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A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying tons of NASA supplies experienced a launch abort just minutes before liftoff late Thursday (Oct. 1).

The path that ExoMars 2022 will follow to reach the Red Planet is set. The trajectory that will take the spacecraft from Earth to Mars in 264 days foresees a touchdown on the martian surface on 10 June 2023, at around 17...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch an upgraded global positioning satellite (GPS) into orbit for the U.S. Space Force today (Sept. 30) and you can watch it live online.

The contract is for the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications program, known as Evolved Strategic Satcom. SpaceNews

Tens of millions of years ago, the corpse of a star stole away too much gas from a neighbor and exploded, becoming a beacon in the cosmos -- one that took a full year to fade away.

China's human spaceflight agency has selected a new group of 18 reserve astronauts to participate in the country's upcoming space station project. SpaceNews

Gen. David Thompson said the new Space Systems Command will be established sometime in 2021 SpaceNews

A NASA safety committee warned that the effort to return humans to the moon by 2024, coupled with uncertain funding, could lead to "engineering compromises" in the Artemis program. SpaceNews

So, Venus might have life! But how do we find out for sure?! We need to GO there. Here's a recap of the Venusian Life story thus far: On September 14, the discovery of phosphine gas in the Venusian clouds was announced b...

A U.S. rocket stands at its launch pad ready to launch an advanced space toilet and new science experiments toward the International Space Station tonight. Back on orbit, the Expedition 63 trio worked on robotics, health...

A federal bankruptcy court approved Oct. 2 the sale of broadband megaconstellation company OneWeb to the British government and Indian telecommunications company Bharti Global. SpaceNews

In its 4.5 billion year history, Earth has had to run the gauntlet. Numerous catastrophes have imperilled the planet, from massive impacts, to volcanic conflagrations, to frigid episodes of snowball Earth. Yet life persi...

In-space transportation startup Momentus announced service agreements Oct. 2 with Australia's Skykraft and French spacecraft engineering company Mecano ID. SpaceNews

Friday night is date night for two bright celestial meetups that will light up the sky tonight (Oct. 2 - Oct. 3).

California continues to face devastating fires this year, which NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy continues to monitor from his outpost on the International Space Station.

A NASA safety panel said that while Boeing was making good progress on implementing changes to its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle, it had doubts that work could be done in time to allow another test flight thi...

The vast majority of planets near foreign stars are discovered by astronomers with the help of sophisticated methods. The exoplanet does not appear in the image, but reveals itself indirectly in the spectrum. A team of s...

Planetary nebulae are some of the most beautiful objects in the galaxy, spanning a variety of shapes and sizes. They’re created in the death throes of stars like the sun, and new research sheds light into how they get ...

Is there life outside our planet?

Week in images: 28 September - 02 October 2020 Discover our week through the lens

If a solar system is a family, then some planets leave home early whether they want to or not. Once they've left the gravitational embrace of their family, they're pretty much destined to drift through interstellar space...

The nation's newest military branch doesn't currently launch anyone to the final frontier. But that will change someday, if all goes according to plan.