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Space-based internet service is poised to revolutionize the internet and bring high-speed connectivity to countless communities worldwide. Programs like SpaceX's Starlink paint a picture of a bright future for the citize...

Physicist Pekka Janhunen with the Finnish Meteorological Institute has developed a novel idea to colonize a place other than the Earth--and it is not the moon or Mars. Instead, Janhunen is suggesting in a paper posted on...

Two scientists from CNRS and Sorbonne University working at the Institute of Celestial Mechanics and Ephemeris Calculation (Paris Observatory--PSL/CNRS) have just shown that the influence of Saturn's satellites can expla...

Like its parent nation, NASA needs to prioritize bridging divides, the agency's outgoing chief said.

As Joe Biden begins the first year of his presidency, there is still much we don't know about where he and his vice president, Kamala Harris, stand on major issues in civil and national security space. There are, nonethe...

It’s looking more and more like the future of space exploration could involve drones in a big way. We’ve already seen it here on Earth, where all kinds of flying drones are used by all kinds of people for all kinds o...

The launch of the Tiantong 1-03 communications satellite on Tuesday (Jan. 19) marked the start of a very busy year in space for China.

David Zikusoka will serve as special assistant at the office of the assistant secretary of defense for space policy. Leonor Tomero will be deputy assistant director for nuclear and missile defense programs. SpaceNews

One of the three large steel platforms that supported the launch of NASA's Apollo and space shuttle missions is being demolished -- due to a lack of space.

Dark clouds, the smell of rain on a hot sidewalk, the flashes of intense light followed by a loud crackling and then a low, rolling thunder--who doesn't love a good summer thunderstorm? We've all seen one, heard one, or ...

SpaceX launched its latest set of Starlink satellites Jan. 20, bringing the total number of spacecraft launched so far for that broadband constellation to more than 1,000. SpaceNews

Dark clouds, the smell of rain on a hot sidewalk, the flashes of intense light followed by a loud crackling and then a low, rolling thunder - who doesn't love a good summer thunderstorm? We've all seen one, heard one, or...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched on a record 8th flight to send a new fleet of the company's Starlink internet satellites into orbit on Wednesday (Jan.20) and then nailed a landing at sea.

A new space policy highlights the fundamental role of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in securing the United States' safety and economic growth.

A new paper proposes building a 'megasatellite' of human habitats around the dwarf planet Ceres.

A Martian "mole" will stop its valiant attempts to dig on the Red Planet.

Humanity is barreling toward a "ghastly future" of mass extinctions, health crises and constant climate-induced disruptions to society.

After two years of futile struggles to penetrate surprisingly sticky soil, the heat probe’s demise leaves large gaps in our understanding of the Red Planet’s interior --

Jim Bridenstine used part of his final full day as NASA administrator to call on the incoming administration to continue the Artemis program and return humans to the moon. SpaceNews

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ocket Lab successfully launched a communications satellite for German company OHB Group Jan. 20 in the first Electron mission of the year. SpaceNews

The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Alabama announced plans Tuesday to restore the world's only full-sized mockup of a space shuttle coupled with an external fuel tank and twin rocket boosters.