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Yevgeny Mikrin, the head of Russia's human spaceflight program, has died, space agency Roscosmos confirmed in a statement released on May 5.

The X-37B Operational Test Vehicle 6 is scheduled for a May 16 launch on a ULA Atlas 5 rocket. SpaceNews.com

A cargo capsule that was part of a key test in China's space programme experienced an "anomaly" Wednesday during its return trip, the space authority said.

Using NASA space lasers, scientists have tracked how ice sheets in Greenland and the Antarctic have changed over the last 16 years, showing the drastic effects of climate change.

In a new recruitment video unveiled today (May 6), the Space Force makes its case for a military life among the stars.

The US Air Force said Wednesday it would be sending its high-tech X-37B space drone back into orbit this month--the sixth trip for the reusable vehicle that maneuvers around the Earth on secretive missions.

Venus is unique--almost--in our Solar System because it’s what’s known as a “super-rotator.” That means that Venus’ atmosphere rotates faster than the planet itself. Only Saturn’s moon Titan has the same char...

Astrophysicist Katie Mack will talk about the end of the universe today (May 6), and you can follow the discussion live -- and even ask her a question, if you'd like.

If both can make a dough rise, why does your dough recipe call for both?

Get set for the "super" Full Flower moon of May! The full moon will occur on Thursday (May 7) at 6:45 a.m. EDT (1045 GMT), and it will be the last supermoon of 2020. See it at its fullest and brightest tonight (May 6).

I'm an astrophysicist, but that doesn't mean I have a motivation to debunk them --

Honk if you love stars.

Billions of years ago, the Martian surface could have supported microbial life as we know it. But did such life ever actually exist there? NASA and its Mars 2020 mission hope to find out with the Perseverance rover, whic...

With the countdown on, it is a good time to reflect on the progress made by the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services program and think about what is to come in the near future. SpaceNews.com

Nearly three months after delivering several tons of supplies and scientific experiments to the International Space Station, Northrup Grumman's unpiloted Cygnus cargo craft is scheduled to depart the International Space ...

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Our sun is the source of life on Earth. Its calm glow across billions of years has allowed life to evolve and flourish. This does not mean the sun doesn't have an active side. We have observed massive solar flares, such ...

Astronomers from South Korea and China have performed a deep X-ray spectral imaging of a bow-shock pulsar wind nebula (PWN) associated with a nearby pulsar designated PSR B1929+10. The new study, published April 29 on ar...

SpaceX's newest Starship prototype has fired its engine for the first time, potentially paving the way for a test flight in the very near future.

National Geographic offered a first look at its upcoming Disney+ series, "The Right Stuff," including its recreation of the first American spaceflight, on the same day 59 years ago that Alan Shepard launched into the new...

A newfound black hole may be the closest black hole to Earth, and you can spot its cosmic home in the night sky without a telescope.

NASA has signed a Space Act Agreement with Virgin Galactic and its manufacturing subsidiary "to advance the United States' efforts to produce technically feasible, high-Mach vehicles for potential civil applications."