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A kite-blown science expedition to the interior of Antarctica has made the most southerly positioning fixes yet made with Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system....

Astronomers have detected a highly collimated, bipolar jet from the so-called Red Square Nebula (RSN) surrounding the B[e]-type star MWC 922. The newly discovered jet could reveal more insights into the nature of the RSN...

U.S. combatant commanders urgently need to solve pressing problems in Earth observation, missile warning and position, navigation and timing, said Chuck Finley, former technical director of the Operational Responsive Spa...

In their latest in a series of studies concerning generation ships, the team addresses how large the ship would need to be to sustain a multi-generational crew. The post How Big Would a Generation Ship Need to be to Keep...

The small satellite field, which has enjoyed significant growth and investment in the last few years, will face new challenges this year demonstrating their business plans, with some expecting a shakeout in some parts of...

How can two planets so similar in some respects have such different densities? According to a new study, a catastrophic collision may be to blame. In our Solar System, all the inner planets are small rocky worlds with si...

We’ve got a mystery on our hands. The surface of the sun has a temperature of about 6,000 Kelvin – hot enough to make it glow bright, hot white. But the surface of the sun is not its last later, just like the surface...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:

An Ariane 5 rocket will launch two new communications satellites for Saudi Arabia and India today (Feb. 5), and you can watch the liftoff live online!

More than 2 million students have taken part in the Space Station Explorers program --

During his State of the Union speech on Tuesday (Feb. 5), President Donald J. Trump gave a shout-out to NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin as he commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

Along with Goose, the Flerken.

As the National Science Foundation (NSF) recovers from a five-week partial government shutdown, the agency is already starting preparations for another potential shutdown.

Human and robotic exploration image of the week: Soyuz simulator in Antarctica takes science to the next level

With the introduction of cost-effective wideband commercial communication satellites, satellite operator are rapidly transforming the technical and business models of legacy fixed services to offer SATCOM as a Service ap...

United Launch Alliance won a NASA contract Jan. 31 to launch a planetary science mission in what the agency said was a competitive procurement.

The Milky Way's disk bends and warps at the edges.

Astronomers have found fresh evidence for significant planetary diversity within a single exoplanet system, suggesting that giant high-speed collisions are partly responsible for planetary evolution.

NASA's InSight lander dropped an insulating cover over its Marsquake-sensing seismometer on Feb. 2, mission team members said.

Count on more romantic desert panoramas: 2019's "Roswell, New Mexico" TV series is a brand-new adaptation of an alien-drama book series that offers both a distinct voice and plenty of tributes to its predecessor, "Roswel...

A "roll-off-roof" observatory opens a window to the universe, with the winter sky glistening over a group of telescopes at the Cumeada Observatory, headquarters of the Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve in Portugal.

The partial government shutdown caused the Federal Aviation Administration to miss a Feb. 1 deadline for releasing a draft of revised launch licensing regulations. SpaceNews.com