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A new study shows that blue supergiants -- a rare type of supermassive star -- change brightness because of waves breaking on their surfaces.

Lockheed Martin's Verge ground station network should have coverage for satellites passing over the continental United States next year, with the timeline for a global build out determined by what antenna technology the ...

An international group of scientists led by the University of Cambridge has finished designing the 'brain' of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the world's largest radio telescope. When complete, the SKA will enable astr...

A test of parachutes for SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft did not go as planned last month, NASA and SpaceX confirmed May 8. SpaceNews.com

Blue Origin revealed new details about a lunar lander concept that the company's founder says can support a human return to the moon by 2024. SpaceNews.com

Recently, a friend of mine asked when we might be able to see a comet. He was surprised when I said there are several visible right now.

Telesat wants a factory capable of building 20 to 25 large LEO satellites a month so that it can have monthly launches. The company is also working with several antenna builders to have user terminals ready for broadband...

Jeff Bezos, who heads both Amazon and space company Blue Origin, unveiled on Thursday a lunar lander that he said would be used to transport equipment, and possibly human beings, to the south pole of the Moon by 2024.

Gravitational waves, first detected in 2016, offer a new window on the universe, with the potential to tell us about everything from the time following the Big Bang to more recent events in galaxy centers.

The veteran science journalist's new book looks at the bright future of moon exploration.

DoD spokesman: "The establishment of the United States Space Force is a small investment to ensure American leadership in space." SpaceNews.com

The situation in question in March 2019 was NASA's cancellation of an all-female spacewalk.

Our first picture of a black hole was a huge moment for science. But we can’t stop there. We need better pictures that deliver more information. That’s how we’ll learn even more about these strange, rule-breaking b...

Water worlds that each possess thousands of times more water than Earth does may be more common than Earth-like rocky planets in the Milky Way galaxy, a new study finds.

Arianespace has finalized the payload for a Vega launch later this year that will carry more than 40 small satellites, the first in what the company hopes to be a series of dedicated rideshare missions. SpaceNews.com

The galaxy is littered with planetary systems vastly different from ours. In the solar system, the planet closest to the Sun--Mercury, with an orbit of 88 days--is also the smallest. But NASA's Kepler spacecraft has disc...

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of humans first walking on the moon, NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio created a fascinating time-lapse video that maps all six Apollo landing sites as the moon waxes, wanes and w...

Been following the Moon this week? The first sighting of the waxing crescent Moon this past weekend not only marked the start of the Muslim month of Ramadan worldwide, but also sets us up for an interesting Friday night ...

A test of parachutes for SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft did not go as planned last month, NASA and SpaceX confirmed May 8.

North Korea fired off two short-range missiles in quick succession early this morning (May 9), and the United States followed suit with a test of its own just minutes later.

The first commercial microsatellite developed under ESA's SAT‐AIS programme for tracking ships, called ESAIL, has passed another milestone. On 9 May its Canadian operator exactEarth signed the launch service agreement ...

As thousands of scientists gather in Italy for the biggest Earth observation conference in the world, follow the opening session live. Streaming starts on 13 May at 07:00 GMT (09:00 CEST)