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There's no finder, and often no eyepiece... and 'goto' is as simple as the push of a virtual button. Welcome to the new generation of smartscopes. The new crop of telescopes promise to put the Universe and the night sky ...

Army Lt. Gen. Dickinson became deputy commander of U.S. Space Command in December 2019. SpaceNews

Four months after closing centers because of the coronavirus pandemic, NASA has been able to keep its highest priority missions on track, even as others have suffered delays. SpaceNews

The bright Comet NEOWISE makes its closest approach to Earth tonight (July 22). If you miss the naked-eye comet tonight, you'll have another chance to see it in two live webcasts on Thursday (July 23).

The new building is expected to open in spring 2022. SpaceNews

The first flight of Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket failed to reach orbit in May when a propellant line broke seconds after the ignition of the rocket's first stage engine, the company's chief executive said July 22. S...

In the year that is 2020, #WhyPersevere? Janet Ivey, President, of Explore Mars and creator of Janet's Planet, shares her reasons why Perseverance is exactly what we need now more than ever.

To receive FIRST UP Satcom, a weekly SpaceNews newsletter for satellite and telecom professionals, sign up here. TOP STORIES Arianespace's first launch since the pandemic began is scheduled for July 28. An Ariane 5 rocke...

When telescopes became powerful enough to find planets orbiting distant stars, scientists were surprised to see that a lot of them didn't have atmospheres like Earth's. Instead, they appear to have thick blankets of hydr...

The Space Force motto "Semper Supra" means "always above." SpaceNews

Media accreditation now is open for NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station - the first operational flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket after certification by NASA for...

The Air Force will use BlackSky's monitoring service to track the spread of COVID-19 and secure its supply chain. SpaceNews

Germany's University of Wurzburg Experimental-4 (UWE-4) cubesat avoided a potential collision while lowering its altitude with Morpheus Space's NanoFEEP electric propulsion system. SpaceNews

NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Chris Cassidy concluded their spacewalk at 12:41 p.m. EDT, after five hours and 29 minutes....

Using the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), an international team of astronomers has detected a radio relic in a merging galaxy cluster known as SPT-CL 2023-5535. The discovery is reported in a resear...

The answers to many questions in astronomy are hidden behind the veil of deep time. One of those questions is around the role that supernovae played in the early Universe. It was the job of early supernovae to forge the ...

SmallSat Alliance Chairman Chuck Beames: 'I think they messed up.' SpaceNews

The origin of Earth’s water is a big piece of the puzzle in Earth’s history. Did it come from comets and asteroids? From water-bearing space dust? The scientific debate is not settled. Now a new study shows that wate...

The White House is nominating Greg Autry, a university professor and commercial space advocate who served on the administration's NASA transition team, to be the agency's chief financial officer. SpaceNews

Space startups in the United Kingdom and Switzerland led their European counterparts in raising private capital last year, according to the European Space Policy Institute. SpaceNews

NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission cleared its Flight Readiness Review Wednesday, an important milestone on its way to the launch pad.

Global Eagle Entertainment, a provider of media services and satellite Wi-Fi to aircraft, boats and remote locations, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection July 22, citing the coronavirus pandemic's impact on global...