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China launched the first two satellites in a new constellation that will support internet-connected objects today (May 12).

A robotic Cygnus cargo ship cast off from the International Space Station on Monday (May 11) to begin a brief, new life as a fire lab in orbit.

Three payloads will fly to low Earth orbit in late 2020 and early 2021 to start building an optically meshed network. SpaceNews.com

NASA has announced that the Lunar Gateway could be launched in the coming years using the Falcon Heavy or another commercial provider. The post Lunar Gateway Could be Built With the Falcon Heavy appeared first on Univers...

The moon will make a close approach to Jupiter and Saturn in the predawn sky on Tuesday, May 12, 2020.

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70 days from now, the next launch window to Mars opens. That’s when NASA will launch their Perseverance Rover. New images from NASA show the advanced rover being put into the fairing, readying it for its long journey. ...

NASA will pay more than $90 million for an additional seat on a Soyuz spacecraft launching to the International Space Station this fall, an insurance policy in the event of any additional commercial crew delays. SpaceNew...

If we want to travel to the stars, we're going to have to be creative. The answer might be light sails made of sheets of graphene. The post One Step Closer to Interstellar Travel. A Successful Microgravity Test of a Grap...

Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have developed a powerful new computer program called Morpheus that can analyze astronomical image data pixel by pixel to identify and classify all of the galaxies and stars in large data set...

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It’s difficult to imagine the magnitude of storms on Jupiter. The gas giant’s most visible atmospheric feature, the Great Red Spot, may be getting smaller, but one hundred years ago, it was about 40,000 km (25,000 mi...

There's an extensive system of haze layers in the bizarre hexagon on Saturn, a new study has found.

The 19.6 ton (17,800 kilogram) body of a Chinese rocket slammed into the planet's atmosphere today (May 11). It was the biggest such incident since 1991.

Astronomers from China and Australia have observed almost 90 pulsars with the Nanshan Radio Telescope in order to investigate their properties. Using the timing analysis method, the researchers determined positions, prop...

In the depths of the night sky lies a barred spiral galaxy called NGC 3583, imaged here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This is a barred spiral galaxy with two arms that twist out into the universe. This galaxy i...

A new study reports that astronauts excrete less sodium in space than on land, a finding that could have implications for the heart health of future space travelers.

Jupiter's moon Europa is the smoothest object in the Solar System. There are no mountains, very few craters, and no valleys. It's tallest features are isolated massifs up to 500 meters (1640 ft) tall.

Image: New evidence of watery plumes on Jupiter's moon Europa

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Mars is wetter than previously thought, but not in a way that boosts its life-hosting potential, a new study suggests.