbits.

The gravitational pull of a black hole is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape once it gets too close. However, there is one way to escape a black hole -- but only if you're a subatomic particle.

It's hard to grasp the sheer amount of astronomical data that came online this week in a 1.6 petabyte data-dump from a Hawaiian telescope, but picture 30,000 Wikipedias or 15 Libraries of Congress.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has redesigned its active space-debris-removal demonstration mission concept e.Deorbit as a multipurpose, in-orbit servicing vehicle that could be used to refuel, refurbish or re-boost sat...