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There are already several robotic missions to the Red Planet, and sending humans there is an exciting future prospect.

NASA's researchers at the Goddard Space Flight Center recently did just that, looking at Voyager 2's lone encounter with the planet Uranus to uncover an amazing find, as the planet seems to be losing its atmosphere to it...

Towberman, who joined the U.S. Air Force in 1990, will be the first enlisted member of the Space Force. SpaceNews.com

The International Space Station expanded its research capabilities overnight after robotics controllers installed a new external science platform....

The pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus is creating all kinds of chaos for human society. But for the dear old Earth, and the humans and creatures that breathe its air, it’s a bit of a reprieve. Mirroring what hap...

The development of the Starship – SpaceX’s super-heavy launch system that will take cargo and crews to orbit, the Moon, and even Mars – has been fraught with setbacks and frustration. But Musk has no intention of s...

To date, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Drew Morgan and cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka have experienced the coronavirus outbreak only from afar. But that will soon change.

NASA has awarded the Facility Assurance, Inspection, Monitoring and Occupational Safety (FAIMOS) II contract to Mission Technology of Cleveland to provide support services for the Safety and Mission Assurance Office (SMA...

Why is astronomy important? Astronomical discoveries and inventions have shaped the human experience for thousands of years.

NASA is forging ahead with its Artemis program to land humans on the moon by 2024, but the agency has also just offered its first plan for what a U.S. lunar presence may look like after that.

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NASA released a report April 2 outlining its long-term approach to lunar exploration that involves establishing a "base camp" at the south pole of the moon, but with few details about cost and schedule. SpaceNews.com

We turn to examples in "Star Trek: The Next Generation," to remember how Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise dealt with the issue of outbreak.

A year ago, the high-altitude launch company Stratolaunch flew the world's largest aircraft. Now, Stratolaunch has revealed the designs of two hypersonic aircraft plus a reusable space plane that will be launched from it...

A hospitable star that doesn't kill you with deadly flares. A rocky planet with liquid water and an agreeable climate. Absence of apocalyptic asteroid storms. No pantheon of angry, vengeful and capricious gods. These are...

On 10 April, BepiColombo will be visible to amateur and professional astronomers during its first - and only - Earth flyby, as the spacecraft makes its way to Mercury, the innermost planet of the Solar System. The best p...

BepiColombo is on its way to Mercury, but for some reason that brings it back to Earth.

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Scientists across the globe have been cut off from sites and experimental resources—or stranded abroad --

SpaceX's newest Starship prototype, called SN3, collapsed early Friday (April 3) during an overnight pressure tank test.

In these troubled times, enforced home-working is producing remarkable results for physicists and astronomers.

A Chinese commercial Kuaizhou-1A rocket sold for $5.6 million in a live streamed auction hosted by e-commerce platform Taobao Wednesday. SpaceNews.com