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An international collaboration led by scientists mainly at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) , Japan, has found that bone and muscle mass are regulated by the altered gravity....

The British aerospace firm said July 25 that its board voted unanimously to accept an offer from Advent International Corp. for 165 pence a share. SpaceNews.com

There are about 22,000 large objects orbiting the Earth, including working and broken satellites and bits of old rocket from past space expeditions. If you include all the equipment dropped by astronauts while floating i...

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered 21 planets outside our solar system and captured data on other interesting events occurring in the southern sky during its first year of science. TESS ha...

The Moon's south pole region is home to some of the most extreme environments in the solar system: it's unimaginably cold, massively cratered, and has areas that are either constantly bathed in sunlight or in darkness......

The ESA's Gaia mission recently allowed astronomers to catch a glimpse of Europa as it passed in front of a star, leading to new discoveries about this fascinating moon. The post Thanks to Gaia, we Now Know Exactly How B...

When an extraterrestrial object slams into the Earth, it sends molten rock high into the atmosphere. That debris cools and re-crystallizes and falls back down to Earth. Tiny glass beads that form in this process are call...

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

In a new video from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Hayabusa2 is seen touching down on, and collecting samples from, asteroid Ryugu.

Tokyo-based remote sensing company Synspective said July 26 that it had successfully reached $100 million in funding since forming 17 months ago. SpaceNews.com

In the very early days of our Universe, just over 13 billion years ago, there was very little structure. There were stars, and they were forming at a rapid rate, kicking off what’s known as the Stelliferous Era. But th...

Astronomers think they've spotted a planet with three suns on its horizon -- but that still isn't the most interesting thing about the world's skies.

The SpaceX Dragon cargo resupply ship has launched and reached orbit....

Next to Orion the Hunter, probably the most beautiful constellation in our sky is Scorpius the Scorpion.

The second satellite to join the constellation that forms the European Data Relay System (EDRS) has finished fuelling and is days away from launch. EDRS uses innovative laser technology to dramatically cut the time neede...

The discovery may reveal a crucial link between the evolution of black holes and galaxies.

A new children's book gives its young readers the perspective of walking onto a new world through the eyes of Apollo 12 moonwalker and painter Alan Bean.

Photos transmitted from The Planetary Society's LightSail 2 spacecraft orbiting Earth confirm that it successfully deployed its solar sail.

A space lawyer answers this apparently common question.

Our week through the lens: 22 - 26 July 2019

SpaceX performed a first, brief flight of a prototype of its next-generation launch system July 25 as the company makes plans for more ambitious tests. SpaceNews.com

On Wednesday, July 24th, the prototype test vehicle for the SpaceX craft the Starhopper commenced its first untethered "hop test" at the company's test facility in Boca Chica, Texas. This test is an important milestone f...