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SpaceX just inked its first deal to launch space tourists into orbit on a Crew Dragon spacecraft. It will fly four passengers for Space Adventures.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:

The ever-growing number of satellites in space prompted calls for change at a House hearing, although how this will be legislated is still under consideration.

A company that has flown over 200 research missions in zero gravity has finalized a brand new partnership with NASA.

Radio-frequency-mapping startup Kleos Space on Feb. 18 said it received a $3.4 million loan from Dubai-based Winance to keep the company "well funded" while it awaits the launch of its first satellites. SpaceNews.com

Rocket Lab has won a NASA contract to launch a tiny cubesat that will serve as a pathfinder for the space agency's moon-orbiting space station, known as Gateway.

According to a new study by a pair of Harvard astrophysicists, it is possible that meteors traveling close to the speed of light regularly rain down on Earth's atmosphere The post There Could be Meteors Traveling at a Fr...

According to a new study by a pair of Harvard astrophysicists, it is possible that meteors traveling close to the speed of light regularly rain down on Earth's atmosphere The post There Could be Meteors Traveling at Clos...

New Horizons:

SpaceX announced a new partnership Monday to send four tourists deeper into orbit than any private citizen in history has gone, without disclosing the date or price tag.

Space Adventures announced Feb. 18 that it has an agreement with SpaceX to fly a dedicated Crew Dragon mission that would send four space tourists on a mission to a relatively high Earth orbit. SpaceNews.com

A new international advisory system is working to keep aircraft crew and passengers safe from space weather impacts, thanks in part to the efforts of a team of CIRES and NOAA developers, forecasters, and scientists in Bo...

Originally published in May 1962 --

Life on Earth likely began with the bubble-like membranes that surround our cells. Similar membranes probably wouldn't form on Titan, according to quantum mechanics.

An international team of astronomers has performed a decade-long, multi-wavelength monitoring campaign of the blazar 1ES 1215+303. Results of this extensive study provide more insights into the nature of emission from th...

The lyric video for Pete Yorn's song "I Wanna Be the One" is set against NASA footage of a 2017 International Space Station spacewalk.

Two divergent measurements of how fast the universe is expanding cannot both be right. Something must give—but what? --

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A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station

sing the Dutch-led Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope, astronomers have discovered unusual radio waves coming from the nearby red dwarf star GJ1151. The radio waves bear the tell-tale signature of aurorae caused...

ESA is expanding its bedrest program that allows researchers to study how human bodies react to living in space--without leaving their bed.

First measurements by a Solar Orbiter science instrument reached the ground on Thursday 13 February providing a confirmation to the international science teams that the magnetometer on board is in good health following a...