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(Springer) A new paper published in EPJ Special Topics, co-authored by Flaviane Venditti, Planetary Radar Department, Arecibo Observatory, University of Central Florida, Arecibo, suggests the use of a tether assisted sys...

According to the most widely accepted cosmological theories, the first stars in the Universe formed a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. Unfortunately, astronomers have been unable to “see” them since thei...

NASA officials say they're confident that the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission will launch this summer amid the special measures the agency had to take to keep the mission on track during the coronavirus pandemic. Sp...

ExoMars' Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) recently spotted a green glow in Mars' atmosphere, which is similar to what Earth's atmosphere experiences. The post ExoMars Sees the Martian Atmosphere Glowing Green appeared first on Un...

This week we are joined by Dana Backman, an astrophysicist with a Ph.D. from the University of Hawai’i. He was an infrared astronomy researcher at Kitt Peak Observatory and NASA Ames, then a professor of physics & astr...

PredaSAR Corp. plans to deploy an initial constellation of 48 radar satellites with the goal of offering customers the ability to obtain updated views of sites on the ground within minutes. SpaceNews.com

Tournear: "I would contend that we need enough runway to be able to demonstrate that military utility." SpaceNews.com

A spacecraft that launched a quarter century ago to study the sun has discovered its 4,000th new comet in a spree of serendipitous science.

Scientists have found evidence that planets form in a blink of an eye on a cosmic scale. New results, obtained using the combined power of Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and Very Large Array (VLA), s...

SpaceNews will be joined June 24 by the director of NASA's Mars Exploration Program and the project scientist for the soon-to-launch Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission to discuss the status of the mission, next steps i...

Small satellites and responsive launch are areas of particular interest to the NRO. SpaceNews.com

On June 17 NASA leadership and a panel of scientists and engineers previewed the upcoming Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover mission....

Two NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station are getting ready for a pair of spacewalks set to begin at the end of June....

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope demonstrates its full range of imaging capabilities with two new images of planetary nebulae. The images depict two nearby young planetary nebulae, NGC 6302, dubbed the Butterfly Nebul...

Two entrepreneurs who founded a high-altitude ballooning company nearly a decade ago have started a second such venture, hoping to realize their original vision of giving the public a taste of spaceflight. SpaceNews.com

Ready for the first solar eclipse of the year? This weekend sees one of the top draw astronomical events for 2020, with an annular solar eclipse spanning eastern Africa and Southern Asia on Sunday, June 21st. The post Ca...

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The new space strategy game "Space Crew" wants you to explore the galaxy while fighting off an alien threat, and you can try a free demo on Steam through June 22.

Plasma astrophysicists at KU Leuven have created the first self-consistent simulation of the physical processes that occur during a solar flare. The researchers used Flemish supercomputers and a new combination of physic...

Our planet exists within the vicinity of thousands of Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), some of which--potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs)--carry the risk of impacting Earth and causing major damage to infrastructure and los...

Video: 00:03:20 Soon a Vega will launch from Kourou carrying a payload of several satellites. These will be delivered into orbit by a new multi-payload system developed by ESA. Among these small satellites, E-SAIL. This ...

Because we consider space unique, we often fail to look at other domains for inspiration and to avoid potential pitfalls. That's a mistake. SpaceNews.com