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Astronomers discovered a 'minimoon' that's been orbiting Earth for about three years, and may soon leave our planet's orbit.

Telesat and SES are urging the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to reject Intelsat's request for a larger share of the $9.7 billion in incentive payments the FCC plans to offer satellite operators to hasten the cle...

Also under consideration is what to call the space wings. SpaceNews.com

SpaceX has announced March 6 for the launch of its 20th contracted cargo mission to the International Space Station....

A team from a Russian polytechnic university is working on an autonomous space module where fresh vegetables could be grown for astronauts. The post Future Astronauts Could Enjoy Fresh Vegetables From an Autonomous Orbit...

SpaceX has delayed the launch of its next Dragon cargo ship bound for the International Space Station by at least four days in order to replace the upper stage of the mission's Falcon 9 rocket.

Thompson: "To those who do not want to be part of the Space Force, we are not going to ask you involuntarily to join." SpaceNews.com

SpaceX is proposing a significant increase in launch activity in Florida over the next few years, including missions to polar orbits and those that will require the use of a new vertical payload integration tower. SpaceN...

Astronomers are increasingly interested in Near-Earth Objects, or NEOs. There are ongoing efforts to find them all and catalog them all, and to find out which ones might pose a collision threat. Now some astronomers with...

A gargantuan explosion tore through the heart of a distant galaxy cluster, releasing about five times more energy than the previous record holder, a new study reports.

Look at that Starship go! A new time-lapse video shows a prototype of SpaceX's Mars-colonizing ship moving toward the launchpad for testing.

"Star Wars" is starting an epic "storytelling initiative" to fill out the history of the franchise some 200 years before the events of the 1999 movie "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace."

Scientists studying a distant galaxy cluster have discovered the biggest explosion seen in the Universe since the Big Bang.

Astronomers using ESA's XMM-Newton and NASA's Chandra X-ray space observatories, along with radio telescopes on ground, have spotted the aftermath of the most powerful explosion ever seen in the Universe.

In a historic first for satellite operations, one spacecraft "helper" docked with a working satellite to provide life-extension services.

Tonight (Feb. 27), as darkness is falling, be sure to look toward the west-southwest sky to spot another beautiful celestial tableau formed by a lovely crescent moon and the brilliant planet Venus.

If humanity is going to become a spare-faring and interplanetary species, one of the most important things will be the ability of astronauts to see to their needs independently. Relying on regular shipments of supplies f...

India's launch plans for the coming year include Earth observation, communication and navigation satellites, while also making progress in human spaceflight and space transportation. SpaceNews.com

The Minor Planet Centre has just announced that the Earth has been orbited by a second moon for the past three years or so. But while excitement about the discovery is growing, it is important to keep in mind that this m...

NASA has selected a new space-based instrument as an innovative and cost-effective approach to maintaining the 40-year data record of the balance between the solar radiation entering Earth's atmosphere and the amount abs...

The chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee's space subcommittee expressed doubts any space-related legislation, or even spending bills, can make it through Congress this year. SpaceNews.com

India's rapid progress in lunar exploration has the attention of the president of the United States.