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In 1964, Stanley Kubrick, on the recommendation of the science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, bought a telescope.

The moon is photographed in its first quarter phase just above the Earth's limb as the International Space Station orbited 255 miles above the Pacific Ocean south of the Hawaiian island chain....

The supermassive black hole at the centre of jellyfish galaxy JO201 is stripping away gas and throwing it out into space, accelerating suppression of star formation and effectively 'killing' the galaxy....

Vast rings of electrically charged particles encircle the Earth and other planets. Now, a team of scientists has completed research into waves that travel through this magnetic, electrically charged environment, known as...

NASA has awarded eight contracts for architect-engineering services in support of the Facilities Infrastructure Division at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.

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

NASA has awarded a $73.7 million contract to Made In Space, Inc. of Mountain View, California, to demonstrate the ability of a small spacecraft, called Archinaut One, to manufacture and assemble spacecraft components in ...

A multinational crew of space travelers, including NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, is scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station on Saturday, July 20 - the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's historic landing on th...

Back in April 2019 Amazon signaled its intention to get into the internet satellite business. Following in the footsteps of SpaceX and their Starlink satellite system, Amazon intends to launch thousands of internet satel...

Netflix continues its commitment to sci-fi with a new series starring Katee Sackhoff.

Airbus and the French Space Agency CNES have agreed to cofinance a constellation of four Earth observation satellites while leaving the door open for Airbus to finance additional satellites with other partners. SpaceNews...

A host of weather satellites -- and at least one astronaut -- are keeping their eyes on Tropical Storm Barry as it approaches the Gulf Coast.

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Mount Fuji, Japan's highest mountain standing at 3776 metres tall. In this spring image, the mountain can be seen coated in pure white snow....

The International Space Station is a unique orbiting laboratory that helps NASA and its partners explore what happens to humans living off the Earth....

Just days before the 50th anniversary of one of humanity's greatest achievements - astronauts first walking on the Moon - NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT on Monday, July ...

China appears set to deorbit its Tiangong-2 space lab in the near future, according to a social media release from the China Manned Space Engineering Office. SpaceNews.com

The English rock band Joy Division released their debut studio album "Unknown Pleasures" 40 years ago. The front cover doesn't feature any words, only a now iconic black and white data graph showing 80 wiggly lines repre...

The initial prototype of SpaceX's next-generation reusable launch vehicle will make its first, albeit low-altitude, test flight early next week, Elon Musk announced July 12. SpaceNews.com

Our week through the lens: 8 - 12 July 2019

India is looking to take a giant leap in its space program and solidify its place among the world's spacefaring nations with its second unmanned mission to the moon, this one aimed at landing a rover near the unexplored ...

In recent years, the idea of life on other planets has become less far-fetched. NASA announced June 27 that it will send a vehicle to Saturn's icy moon Titan, a celestial body known to harbor surface lakes of methane and...

Moons ejected from orbits around gas giant exoplanets could explain several astronomical mysteries, an international team of astronomers suggests.