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The first prototype of SpaceX's next-generation launch system was damaged Nov. 20 during a tanking test, a setback the company claimed would not serious affect their development plans. SpaceNews.com

A free app called Spelfie lets users snap photos of themselves from very high above, courtesy of cameras aboard Airbus Earth-observation satellites.

Boeing's crew capsule bound for the International Space Station is taking its next big step on the journey today (Nov. 21) as it moves from the company's facility out to its launch complex.

A NASA scientist thinks that tonight's meteor outburst could be a total bust.

Development of spaceplanes for suborbital tourism, satellite launches and point-to-point terrestrial transportation are benefiting from advanced technology, panelists said at the Space Tech Expo Europe. SpaceNews.com

The $799.99 Lego Millennium Falcon is awesome, Amazon is knocking a whopping 40% off for Black Friday 2019.

An entomologist at the University of Ohio thinks he’s done what thousands and thousands of other scientists haven’t: discovered life on Mars. The scientist in question is Professor Emeritus William Romoser, a special...

The Mandalorian's own show has been stolen by a mysterious new child. Here's everything we know about the character the internet's calling 'Baby Yoda.'

Air Force acquisition executive Will Roper said the solicitation will be amended to address GAO's concerns. SpaceNews.com

Video: 00:10:05 ESA's flight controllers use the best software and systems to fly our missions -- but do they have the cool savvy needed to handle a wonky engine and a time-critical manoeuvre? Set in the near future, 'Th...

The aerospace company has plans to move forward with building and testing their other upcoming prototypes for the rocket.

An ambitious new fleet of spacecraft could reveal whether space-time is smooth or chunky, and in doing so the ultimate nature of reality.

The moon has formed the isolated backdrop for a new era of space exploration. As you read this, there are teams of exploration advocates around the world striving to reach its surface. This new age is one that is being l...

Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured the plumes of smoke from the bushfires in Australia. The recent blazes triggered a 'hazardous' air quality warning for Sydney - the highest level on Australia's Air Quali...

An international research team led by scientists from Göttingen and Potsdam proved for the first time that the galaxy NGC 6240 contains three supermassive black holes. The unique observations, published in the journal A...

Space hardware builders say they fully expect 3D printing to revolutionize manufacturing, but cautioned that the technology is sometimes promoted without a full understanding of its pros and cons. SpaceNews.com

Image: The Aurora, seen here dancing above Svalbard in Norway, is the most beautiful result of space weather on Earth. The lights, most commonly found at polar regions, are totally benign, but they signify something seri...

Where the two hemispheres of Mars meet, the planet is covered in broken-up terrain: a sign that slow-but-steady flows of icy material once forged their way through the landscape, carving out a fractured web of valleys, c...

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano took command of a rover in the Netherlands on Monday and expertly drove it over an obstacle course to collect a rock from a sampling site- all while circling our planet at 28 800 km/h on the ...

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano will take the lead spacewalking role yet again on 22 November as he and NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan go beyond the International Space Station airlock to service the Alpha Magnetic Spectromet...

German propulsion startup Morpheus Space won a U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research contract and a NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory purchase order after participating in the Techstars Starburst Space Accelerat...

Video: 00:02:50 Priya Patel, System Engineer, talks about her experience as a YGT working on the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna Mission (LISA).