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So young and already so evolved: Thanks to observations obtained at the Large Binocular Telescope, an international team of researchers coordinated by Paolo Saracco of the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF, Italy) ...

The Gaia space observatory just released its most detailed map of the universe yet, including the trajectories of hundreds of millions of stars.

NASA has selected Millennium Engineering and Integration Services LLC of Arlington, Virginia, for a contract providing support for flight and mission projects, including all advanced engineering capabilities needed to su...

China's Chang'e 5 lander touched down on the moon and collected the first lunar samples in nearly 50 years, but now the lights have gone out.

A bad computer connection foiled Virgin Galactic's attempt to reach space over the weekend.

The solar system's two massive gas giant planets pair up at dusk on December 21st, with a rare conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. The post Catch an Awe-Inspiring Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn on December 21st a...

Thousands of people turned their heads to the sky to watch a solar eclipse that lasted around two minutes on Monday as southern Chile and Argentina were plunged into darkness.

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Scientists from the University of Graz and the Kanzelhöhe Solar Observatory (Austria) and their colleagues from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) developed a new method based on deep learning f...

China's Chang'e 5 orbiter is heading home on the final leg of its mission to collect fresh lunar samples from the moon.

On Dec. 14, 2020, a total solar eclipse crossed over South America, and Twitter users celebrated.

The Hubble Space Telescope stars on a new U.S. coin in celebration of the orbiting observatory's 30 years as a symbol of ingenuity.

Video: 00:04:45 ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer from Germany has been assigned his first mission to the International Space Station (ISS). He is expected to fly to the International Space Station in the autumn of 2021. The...

NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) have selected three astronauts to serve as crew members for NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station, which is expected to launch in the fall of 2021.

ESA astronautMatthias Maurerhas been assigned to his first flight to the International Space Station during a meeting of representatives from the US, Russian, Japanese, Canadian and European space agencies at the beginni...

Our Milky Way is thought to be home to as many as 400 billion stars, one of which is, of course, our own sun. But how and when did these stars form, and where did they come from?

Indonesia has invited Tesla boss Elon Musk to build a launch site for his SpaceX's rocket in the Southeast Asian country, pointing out the benefits of a location next to the equator, officials said.

Using the Shanghai 65-m TianMa Radio Telescope (TMRT), Chinese astronomers have investigated a gas filaments of the Cygnus X molecular cloud complex known as DR21SF. Results of the new study, presented in a paper publish...

We can learn a lot about climate change from Venus, our sister planet. Venus currently has a surface temperature of 450℃ (the temperature of an oven's self-cleaning cycle) and an atmosphere dominated by carbon dioxide ...

Black sandy dust found in a capsule brought to Earth by a Japanese space probe is from the distant asteroid Ryugu, scientists confirmed after opening it on Monday.

NSTXL, a company that helps commercial businesses compete for government contracts, has been selected to manage the U.S. Space Force's Space Enterprise Consortium for the next 10 years. SpaceNews

Science fiction is shifting into reality. With humanity's plans to return to the moon this decade and further ambitions to travel to Mars in the next, we need to figure out how to keep astronauts healthy for these years-...