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Ever wonder how modern astronomical observatories take such clear images of distant objects? Advances in mirror design have allowed for larger and larger primary mirrors. But adaptive optics play a huge role, too. The Ea...

That’s the kind of headline that can leave us scratching our heads. How can you see tree shadows on other worlds, when those planets are tens or hundreds of light years--or even further--away. As it turns out, there mi...

With its dazzling system of icy rings, Saturn has been a subject of fascination since ancient times. Even now the sixth planet from the sun holds many mysteries, partly because its distance away makes direct observation ...

Capella Space unveiled images Oct. 6 from Sequoia, the first of 36 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites the San Francisco startup plans to send into a constellation to collect global imagery with hourly updates. Spa...

Rather than pushing the state-of-the art, Boeing, Maxar Technologies and Northrop Grumman are emphasizing reliability in satellites they are manufacturing to help Intelsat and SES clear C-band spectrum, according to spea...

Impact craters have been called the "poor geologists' drill," since they allow scientists to look beneath to the subsurface of a planet without actually digging down. It's estimated that Mars has over 600,000 craters, so...

It is no longer a surprise to industry observers that partial reusability, economies of scale and vertical integration have enabled SpaceX to achieve extremely low Falcon 9 launch costs. It may however remain a surprise ...

The chair of the House space subcommittee says NASA has still not convinced her that the agency has a viable plan to return humans to the moon by 2024. SpaceNews

Something is showering gold across the universe. But no one knows what it is, and key theoretical explanations are falling apart

We've scanned the schedule and pulled out the essential panels that space lovers should make their top priority for the virtual New York Comic Con.

Are your homemade cocktails never as good as the real thing? Fear not, science has you covered!

It's time to virtually race to space at the head of a space agency -- your choice of NASA, the European Space Agency or the Russian space agency Roscosmos.

A research team at the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU) consisting of Visiting Scientist Chiaki Kobayashi, Project Researcher at the time Shing-Chi Leung (currently at the Cali...

Gen. Stephen Lyons: "Think about moving the equivalent of a C-17 payload anywhere on the globe in less than an hour." SpaceNews

The commander of Boeing's first astronaut flight has pulled himself off the crew so he's on Earth--not at the International Space Station--for his daughter's wedding next year.

The agency will make one award to the provider that offers the "best value" based on several criteria such as price, schedule and past performance. SpaceNews

Boeing's Chris Ferguson is withdrawing from the first crewed Starliner test flight for NASA, a mission he was to command.

A growing body of research suggests the planet Venus may have had an Earth-like environment billions of years ago, with water and a thin atmosphere.

Chris Ferguson, the former NASA astronaut who was to command the first crewed flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle, has withdrawn from the mission for personal reasons, the company announced Oct. ...

In-space transportation startup Momentus Space announced plans Oct. 7 to become a publicly traded company in early 2021 through a merger with Stable Road Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company. SpaceNew...

Ultraviolet light from giant stellar flares can destroy a planet's habitability. New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will help astrobiologists understand how much radiation planets experienc...

Veteran NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore will join astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann for NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test, the inaugural crewed flight of the CST-100 Starliner launching to the International Space ...