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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...

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...

The US President has done it again. Just when you think things can’t get any more--”unusual”-- in the White House, the President has Tweeted an American spy satellite image as part of a juvenile jab at Iranian lead...

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.

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.

The Kepler satellite is famous for its discovery of thousands of exoplanets by continuously and meticulously measuring the brightnesses of over half-a-million stars for the signatures of transiting exoplanets. Less well ...

The Australian government has enacted new regulations regarding the launch and reentry of commercial vehicles as part of an effort to help promote development of a domestic launch industry. SpaceNews.com

As Hurricane Dorian pummels the Caribbean and the U.S. East Coast, NASA satellites and space station astronauts are keeping an eye on the epic storm from space.

SpaceX conducted a static-fire test Thursday (Aug. 29) of the Falcon 9 rocket that will send two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station in the near future.

The best way to extract water from the moon and near-Earth asteroids involves hitting the stuff with sunlight or other forms of radiation, if three NASA-funded projects are any guide.