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Ursa Space Systems, a geospatial analytics company that specializes in the application of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data, raised $15 million in a Series B funding round led by Razor's Edge Ventures. SpaceNews.com

Scientists from Germany and the United States have unveiled the results of a newly-completed, state of the art simulation of the evolution of galaxies. TNG50 is the most detailed large-scale cosmological simulation yet. ...

Over two days, the U.S. Air Force awarded $22.5 million in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding to 30 companies attending the first Air Force Space Pitch Day in San Francisco. SpaceNews.com

Boeing says a problem with a pin caused its Starliner capsule to land with two instead of three parachutes earlier this week.

NASA's Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) telescope on the International Space Station detected a sudden spike of X-rays at about 10:04 p.m. EDT on Aug. 20. The burst was caused by a massive thermonuclear...

Fiber Optic Manufacturing in Space (FOMS) Inc. presented the results Nov. 7 of its successful campaign to produce optical fiber on the International Space Station. SpaceNews.com

DoD wants to increase awareness of the threats the nation faces in space but classification is a problem. SpaceNews.com

Researchers from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, have developed an "artificial leaf" that has the potential to turn carbon emissions into a source of biofuel. The post This Artificial Leaf Turns Atmospheric Carbon D...

A rogue artificial intelligence ruthlessly seeks to get smarter in a new television thriller premiering on the Fox network in 2020.

Rocket Lab's 10th launch will be memorable in multiple ways.

A brand-new particle has possibly emerged and is altering the future destiny of our entire cosmos, a physicist says.

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NASA is developing an advanced new coating that could protect everything from spacecraft systems to astronauts from harmful lunar dust. The post NASA is Testing a Coating to Help Astronauts and Their Equipment Shed Dange...

Southwest Research Institute successfully demonstrated a miniature solar observatory on a high-altitude balloon November 1. The SwRI Solar Instrument Pointing Platform (SSIPP)--a reusable, high-precision solar observator...

Flying at the very tip-top of Earth's atmosphere, SOFIA has almost as clear a view as space-based telescopes.

Two astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station for a series of complex spacewalks this month and next to repair the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), a cosmic ray detector.

Planets align over the skyline of Tel Aviv in this panoramic view of the city by twilight.

A new study shows how microgravity alters human heart muscle cells in space, helping astronauts better prepare for long-duration missions to Mars and beyond.

The Expedition 61 crew explored how microgravity is affecting a variety of biological processes in humans and microbes today. Two astronauts are also gearing up for tentatively planned spacewalks to repair a cosmic parti...

For the first time, astronomers have identified a chemical element that was freshly formed by the merging of two neutron stars. The underlying mechanism, called the r-process--also known as rapid neutron capture--is cons...

NASA has opened one of its last pristine samples of Apollo moon rock to prepare for the return of new material by future lunar missions.

Fancy some space wine? A European startup recently launched some of the red stuff to the International Space Station to age in space for 12 months.