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Informally called “Proxima c,” the candidate world appears to be six times the mass of Earth, and orbits in the frigid outskirts of the Proxima Centauri system --

A NASA study of a US astronaut who spent a year in space while his twin brother remained on Earth is providing valuable insights into the effects of extended spaceflight on the human body, a key to planning a future mann...

Astronomers have detected a candidate planet circling the star Proxima Centauri, which lies just 4.2 light-years from our solar system. Proxima is already known to host one world, the roughly Earth-size Proxima b.

On Thursday 18 April, you are cordially invited to view the final presentations of ESA's second Galileo smartphone app competition - to develop an app capable of performing fixes using raw Galileo satnav measurements - a...

Scientists working with NASA's Curiosity Mars rover have been excited to explore a region called "the clay-bearing unit" since before the spacecraft launched. Now, the rover has finally tasted its first sample from this ...

The orange speckles in a new image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory add another dimension to the first-ever image of a black hole.

Beresheet's moon crash was the first in nearly half a century. But back in the day, moon crashes happened all the time.

The Space Force that President Donald Trump wants to launch ran headlong on Thursday into skeptical lawmakers who questioned the need for a stand-alone military wing.

An Israeli spacecraft crashed into the moon Thursday just moments before touchdown, failing in an ambitious attempt to make history as the first privately funded lunar landing.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy successfully launched its first operational mission today (April 10), more than a year after its demo mission catapulted a red Tesla and a dummy nicknamed Starman into space.

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station....

Australia's space agency is teaming up with Boeing to give a boost to the budding space industry in the land Down Under.

A black hole was recently the first to be captured in a close-up image, and in another first, it received a name that's a lot more interesting than the ones that usually identify black holes.

Our magnificent planet is always ready for its close-up. On Earth Day, April 22, NASA wants to see your take.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft in June 2021, agency officials announced Thursday (April 11).

"Star Wars: Episode IX" finally has a title -- and its first trailer.

Josh Jackson, executive vice president and general manager of SAIC's Solutions and Technology Group, said SAIC is working with around a dozen startups through accelerators in Austin, Texas and Colorado Springs, Colorado,...

NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, along with crewmates Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) and Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, will discuss their upcoming mission to the International Spa...

Three new commercial rockets are on track to make their first test flights in 2021.

ESA aims to harness a new resource for future space activities: ideas from European researchers, businesses and the general public. Through its new Open Space Innovation Platform (OSIP), anyone is welcome to respond to s...

The Israeli spacecraft that crashed into the moon on April 11 was having problems with its main engine and was unable to slow down in time before it smashed into the lunar surface.

When the USS Orville stumbles on a colony of exiles, a diplomatic incident ensues.