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The Parker Solar Probe completed its third close solar flyby on Sunday (Sept. 1), coming within 15 million miles (24 million kilometers) of our star.

Newly designed insect-sized robots could be used to explore distant worlds and objects like asteroids and comets.

NASA has selected three proposals for concept studies of missions that could help us better understand the dynamic space weather system driven by the Sun that manifests near Earth....

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NASA's historic spaceport in Florida, the Kennedy Space Center, has received the "all clear" sign after a glancing blow from Hurricane Dorian Wednesday (Sept. 4).

The global slowdown in geostationary satellite orders is dragging on longer than it expected, causing Thales Alenia Space revenues to contract. SpaceNews.com

After a quiet, off-duty day for the crew of Expedition 60 on Labor Day, operations supporting science for long-duration human space exploration and upcoming spaceship movements ramped up on the International Space Statio...

Spain's technology conglomerate GMV has obtained a contract from BMW to develop a satellite-based positioning system for autonomous vehicles the German automaker is working to add to its portfoli SpaceNews.com

A recent image from the MRO shows rows of olivine-rich dunes in the Copernicus Crater on Mars, a feature that is quite rare here on Earth. The post It Hasn’t Rained on Mars for a Long Time, but These Sand Dunes Look Li...

In this week's evening sky, four small, faint constellations spread out near and within the Summer Triangle can be seen.

A new study from Caltech shows that giant impacts can dramatically lower the internal pressure of planets, a finding that could significantly change the current model of planetary formation.

Facebook has partnered with Hughes Network Systems to launch a satellite-enabled Wi-Fi hotspot service in Colombia. SpaceNews.com

Spoiler alert: The man who cracks into the package of space-ready, bite-size cheese sandwiches does not taste one of the sickly, orange-and-white delicacies. Nor does he brave a "strawberry cube."

A team of scientists recently proposed an alternative to a Space Elevator - the "Spaceline", a tether that extends from the lunar surface into Earth's gravity well. The post The Spaceline: an Elevator From the Earth to t...

Australian startup Fleet Space Technologies announced Sept. 4 it has raised more than $7 million to expand its constellation of satellites providing Internet of Things services to a growing number of customers. SpaceNews...

In 2010, astronomers discovered two giant blobs centered on the core of our Milky Way galaxy. Their origins are still a mystery, but however they got there, the blobs are emitting copious amounts of high-energy radiation...

Astronauts test new tech in NASA's new NEEMO NXT mission.

Just as satellites have played a crucial role in monitoring and forecasting hazards caused by the massive Hurricane Dorian, so too will they help affected areas rebuild.

Mercury's ancient magnetic poles were far from the location of its poles today, implying its magnetic field, like Earth's, changed over time, a new study says.

An international team of astronomers has reported the discovery of eight new millisecond pulsars in the PALFA (Pulsar Arecibo L-band Feed Array) survey. All of the newly detected pulsars were found to have orbiting compa...

A team of astronomers led by AIP Ph.D. student Engin Keles detected the chemical element potassium in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, for the first time with overwhelming significance and applying high-resolution spectro...

That is not the ESA Kids mascot Paxi's ship on the right. Nor is that a vintage diving suit on the left. It is lunar exploration with an aquatic twist.