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Supernovae are some of the most powerful events in the Universe. They’re extremely energetic, luminous explosions that can light up the sky. Astrophysicists have a pretty good idea how they work, and they’ve organize...

The James Webb Space Telescope just passed the critical Comprehensive Systems Test (CST), bringing it a step closer to its Oct. 2021 launch date! The post James Webb Completes a Comprehensive Systems Test for the First T...

China's Mars rover will likely attempt to land at a site in northeastern Mars, according to a new paper published just days ahead of the mission's launch.

Skywatchers the world over are buzzing about Comet NEOWISE, the first easily-visible comet to appear in years. Your favorite mobile astronomy app can tell you when, where and how to look for it.

The European Commission slashed its space budget for the next seven years, agreeing to a maximum of 13.2 billion ($15.2 billion) focused mainly on continuing the Galileo and Copernicus satellite programs. SpaceNews

Sure, space looks pretty, but just because it sparkles doesn't make it welcoming.

An asteroid shower thought to have struck the moon and Earth 800 million years ago may have helped trigger Earth's greatest ice ages, a new study finds.

Spiral galaxies such as our Milky Way can have sprawling magnetic fields. There are various theories about their formation, but so far the process is not well understood. An international research team has now analyzed t...

Two NASA astronauts tied a spacewalk record while preparing the International Space Station for future upgrades.

While actually walking on the sun is still just a dream of Smash Mouth fans, humanity has gotten a little bit closer to our nearest solar neighbor with the recent launch of the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter (SolO...

NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Chris Cassidy and are scheduled to depart the International Space Station's Quest airlock Tuesday for a spacewalk to will conduct a series of tasks in preparation for future upgrades to...

Life on Earth can seem pretty hazardous, but if you ask astrophysicist Paul Sutter, it's still safer than anywhere else in the universe.

The rediscovery of a lost planet could pave the way for the detection of a world within the habitable "Goldilocks zone" in a distant solar system.

NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken are about to emerge back in the black.

NASA has awarded 17 fellowships to minority-serving institutions, through its Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP), and an additional five fellowships to other universities through mission directora...

What happens when a giant planet gets stripped of its atmosphere? It leaves behind a giant core, rich in iron and other metals. A team using NASA’s TESS mission recently found such a remnant core, orbiting a star just ...

Raymond said the Arctic region, like outer space, is becoming a "congested neighborhood." SpaceNews

A long-awaited map of the big bang’s afterglow fails to settle a debate over how fast the universe is expanding --

Northrop Grumman developed the GEM 63 rocket motors under a cooperative agreement with United Launch Alliance. SpaceNews

SpaceX managed to snag both halves of a Falcon 9 rocket's falling payload fairing shortly after the successful launch of a South Korean military satellite from Florida yesterday (July 20).

A research team led by Osaka University investigated the formation ages of 59 lunar craters with a diameter of approximately 20 km using the Terrain Camera (TC) onboard the lunar orbiter spacecraft Kaguya.

The unusual dark greenish and glistening 'gel-like' substance in a crater on the far side of the moon has attracted widespread interest following its discovery by the Chang'e-4 rover in July 2019.