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The first launch of the space shuttle Columbia touched off a new era in space flight.

European satellite manufacturer Airbus Defence and Space will build Measat-3d, a new communications satellite that will "progressively replace" the 13-year-old Measat-3 and the 10-year-old Measat-3a satellites. SpaceNews...

Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX's president and chief operating officer, said the launch will carry "dozens of satellites," adding more prototypes to the two currently in low Earth orbit. SpaceNews.com

A lot of the headlines and discussion around the habitability of exoplanets is focused on their proximity to their star and on the presence of water. It makes sense, because those are severely limiting factors. But those...

A new study has shown that a good deal of Earth's heaviest elements may have come from a nearby neutron star collision billions of years ago. The post Some of Earth’s Gold Came From Two Neutron Stars That Collided Bill...

The Japanese space startup Interstellar Technologies Inc. just became the country's first private company to successfully launch a rocket into space.

These are the adventures of the "StarChip Wafersize."

Detection of a supernova with an unusual chemical signature by a team of astronomers led by Carnegie's Juna Kollmeier--and including Carnegie's Nidia Morrell, Anthony Piro, Mark Phillips, and Josh Simon--may hold the key...

Researchers from Germany are testing a new hybrid life support system aboard the ISS, which uses algae to clean the air and water supply and even provide a food source. The post Astronauts Could Rely on Algae as the Perf...

The personal and professional legacy of Neil Armstrong show clearly in a new set of items for sale at Heritage Auctions.

Disney has announced the schedule for three new "Star Wars" movies starting in December 2022, with new films arriving December 2024, and 2026.

The World Economic Forum has selected a consortium of companies, universities and agencies to develop a system to rate the sustainability of space systems, one that its backers hope will encourage good behavior in space....

The World Economic Forum has announced the introduction of a Space Sustainability Rating (SSR) system to help tackle the problem of space traffic and congestion in the Earth's orbit. The announcement of the SSR and the p...

Satellite electric propulsion startup Apollo Fusion is expanding its product line through an agreement with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, giving it access to advanced Hall thruster technology. SpaceNews.com

Vice President Mike Pence used a speech at a major space industry conference Monday (May 6) to restate the Trump administration's space policy efforts.

Launch firm iSpace in early June will attempt to become the first Chinese private company to place a satellite in orbit, following failed launches by two competitors.

New York City, home to 8.6 million people and one hot duck, has perished in an apocalyptic meteor strike ... in a simulation.

A large team of researchers with members from Belgium, Russia, and Germany has found that people who spend a long time aboard the International Space Station experience an increase in the size of some of their brain vent...

Human and robotic exploration image of the week: New experiment on the International Space Station paves the way for exobiology research

Astronomers have just managed to take the first image of a black hole, and now the next challenge facing them is how to take even sharper images, so that Einstein's Theory of General Relativity can be tested. Radboud Uni...

The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program funds 18 project proposals. The projects are aimed to design and test technology concepts for potential future NASA missions.

The slender crescent moon meets up with Mars in the night sky on Tuesday (May 7). You can catch the cosmic duo above the western horizon after sunset.