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The huge forces generated by the Z machine at Sandia National Laboratories are being used to replicate the gravitational pressures on so-called "super-Earths" to determine which might maintain atmospheres that could supp...

Elon Musk is funding a new Carbon Removal X Prize to the tune of $100 million -- the richest incentive prize in history.

The first Emirati mission to Mars will attempt to slip into orbit around the Red Planet on Tuesday (Feb. 9) -- here's how you can watch it live.

Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), an influential senator who has long been an advocate for some NASA programs and critic of others, announced Feb. 8 he will not run for reelection next year. SpaceNews

Large swaths of the Martian mid-latitudes show evidence of buried but accessible water ice, a new study reports.

Shay Har-Noy, former Tomnod CEO, has joined Spire Global as the company's general manager of the aviation systems business unit. SpaceNews

Money will continue flowing into the space industry from government agencies, private equity firms and public markets, according to panelists at the 2021 SmallSat Symposium. SpaceNews

The two moons of Mars were projected above the skies of Dubai to celebrate the first Emirati mission to the Red Planet.

New research led by Carnegie's Yingwei Fei provides a framework for understanding the interiors of super-Earths--rocky exoplanets between 1.5 and 2 times the size of our home planet--which is a prerequisite to assess the...

Amazon Web Services is looking to attract new customers by offering customized services such as cloud-based satellite operations and mission control. SpaceNews

The United Arab Emirates’ first interplanetary mission reaches its destination scarcely a decade after the country’s first satellite launch --

New enemies lurk as Avasarala and Bobbie face imminent death in this sneak peek at Boom! Studios' "The Expanse #3."

Astronomers have spotted the remnant of a rare type of supernova explosion. It’s called a Type Iax supernova, and it’s the result of an exploding white dwarf. These are relatively rare supernovae, and astronomers thi...

SpaceX is seeing strong demand for its dedicated smallsat rideshare missions, a program that is putting pricing pressure on small launch vehicle developers. SpaceNews

A Russian "space truck" has met its fiery doom on its way home to Earth.

The first Arab interplanetary mission reached Mars' orbit Tuesday in the most critical stage of its journey to unravel the secrets of weather on the Red Planet.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unveiled an ambitious 10-year space program for his country Tuesday that includes missions to the moon, sending Turkish astronauts into space and developing internationally viable s...

A team led by astronomers at the University of California, Riverside, has found that some dwarf galaxies may today appear to be dark-matter free even though they formed as galaxies dominated by dark matter in the past.

The EGNOS GEO-4 payload, which improves the performance and accuracy of GPS and Galileo satellite navigation signals, will be hosted aboard a Eutelsat satellite slated to launch in 2022. SpaceNews

The UAE Hope mission arrives at Mars today, kickng off a two year study of the Martian atmosphere. This is the first mission mounted by an Arab nation and offers inspiration for the future! The post Emirates Mars Mission...

The United Arab Emirates' first Mars mission, Hope, successfully entered orbit around the planet Feb. 9. SpaceNews

The United Arab Emirates' "Hope" probe on Monday successfully entered Mars' orbit, making history as the Arab world's first interplanetary mission.