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For only the second time in history, astronomers have discovered a new, natural-origin, minimoon orbiting the Earth. The minimoon, known as 2020CD3 (CD3 for short), was first discovered by Kacper Werizchos and Teddy Pruy...

China’s Chang’e-5 probe is on its way to the Moon for a mission that could bring back the first samples of lunar rocks and dirt in more than 40 years. The 8.2-metric-ton spacecraft was sent into space from south ...

As SpaceX prepares for the first high-altitude test flight of its Starship reusable launch vehicle, the FAA is starting a new environmental review required for the company's future launch vehicle plans. SpaceNews

A new study of the Curiosity rover's data has show that the Gale Crater once experienced massive flooding, bolstering the case for past life on Mars. The post At One Time, This Region of Mars was Inundated by a “Megafl...

How the Pentagon buys launch services in the future could change as the military considers using emerging technologies and services known as "space mobility and logistics." SpaceNews

Everyone loves lasers. And the only thing better than a bunch of lasers is a bunch of lasers on one of the world’s (soon to be) largest telescopes, the E-ELT. Well, maybe a bunch of lasers on a time-travelling T. Rex t...

For as long as he can remember, Cole Gregg has been interested in space. Last week, the Western University graduate astronomy student had a night he'll never forget as he spotted a previously undiscovered asteroid flashi...

Natural resources are being depleted on Earth. But some think outer space may be a vast reservoir that's ripe for tapping.

A penumbral lunar eclipse in the early morning hours of November 30th marks the start of the last eclipse season for 2020. The post Catch Monday Morning’s Subtle Lunar Eclipse appeared first on Universe Today.

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have shown that fruit flies that spent several weeks on the International Space Station (ISS)--about half of their lives--experienced profound structural a...

Living at low gravity affects cells at the genetic level, according to a study of worms in space.

Predicting the appearance of a sunspot is like predicting a tornado. But astronomers are starting to do it. The post Solar astronomers can now predict future sunspots. There should be a big one in a couple of days appear...

Lego's Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker Millennium Falcon is on sale for $40 off on Amazon for Black Friday.

Give your kids the gift of science with these fully immersive virtual and augmented reality science kits.

Astronomers report a strange new feature of the aurora-like STEVE, which they are calling 'streaks.'

The United Arab Emirates' first foray beyond Earth's orbit is going so smoothly that the nation's Hope Mars mission will tackle some bonus observations before it reaches its destination.

Scott Kelly, the NASA astronaut who spent nearly a year in orbit in 2015-16, has a new audio course available about leading and achieving in space -- and on the ground.

See the moon and Mars rendezvous in the evening sky this Wednesday (Nov. 25).

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most luminous and explosive transient phenomena in the universe after the Big Bang. A powerful tool for characterizing and classifying GRBs to allow them to be used as tracers of the expan...

NASA is working toward sending humans to Mars by 2030. If all goes according to plan, the flight crew's return trip to the red planet will take about two-and-half years. That's a long time to spend uninterrupted with co-...

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Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Kate Rubins of NASA shows off radish plants growing inside the Columbus laboratory module's Advanced Plant Habitat before collecting leaf samples for analysis....