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China successfully sent four satellites into orbit early on Wednesday (Jan. 15) with the country's second launch of 2020.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration seeks to dramatically increase the supply of radio occultation soundings it feeds into weather forecast models. SpaceNews.com

Several supermassive black holes have been found wandering through their dwarf host galaxies, offering new clues about how similar black holes evolved in the early universe.

Heated conversations at the American Astronomical Society's January meeting are usually about stars and galaxies, distant worlds and elaborate calculations.

NASA researchers are investigating the potential of mycelia -- the mass of nutrient-absorbing, widely branching underground threads that make up much of a fungus's bulk -- to help construct outposts on the moon and Mars.

Ariane 5's first launch of 2020 has delivered two telecom satellites, Konnect and GSAT-30, into their planned transfer orbits. Arianespace announced liftoff at 21:05 GMT (22:05 CET, 18:05 local time) this evening from Eu...

Arianespace flew a pair of communications satellites safely into space Thursday (Jan. 16) during its first launch of 2020.

Image: On 16 January 2020, Ariane 5 flight VA251 lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana and delivered two telecom satellites, Konnect and GSAT-30, into their planned orbits.

Space startups are becoming more acquainted with the U.S. government as a customer and an investor, though the pathways to both remain difficult, a panel of experts said Jan. 14. SpaceNews.com

A new study has shown that optimal global satellite coverage can be achieved with just four satellites, and in a very cost-effective way. The post Scientists Figure Out How to Continuously Watch the Entire Planet With Ju...

The Taal volcano eruption in the Philippines this week sent ash plumes 9 miles (14 kilometers) into the air, new satellite imagery shows.

A new image from the ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft shows how beautiful, and desolate, Mars can appear. It also highlights some of the natural process that shape the planet’s surface. The image is of the northern pola...

What's going on in the middle of our galaxy?

Astronauts sometimes face the gravest threats after they return to Earth. Facing depression, alcoholism and substance abuse in general, astronauts are not immune from addiction.

It's the award no one wanted to win: 2019 was the second hottest year on record, government scientists confirmed yesterday (Jan. 15).

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New research on microbial lifeforms living in nearly barren volcanic landscapes in Iceland may help scientists understand how best to search for life on other planets.

The Rosalind Franklin rover of the joint ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars mission completed a series of environmental tests at the end of 2019 at Airbus, Toulouse, France. This included final thermal and vacuum tests where the Rove...

A new paper suggests that the agency broke U.S. environmental law in its approval of the satellites and that if it was sued in court, it would likely lose --

There's a wind that emanates from the sun, and it blows not like a soft whistle but like a hurricane's scream.

Astronomers have discovered another candidate exoplanet orbiting our neighbor Proxima Centauri. A paper announcing these results was just published in the journal Science Advances. If confirmed, it will be the second exo...

With its funding secured for the next three years, the head of the European Space Agency is now focused on implementing those key programs while establishing a new cooperative agreement with the European Union. SpaceNews...