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Peering into the early universe, astronomers uncovered a surprise: a young galaxy that looks a lot like our home, the Milky Way.

As another satellite life extension spacecraft is readied for launch, both developers and customers of such systems called for the creation of standard interfaces to support servicing of future spacecraft. SpaceNews

The GEM 63XL motors will fly on ULA's Vulcan Centaur rocket in 2021. SpaceNews

Arecibo is investigating the cause of a mysterious accident that damaged its iconic radio telescope.

The Expedition 63 crew trio continued ongoing space research and orbital housekeeping aboard the International Space Station today....

SpaceX's next astronaut mission faces another launch delay.

As Venus makes a close approach to the moon Saturday morning (Aug. 15), you can catch some winter constellations without the cold.

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is taking action against systemic racism.

A special type of aurora, draped east-west across the night sky like a glowing pearl necklace, is helping scientists better understand the science of auroras and their powerful drivers out in space. Known as auroral bead...

NASA announced Aug. 14 that the first operational SpaceX commercial crew mission to the International Space Station will launch in late October, a delay to accommodate other spacecraft flying to the station. SpaceNews

NASA has awarded the Strategic Research and Analysis, Communications, and Exhibits Services (SRACES) contract to Media Fusion LLC of Huntsville, Alabama, to provide comprehensive strategic research and analysis, communic...

A new study led by scientists at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, shows that exhaust from a mid-sized lunar lander can quickly spread around the Moon and potentially contaminate sci...

In what could be a significant step forward in space exploration, a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has developed a sustainable process fo...

A startup formed by rocket engineers from the German space agency DLR is targeting late 2022 for the first flight of a small launch vehicle designed around hybrid engines. SpaceNews

The Perseid meteor shower, one of the most famous annual "shooting star" displays, reached its peak activity this week, putting on a spectacular show for skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere.

The U.S. Air Force and European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts noted significant improvements in numerical weather prediction models with the recent addition of global navigation satellite system radio occulta...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

Week in images: 10-14 August 2020 Discover our week through the lens

In the center of our galaxy, hundreds of stars closely orbit a supermassive black hole. Most of these stars have large enough orbits that their motion is described by Newtonian gravity and Kepler's laws of motion. But a ...

A Japanese company that hopes to land people on the moon one day has unveiled the final design of its first robotic lunar lander, which will launch in 2022 on a SpaceX rocket.

Want to see what things are like on a space rock tens of millions of miles away from Earth? NASA has you covered.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: