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"Asteroid Hunters" debuts in IMAX at the Kennedy Space Center Tuesday (Oct. 6) and will be released nationwide Thursday (Oct. 8).

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A team of astronomers at the University of Hawai i at Mānoa Institute for Astronomy (IfA) has produced the world's largest three-dimensional astronomical imaging catalog of stars, galaxies and quasars. The team used dat...

Powerful stellar eruptions could pose a serious challenge to the origin and evolution of life around the universe, a new study suggests.

It looks like we may have to update our theories on how stars and planets form in new solar systems. A team of astronomers has discovered young planets forming in a solar system that’s only about 500,000 years old. Pri...

The first trailer for season five of the hit science fiction TV series "The Expanse" has landed and it is glorious.

Officials from NASA and partner agencies will discuss the upcoming launch of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean-monitoring satellite during a media briefing at 10 a.m. EDT (7 a.m. PDT), Friday, Oct. 16. The launch is ...

A new project called Public Editor asks citizen scientists to work together and vet the credibility of the news.

NASA's extensive fleet of spacecraft allows scientists to study the Sun extremely close-up--one of the agency's spacecraft is even on its way to fly through the Sun's outer atmosphere. But sometimes taking a step back ca...

Exolaunch signed an agreement with SpaceX to secure rides for dozens of small satellites on SpaceX rideshare missions scheduled to launch later this year and in 2021. SpaceNews

Astronomers have studied the megaconstellation threat, alerted the public about it and helped satellite operators dim their spacecraft. But some are now taking another, potentially much bigger step.

A new study of the mysterious hexagon-shaped storm at Saturn's north pole suggests this phenomenon is actually the result of activity occurring across the entire planet. In a new paper published in the Proceedings of the...

Check out this stunning new deep-sky panoramic and new light-weight 'smartscope,' courtesy of Vaonis. The post An Amazing Sky Mosaic Courtesy of Stellina…and a New Telescope from Vaonis appeared first on Universe Today...

At around 60 million light-years from Earth, the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy, NGC 1365, is captured beautifully in this image by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Located in the constellation of Fornax (the Furnace), t...

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will give a keynote address at the virtual fall Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium meeting at 11:45 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Oct. 14.

Satellites are monitoring Hurricane Delta, now a Category 3 storm targeting the already-battered Gulf Coast after making a first landfall on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.

Week in images: 05-09 October 2020 Discover our week through the lens

Holding over 80% of Earth's surface freshwater, lakes support and sustain communities across the planet. A new study uses satellite data to underline the vulnerability of these inland water bodies to climate change and w...

"The Right Stuff" cast drew inspiration from the book and film.

A new National Geographic series based on the 1979 book "The Right Stuff" will debut on Disney Plus today (Oct. 9).

The Mercury program launched the first Americans into space, four on suborbital flights, and two who orbited the Earth.

The United Arab Emirates has joined the roll-call of nations looking to visit the moon, with a lunar rover named Rashid scheduled to launch in 2024.