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The discovery hints that subsurface oceans are common in the outer solar system, which is good news for the those seeking extraterrestrial life.

Nearly two decades ago, a near-Earth asteroid was discovered to have a moon and the binary system was given the name "Didymos"--Greek for "twin," a loose description of the larger main body and the smaller orbiting moon,...

The dwarf planet could be a more habitable world than scientists had thought --

Five associations representing users of the Global Positioning System will be joining forces against the FCC. SpaceNews.com

This panorama of the International Space Station is a wider view of what ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano was capturing on camera during the first of a series of historic spacewalks that took place in November 2019.

When the most massive stars die, they collapse under their own gravity and leave behind black holes; when stars that are a bit less massive die, they explode in a supernova and leave behind dense, dead remnants of stars ...

Video: 00:03:00 In orbit for more than a decade, ESA's Earth Explorer satellite SMOS has not only exceeded its planned lifespan, but also surpassed its original scientific goals. Built to demonstrate new technology in sp...

(Northwestern University) Scientists from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and the European Virgo observatory, including Northwestern University astronomers, have detected a mystery object i...

X-ray astronomy helps scientists study neutron stars, binary star systems, and supernova remnants, and even helps detect black holes. But even if human eyes had the ability to see X-rays, we couldn't just look up at the ...

Reddit Ask Us Anything with ESA experts on asteroids: 23 June 16:00 CEST Reddit Ask Us Anything with ESA experts on asteroids: 23 June 16:00 CEST

York Space Systems and Metropolitan State University of Denver won a U.S. Air Force contract to investigate ways to reduce the cost and speed delivery of high-quality satellite imagery. SpaceNews.com

The court overseeing an effort by three satellite operators to prevent the FCC's December C-band auction ruled against a motion that would have halted the auction, a decision that allows the auction schedule to hold but ...

Astronomers like to observe young planets forming in circumstellar debris disks, the rotating rings of material around young stars. But when they measure the amount of material in those disks, they don’t contain enough...

Griffin and Porter will be leaving their posts at DoD on July 10. SpaceNews.com

Astrophysicists have spotted the strangest gravitational-wave signal yet, an observation that could force scientists to rewrite what they know about the cosmos.

Boeing, one of the two companies supplying commercial crew vehicles, is under investigation in relation to a lucrative contract to land humans on the moon, according to a Washington Post report.

Five hundred million light-years from Earth, there is a deeply unusual object. It is radio silent for 12 days, then erupts in bright radio bursts. We still aren't sure what the object is. The post A Repeating Fast Radio ...

Comet U6 Lemmon promises to be a fine binocular object at dusk. The post Comet U6 Lemmon Brightens in July appeared first on Universe Today.

Join real-life astrophysicist in an "ask me anything" with Joe Pesce of the National Science Foundation in our Space.com Forums this week!

Two NASA astronauts are getting ready for Friday's spacewalk to continue upgrading power systems on the International Space Station....

Astronomers from Malta and Spain have conducted an observational campaign aimed at investigating the periodic behavior of a carbon star known as CGCS 673. The observations found that the studied object is a semi-regular ...

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