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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:

From walking the dog, to swimming in a river or landing on the moon, the forces and interactions we see and experience seem infinite. But they all stem from just four fundamental forces of nature, and even those might be...

A space weather and Earth observation satellite that has been offline for more than three months could be restored to normal operations with new software, but that fix is not expected to be completed until early next yea...

The Atlas 5 completion contract closes out the EELV Phase 1 Block Buy. SpaceNews.com

A high-altitude balloon system continues to float toward commercial flight.

For years, society has benefited from technologies developed to reach and provide services in space.

At least four potentially hazardous asteroids are making close approaches to Earth today (Oct. 1).

Thanks to the Kepler mission and other efforts to find exoplanets, we’ve learned a lot about the exoplanet population. We know that we’re likely to find super-Earths and Neptune-mass exoplanets orbiting low-mass star...

This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Allen Versfeld at his Urban Astronomer blog.

We've scanned the schedule and pulled out the essential panels and screenings that space lovers should make their top priorities for New York Comic Con 2019.

A number of newer firms in the nascent Chinese NewSpace sector are taking steps towards debut suborbital and orbital launches -- while also attracting funding. SpaceNews.com

The team behind the comic "The Wicked + The Divine" are turning to space in a new project.

NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) is scheduled to be air-launched over the Atlantic Ocean at 9:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Oct. 9, by Northrop Grumman's Pegasus XL rocket.

Take three of the most massive objects in the universe, smoosh them together, and the fireworks are sure to be astounding -- and maybe, someday, scientists will see the collision.

Former NASA astronaut taught Brad Pitt how to fly a spaceship for the film "Ad Astra," and Pitt was a total natural.

The nine-member crew aboard the International Space Station will split up Thursday and see three humans return to Earth. Meanwhile, there is still a multitude of space research to conduct as well as a new Japanese space ...

A massive iceberg breaks off the Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica, as captured by Copernicus Sentinel-1

Small launch vehicle company Relativity Space announced Oct. 1 it has raised a new round of $140 million, a sign of investor confidence despite strong competition and setbacks suffered by other vehicle developers. SpaceN...

Human and robotic exploration image of the week: Nine astronauts on the International Space Station makes for a full house

Astronomers from Chile and Argentina report the detection of four new planetary nebulae (PN) candidates residing in galactic globular clusters (GCs). If confirmed, the discovery would double the number of known PNe in ga...

Playmobil figures are enjoyed by millions of children around the world, but now two very special figures, in the likeness of ESA's Luca Parmitano, are flying around Earth with the astronaut himself.

NASA is officially taking proposals for Artemis landers to fly astronauts to the moon by 2024.