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It’s easy to run out of superlatives and adjectives when your puny human language is trying to describe humongously-energetic events in the Universe. So now it’s down to this: a really powerful supernova is a “supe...

So far, the search for extraterrestrial life has focused on planets at a distance from their star where liquid water is possible on the surface. But within our Solar System, most of the liquid water seems to be outside t...

A cache of interstellar asteroids may have been hiding under scientists' noses for billions of years, researchers say.

SpaceX moved its latest Starship prototype to its proving grounds in Texas Thursday (April 23) for a new round of spacecraft tests.

Speedcast International, a network services provider leasing capacity on more than 80 satellites, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection April 23, citing weakness in the cruise and oil markets. SpaceNews.com

After spotting a curious pattern in scientific papers--they described exoplanets as being cooler than expected--Cornell University astronomers have improved a mathematical model to accurately gauge the temperatures of pl...

A NASA safety panel believes the agency's plan to launch a SpaceX commercial crew test flight in late May is feasible, although some issues still need to be resolved before the launch. SpaceNews.com

The annual Lyrid meteor shower put on an exceptional show for skywatchers this year, with the new moon setting the stage for gorgeous "shooting stars" to prance across the dark night sky.

The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico is following an asteroid approaching Earth this week and while it poses no threat, it appears to know our planet is facing a pandemic....

Galaxies grow large by eating their smaller neighbours, new research reveals....

Thirty years ago this week -- on April 24, 1990 -- the Hubble Space Telescope launched into space and opened humanity's eyes to the cosmos. Here's what it was like to fix for an astronaut repairman.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory:

The Federal Communications Commission on April 23 voted to require more safety disclosures from satellite operators seeking licenses and U.S. market access, but stopped short of introducing stricter orbital debris criter...

Images from the Akatsuki spacecraft unveil what keeps Venus's atmosphere rotating much faster than the planet itself.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and other agency leaders and experts will host a media video conference at 4:30 p.m. EDT, today, Thursday, April 23, to discuss how the agency is channeling its expertise and ingenuity ...

Undulating streaks of land visible from space reveal rivers once coursed across the Martian surface--but for how long did the water flow? Enough time to record evidence of ancient life, according to a new Stanford study.

The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico is following an asteroid approaching Earth this week and while it poses no threat, it appears to know our planet is facing a pandemic.

Students participating in NASA internships will have an opportunity next week to talk with a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station.

New evidence from neutrinos points to one of several theories about why the cosmos is made of matter and not antimatter --

Researchers from Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) have conducted detailed spectroscopy of N132D--an X-ray bright supernova remnant (SNR) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Results of the study, present...

Earth's climate is the product of many rich and complex systems. It's affected by water in its many forms; on land, in the air, in the oceans, and as ice. It feels influences from vegetation, from soil conditions, from t...

A new book captures the pioneering, propaganda-infused visions of mid-20th-century Soviet space exploration --