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If there’s an award for “Selfie of the Year” NASA astronaut Jessica Meir just won it. Her Twitter account tweeted two images of her spacewalk shenanigans from January 26th, 2020. In one of the photos, she used one ...

NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft has discovered "layers" and "rifts" in the electrically charged part of the upper atmosphere (the ionosphere) of Mars. The phenomenon is very common at Ear...

Using three ground-based telescopes, astronomers have conducted a long-term photometric monitoring of the Sh 2-170 star-forming region. The new observations have identified 71 variable stars in this region and provided e...

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Space propulsion startup Accion Systems has raised $11 million in a new round of funding designed to allow the company to increase production of its electric thrusters for smallsats. SpaceNews.com

Coronal mass ejections aren't known for being subtle: Each such event can fling huge amounts of the soup of charged particles called plasma off the sun and out into the solar system.

Image: Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana is gearing up for the arrival of Ariane 6, Europe's next-generation launch vehicle. This aerial view taken in January 2020 shows the main elements of the new launch comp...

Maxar Technologies says the geostationary satellite order it disclosed in November without naming the customer is a high-throughput Intelsat spacecraft that will also carry a pollution sensor for NASA. SpaceNews.com

The report delivered Feb. 3 was mandated by Congress in the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act SpaceNews.com

NASA has selected SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the agency's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission.

Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Brian Koberlein (BrianKoberlein.com / @BrianKoberlein) Chris Carr (@therealCCarrAnnie Wilson Tonight we welcome Dr. Michael Werner and Dr. Peter Eisenhardt, authors ...

A robotic payload known as SPIDER will be going to space soon to show that constructing everything from satellites to spacecraft in orbit is possible The post An Upcoming Mission is Going to Assemble and Manufacture a Co...

Northrop Grumman's next NASA resupply services mission to the International Space Station is targeted for launch at 5:39 p.m. EST Sunday, Feb. 9. Live coverage of the launch and briefings will begin at 5 p.m. on NASA Tel...

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A "beating heart" of frozen nitrogen controls Pluto's winds and may give rise to features on its surface, according to a new study.

The management of NASA's Europa Clipper mission, facing dwindling cost reserves while still years away from launch, is looking at cost saving options that would preserve the mission's science. SpaceNews.com

SteamJet Space Systems is the latest customer to sign up for Momentus' Vigoride space transportation service. SpaceNews.com

French Internet of Things startup Kinéis has raised 100 million euros ($110.5 million) from private and public investors to fund a constellation of 25 cubesats. SpaceNews.com

Astronomers regularly observe gravitational waves (GW)--ripples in space and time--that are caused by pairs of black holes merging into one. Einstein's theory of gravity predicts that GW, which squeeze and stretch space ...

Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana is gearing up for the arrival of Ariane 6, Europe's next-generation launch vehicle. This aerial view taken in January 2020 shows the main elements of the new launch complex.

The Counter Communications System was first introduced in 2004. An updated version, called CCS Block 10.2, has completed tests. SpaceNews.com

NASA astronaut Christina Koch chatted today (Feb. 4) with the media about her record-breaking time in space.