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A distant galaxy in the newborn universe essentially resembles a grown adult when it should just look like a small child, suggesting galaxies may evolve more rapidly than we thought.

Remote sensing startups moving into the defense market would like to see DoD and other agencies develop plans to procure commercial capabilities. SpaceNews

Could food grown in space greenhouses save us here on Earth?

Space: the final frontier. What's stopping us from exploring it? Well, lots of things, but one of the major issues is space radiation, and the effects it can have on astronaut health during long voyages. A new review in ...

To casual observers, landing a rover on Mars can seem kind of like old news, believe it or not. Especially after all of NASA’s successes. But many are likely not aware of the so-called ‘Mars Curse.‘ The fact is, ma...

China has released epic video footage from the Tianwen-1 spacecraft as it made a close approach to Mars this week.

The Expedition 64 crew continued setting up a new science and cargo airlock for operations today since its installation last year on the International Space Station....

A window is set to open for Virgin Galactic to make another attempt at a rocket-powered flight from New Mexico to the fringe of space, but the company announced Friday it would be holding off on a new effort.

Using observations from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a trio of hot worlds larger than Earth orbiting a much younger version of our Sun called TO...

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NASA needs to pursue "aggressive" development of space nuclear propulsion technologies if the agency wants to use them for human missions to Mars in the next two decades, a report by a National Academies committee conclu...

NASA has assigned two crew members to launch on the agency's SpaceX Crew-4 mission - the fourth crew rotation flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.

NASA is inviting the public to take part in virtual activities and events as the agency's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover nears entry, descent, and landing on the Red Planet, with touchdown scheduled for approximately 3:55 ...

NASA commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman is targeting 12:36 p.m. EST Saturday, Feb. 20, for the launch of its 15th resupply mission to the International Space Station.

NASA is improving a flight software system to help create and certify essential software for the lunar Gateway.

Week in images: 08 - 12 February 2021 Discover our week through the lens

NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is due to land on the Red Planet at 21:43 CET on 18 February 2021. In order to communicate with Earth from its landing site in Jezero Crater, the rover will rely on spacecraft orbiting...

A deep-space mission is about to pull a 'vanishing act,' through mid-February, as the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter (affectionately known as 'SolO' to mission controllers) makes a crucial pass behind the Sun. The...

To casual observers, landing a rover on Mars can seem kind of like old news, believe it or not, especially after all of NASA's successes. But many are likely not aware of the so-called "Mars Curse." The fact is, many of ...

Advances in astronomical observations have resulted in the discovery of an extraordinary number of extrasolar planets, some of which are believed to have a rocky composition similar to Earth. Learning more about their in...

The globular cluster NGC 6397, a conglomeration of stars about 7,800 light-years from Earth, likely harbors a clump of small black holes at its heart, a new study reports.

The Crab Nebula is arguably one of the most famous objects in the night sky. It was delineated as M1 in Messier's famous catalogue. It is the remnants of a supernova that was actually visible in day time almost 1000 year...