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NASA is bidding goodbye to a premier space telescope, one that let scientists peer into the dusty corners of the universe.

Now that the US Space Force’s new uniforms have been eviscerated on social media (that was so last week) it’s up to their new logo to keep the uproar going. The newest branch of the US Armed Forces hasn’t disappoin...

The observatory fills a key role in collecting infrared observations.

Spanish supplier GMV received a contract from Northrop Grumman to provide the flight control system for Space Norway's two highly elliptical orbit satellites. SpaceNews.com

The day side of this scorching world rips hydrogen molecules apart -- only to reform on the night side.

Two decommissioned satellites sped towards each other Wednesday at a combined speed of almost 33,000 miles (53,000 kilometers) an hour, raising the risk of a collision that would send thousands of pieces of debris hurtli...

NASA is pulling the plug on one of its great observatories--the Spitzer Space Telescope--after 16 years of scanning the universe with infrared eyes.

The founder of Bigelow Aerospace says his company decided not to pursue a NASA competition for a commercial International Space Station module because of funding concerns, but remains interested in a separate effort for ...

NASA has awarded a contract to Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI) of Lanham, Maryland, for hydrosphere, biosphere, and geophysics (HBG) support services.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who has spent more time in space on a single mission than any other woman, is scheduled to return to Earth on Thursday, Feb. 6, along with two of her International Space Station crewmates.

Gen. John Hyten said Space Force comedy can help raise awareness of the role of space in national security. SpaceNews.com

The odds of a space-junk crash Wednesday evening (Jan.29) aren't as slim as we had thought, it turns out.

Just released first images from the National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope reveal unprecedented detail of the sun's surface and preview the world-class products to come from this preeminent 4-mete...

As NASA's orbiting infrared observatory shuts down, we look back at some of its most important finds.

Scientists have released the first pictures from a new telescope in Hawaii, one of three missions expected to redefine our understanding of our home star in the 2020s --

Could robots help power NASA's quest to return humans to the moon?

NASA's venerable Voyager 2 spacecraft is recovering from a glitch, but engineers are confident that the probe will be back to normal science operations soon, the agency said.

A temporary malfunction aboard the interstellar spacecraft triggered an automatic fail-safe.

Thankfully, the probability of a collision may be as low as 0.1 percent --

This rare finding was made by "accident," according to the research team that found the super-outburst.

"Shortly after the launch on December 18, 2019, we tested the communication with the satellite. Then, on January 8, 2020, we started the commissioning, that is, we booted the computer, carried out tests, and started up a...

SpaceX completed its second Starlink launch of the month Jan. 29, conforming to a target cadence the company set last year to launch two dedicated Starlink missions monthly throughout 2020. SpaceNews.com