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Saturn's ringing rings are revealing insights about the planet's interior.

There's a light at the end of the tunnel for the first mole to burrow into the surface of Mars, scientists hope.

Almost like snowflakes, the stars of the globular cluster NGC 6441 sparkle peacefully in the night sky, about 13,000 light-years from the Milky Way's galactic center. Like snowflakes, the exact number of stars in such a ...

The five-member Expedition 63 crew aboard the International Space Station continues exploring how microgravity phenomena may benefit humans on and off Earth....

A satellite the size of a briefcase successfully detected an alien world, potentially paving the way for a future network of bantam planet-hunting spacecraft.

A near-Earth asteroid will whiz safely by our planet, and astronomers may be able to watch the monster rock's flight through telescopes.

When Canadian astronomer Robert Weryk discovered `Oumuamua passing through our Solar System with the Pan-STARRS telescope, in October 2017, it caused quite a stir. It was the first interstellar object we’d ever seen co...

After the SpaceX rideshare, BlackSky has another four satellites booked to launch on India's new Small Satellite Launch Vehicle this year, though delays with that program have made a launch date unclear, Merski said. Spa...

European satellites have spotted a catastrophic oil spill in the Arctic Circle.

BepiColombo captured five eerie recordings as it whizzed past Earth at a speed of 2.159 miles (3.474 kilometers) per second.

President Donald Trump's "Make Space Great Again" ad blazed new ground during its very brief life.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon has arrived at the International Space Station, both in orbit and on a new postmark.

It looks like the InSight Lander’s Mole instrument is making some progress. After months of perseverance, the team operating the instrument has succeeded in getting the Mole at least some distance into the ground. That...

NASA has finalized the contract for the initial crew module of the agency's Gateway lunar orbiting outpost.

Virgin Orbit and the British government are continuing efforts to begin flights of the company's air-launch system from an English airport by early 2022 despite challenges on both sides of the Atlantic. SpaceNews.com

Constructing switches out of pure liquid seemed impossible. Then researchers discovered Braess' paradox could help.

Our measurements of dark energy give contradictory results. A new study confirms dark energy, but suggests it is more strange than we thought. The post A New Test Confirms Dark Energy and the Expansion of the Universe ap...

A trusted attribution process underpins a credible deterrence strategy. SpaceNews.com

This robotic arm, moving along a 33-m-long track, forms ESA's GNC Rendezvous, Approach and Landing Simulator, used to simulate close approach to targets such as drifting satellites or asteroids.

Infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) are dark patches of cold dust and gas seen in the sky against the bright diffuse infrared glow of warm dust in our galaxy. These IRDCs, massive and rich in molecules, are natural sites for st...

ESA's Prometheus is the precursor of ultra-low-cost rocket propulsion that is flexible enough to fit a fleet of new launch vehicles for any mission and will be potentially reusable.

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