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Magnetars are neutron stars endowed with the strongest magnetic fields observed in the universe, but their origin remains controversial. In a study published in Science Advances, a team of scientists from CEA, Saclay, th...

The subject of this image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a spiral galaxy named NGC 1589, was once the scene of a violent bout of cosmic hunger pangs. As astronomers looked on, a poor, hapless star was seem...

Rocket Lab announced March 16 that it is acquiring a Canadian smallsat component company as it seeks to build up its satellite division. SpaceNews.com

A distant globular cluster that's home to dozens of fast-rotating stars could provide new clues about the formation of the Milky Way and the gas halo that surrounds the galaxy.

While NASA has big plans to return humans to the moon in 2024, the agency is also thinking small by working to support the development of tiny robots and satellites.

A startup developing a balloon-borne small launch vehicle has gone into "hibernation" after struggling to raise money, a fate that may be facing many other companies in the sector. SpaceNews.com

Leveraging commercial practices must not exclude or degrade mission assurance, as history has amply demonstrated. SpaceNews.com

Several videos from Blue Origin show progress in the design of its latest rocket, New Glenn, as the company ramps up for the first launch next year.

The creator of the new Cosmos television series reflects on humanity's long path toward scientific enlightenment.

NASA has removed the Lunar Gateway from its "critical path" to return humans to the moon by 2024. But the agency has assured that it isn't casting aside its plan for a moon-orbiting space station.

NASA has selected proposals for four missions that would study cosmic explosions and the debris they leave behind, as well as monitor how nearby stellar flares may affect the atmospheres of orbiting planets.

Launches from Europe's chief spaceport, the Guiana Space Center, have been suspended indefinitely because of the COVID-19 outbreak, European officials announced today (March 16).

There’s at least one small bit of good news in these challenging Covid-19 times. And it’s playing out on the surface of Mars. In a brief Tweet, NASA says that using InSight’s robotic arm to push the Mole into the g...

NASA chief Jim Bridenstine has urged all space agency employees who can work from home to do so due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

The race is on to develop a European reusable rocket that can ensure Europe's autonomous and cost-effective access to space while increasing the sustainability of launches.

Many of the NASA visitor centers and space museums located across the U.S. have now temporarily closed in support of the effort to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19).

Jupiter's Great Red Spot isn't shrinking in every direction, a new study suggests.

Arianespace paused launch activity from Europe's South American spaceport March 16 following the French government's announcement that non-essential activities should be limited in response to the growing coronavirus pan...

Scientists from the University of Sheffield have discovered a pulsating ancient star in a double star system, which will allow them to access important information on the history of how stars like our Sun evolve and even...

China's attempt to launch the first Long March 7A rocket ended in failure Monday, resulting in a classified satellite failing to enter geosynchronous transfer orbit. SpaceNews.com

The first Orion spacecraft that will fly around the moon as part of Artemis to return humans to the lunar surface has finished its space-environment tests at NASA's Plum Brook Station in Ohio, U.S.. The vehicle--that can...

Astronomers from Australia and Canada have performed a study of an accretion-powered millisecond pulsar known as SAX J1808.4-3658. The new research, provides essential information regarding binary evolution pathway of th...