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The center of our galaxy is a frenzy of activity. A behemoth black hole -- 4 million times as massive as the Sun -- blasts out energy as it chows down on interstellar detritus while neighboring stars burst to life...

Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) have found a pulsar speeding away from its presumed birthplace at nearly 700 miles per second, with its trail pointing directly ba...

Arcturus is a red giant that is one of the brightest stars in Earth's night sky.

Want to take a trip to the center of the Milky Way? Check out a new immersive, ultra-high-definition visualization. This 360-movie offers an unparalleled opportunity to look around the center of the galaxy, from the vant...

Using high-resolution adaptive optics imaging from the Gemini Observatory, astronomers have uncovered one of the oldest star clusters in the Milky Way Galaxy. The remarkably sharp image looks back into the early history ...

The Germany space agency DLR is beginning a study this month on a reusable launcher concept that would use a winged first-stage booster captured on descent by an aircraft and towed back to land. SpaceNews.com

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory:

Italy's PRISMA Earth-observation satellite will take to the skies tonight (March 21), and you can watch the action live.

The Russian-built landing platform for the ExoMars rover now has a name: 'Kazachok.'

Test subjects in Cologne, Germany will take to their beds for 60 days from 25 March as part of a groundbreaking study, funded by European Space Agency ESA and US space agency NASA, into how artificial gravity could help ...

NASA is considering funding a mission that would send a satellite the size of a mini-fridge to the asteroid belt to examine an unexplored world: a massive asteroid scientists call Pallas.

A pair of United States postage stamps will mark the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.

Michigan was a major force in the early Space Age, when Chrysler made rockets that carried astronauts and General Motors built the electric buggies they used to explore the moon.

In the Q&A below Lesley touches on the mentor who inspired her, offers her perspective on women working in high tech careers and shares advice for those interested in building a career in the commercial space industry. S...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

On the International Day of Forests, we bring you this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image of Bangkok and its oasis of green, Bang Kachao

Using radial velocity method and direct imaging, astronomers have found a compact companion of a nearby star known as HD 118475. The finding is detailed in a paper published March 11 on the arXiv pre-print server, in whi...

The platform destined to land on the Red Planet as part of the next ExoMars mission has arrived in Europe for final assembly and testing - and been given a name.

It's too bad Mars is such an interesting place, because it's actually one of the most difficult places to visit in the solar system, especially if you want to bring along a lot of luggage. That planet is a graveyard of m...

The question of how SMC is positioning itself for the future is gaining attention in light of the Pentagon's decision to establish a Space Development Agency, which some view as a long-term existential threat to SMC. Spa...

Test subjects in Cologne, Germany will take to their beds for 60 days from 25 March as part of a groundbreaking study, funded by European Space Agency ESA and US space agency NASA, into how artificial gravity could help ...

A powerful quasar has caused a raging storm in a distant cosmic structure known as the "Teacup."