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When we think of climate change, one of the first things to come to mind is melting polar ice. However, ice loss isn't just restricted to the polar regions. According to research published today, glaciers around the worl...

Speaking at the 35th Space Symposium here April 8, John Lymer, Maxar's chief roboticist, said the company is committed to finishing Dragonfly, a NASA program to assemble spacecraft parts in orbit, enabling antennas and o...

Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft recently struck the asteroid Ryugu with an explosive payload, which will help it collect samples that could teach us more about how the Solar System and life came to be. The post Hayabusa2 Fi...

Two spacewalking astronauts completed their work on time today (April 8), despite a stubborn panel on the International Space Station that added several minutes of troubleshooting to their tasks.

NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 11, to share the results of a study - embargoed by the journal Science until that time - evaluating identical twin astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly.

It's only natural for humankind to want to know more about Mars, our dearest planetary neighbor.

Shuttle astronauts Jim Buchli and Janet Kavendi are the latest inductees to the Astronaut Hall of Fame.

The Space ISAC will be based at the National Cybersecurity Center SpaceNews.com

As exploration missions venture beyond low-Earth orbit and to the Moon -- and eventually Mars -- NASA must consider automated technologies to keep habitats operational even when they are not occupied by astronauts. To he...

The stakes could not be higher for OmegA as it prepares for two critical static-fire tests of its solid rocket motors this year with the goal to launch its first payload in 2021. SpaceNews.com

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will deliver a keynote address and speak to media Tuesday, April 9, during the 35th Space Symposium at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Metallic asteroids are thought to have started out as blobs of molten iron floating in space. As if that's not strange enough, scientists now think that as the metal cooled and solidified, volcanoes spewing liquid iron c...

When we think of climate change, one of the first things to come to mind is melting polar ice. However, ice loss isn't just restricted to the polar regions....

United Launch Alliance will begin flying Vulcan hardware on Atlas 5 rockets this year in an effort to give the next-generation launcher bona fide flight heritage before its debut in 2021. SpaceNews.com

Internationally, the Indian test is further evidence of the more complex space domain, the lack of progress on developing norms of behavior for space, and the challenges of ensuring its long-term sustainability. SpaceNew...

For the first time scientists have been able to prove a decades old theory on stars thanks to a revolutionary high-speed camera.

Space contractors are waiting to see where things go with the DoD and SMC reorganization. SpaceNews.com

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has exercised a $5.9 million contract option to acquire current and archival Earth imagery from Planet's small satellite constellation through mid-September. SpaceNews.com

Wandering objects like 'Oumuamua -- the first interstellar body ever observed in our own solar system -- likely help seed newborn planetary systems, a new study suggests.

Made In Space proposes equipping small satellites with technology to manufacture in orbit a 20-meter optical boom interferometer with a modular internal optics bench the firm developed with Lowell Observatory. SpaceNews....

Mars may have a reputation for being a desolate world, but it is certainly not dead: its albeit thin atmosphere is still capable of whipping up a storm and, as this image reveals, send hundreds - maybe even thousands - o...

Defense contractors ManTech and Parsons eye opportunities in space. SpaceNews.com