Space News

Astronomers have become the latest victims of Mexico's violence with activities at two observatories being reduced because their staff suffered crimes while travelling to the remote mountain sites, researchers said Thurs...

Astronomers have discovered an asteroid looping through the inner solar system on an exotic orbit....

ESA's Gaia satellite has looked beyond our galaxy and explored two nearby galaxies to reveal the stellar motions within them and how they will one day interact and collide with the Milky Way -- with surprising results......

Thai satellite operator Thaicom logged a second year of declining revenue, but trimmed losses by selling its stake in a local telecom provider. SpaceNews.com

Rocky surfaces and molten cores are what the four inner planets of the solar system have in common

A new study by an international team of astronomers has discovered the presence of organic molecules in the disk of a young star. The post A Star’s Outburst is Releasing Organic Molecules Trapped in the ice Around it a...

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus space freighter is just a day away from completing its tenth mission to the International Space Station. The Expedition 58 crew is training today for Cygnus' robotic release on Friday and prepar...

Mark Stucky fought in the Iraq war, once buzzed a Soviet warplane over the Sea of Japan and has flown all sorts of experimental aircraft.

Since it was first measured in 1831, we have known that the magnetic north is constantly on the move. However, its tendency to slowly roam has stepped up a pace recently - so much so that the World Magnetic Model has had...

A team of scientists, astronomers and engineers meets weekly in a conference room on a Howard County, Md., research campus and plans to save the world.

An academic at Royal Holloway has conducted research to see how people make decisions in space with zero gravity and the results prove this little-known area needs to be addressed.

Our week through the lens: 4 - 8 February 2019

Hours before his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Roscosmos boss posted on Twitter a photo of a large binder that he claimed was the in-depth development schedule for a super-heavy rocket dubbed Yenisei...

Since the invention of the periodic table 150 years ago this month, scientists have worked to fill in the rows of elements and make sense of their properties.

Viasat CEO Mark Dankberg said the company has executed an agreement with Boeing for a third ViaSat-3 satellite, securing the last spacecraft needed for global Ka-band coverage. SpaceNews.com

A post-asymptotic giant branch (post-AGB) star known as HD 179821 turns out to be significantly less massive than previously thought, according to a new study. Using new data from ESA's Gaia satellite, astronomers found ...

Kenya could soon host the only research-class observatory in equatorial Africa, thanks to a collaboration between the nation and the UK.

Astronomers have discovered an asteroid looping through the inner solar system on an exotic orbit. The unusual object is among the first asteroids ever found whose orbit is confined almost entirely within the orbit of Ve...

European research has been a part of the International Space Station since the very first expeditions to our orbiting science facility in 2001.

Infographics: Apply to run an experiment in one of ESA's many platforms and facilities for spaceflight research

Astronomers just found an asteroid that zips around the sun every 165 Earth days -- the shortest year for any known asteroid.

Following the launch of Aeolus on 22 August 2018, scientists have been busy fine-tuning and calibrating this latest Earth Explorer satellite. Aeolus carries a revolutionary instrument, which comprises a powerful laser, a...