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As aerospace companies enjoy increased Pentagon and NASA spending, at least one executive is mindful of potential changes should a new president be elected in 2020. SpaceNews.com

About 10,000 light years away, in the constellation Centaurus, is a planetary nebula called NGC 5307. A planetary nebula is the remnant of a star like our Sun, when it has reached what can be described as the end of its ...

STEVE is a completely unique celestial phenomenon caused by some sort of warm, atmospheric emission, a new study finds.

If satellites in orbit become targets during a conflict, will U.S. forces have adequate intelligence to prevent and thwart attacks? SpaceNews.com

Specifically, investigators think Vega's failure originated in the forward dome area of the Zefiro-23, the second of three solid-fueled stages the rocket expends to deliver satellites to orbit. SpaceNews.com

The ESA and NASA are getting closer to mounting the AIDA mission, which will will test the effectiveness of asteroid deflection in the coming years. The post Europe and US are Going to Try and Deflect an Asteroid appeare...

These aren't the thermal detonators you're looking for.

Lego just tapped the Dark Side of the Force for its longest "Star Wars" set yet: an epic Imperial Star Destroyer that would make Darth Vader proud.

Many fans of the original "Jurassic Park" movie probably remember the musings on the resilience of life, a theme the film's screenwriter explores again in a novel about NASA's Skylab space station.

The 347 scientists who collaborated to produce the world's first image of a black hole were honored Thursday with the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, winning $3 million dollars for what is known as the "Oscars...

The Event Horizon Telescope team is one of six winners of the Breakthrough Prize, which covers physics, the life sciences and mathematics --

The Event Horizon Telescope team, which earlier this year unveiled photos of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy M87, has won the $3 million annual Breakthrough Prize in fundamental physics.

Hurricane Dorian restrengthened to a Category 3 storm Sept. 4 and continues to move up the the north-northeastern United States.

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics:

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano's Beyond mission has kicked into high gear during the last two weeks. He has been keeping the International Space Station running smoothly as well as working remotely with European researcher...

Pops of bright blue and green in this image of the Fireworks galaxy (NGC 6946) show the locations of extremely bright sources of X-ray light captured by NASA's NuSTAR space observatory. Generated by some of the most ener...

Life is the last thing you would associate with the eternally dark craters of the lunar poles. But these craters could hold the key to explaining how complex, multi-cellular organisms evolved on Earth hundreds of million...

Imagine being able to increase the force of gravity simply by turning a dial. A United Nations fellowship is offering this opportunity to researchers all over the world, through access to ESA's hypergravity-generating La...

ESA's ɸ-week on 9-13 September explores how open science and innovation can benefit from the latest digital technologies to help shape future Earth observation missions and services. Watch live

Next year, both NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) will send new rovers to Mars to hunt for evidence of past life.

Modern analysis of Martian meteorites has revealed unprecedented details about how asteroid impacts help create temporary sources of running water on the red planet.

Terraforming Mars would be a big and complicated job, so maybe we should get a little practice here on Earth first.