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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is getting closer and closer to its launch date in 2025. This Hubble-class wide-field infrared telescope is going to help astronomers discover the nature of dark energy, discove...

The sad work of dismantling the remains of the Arecibo Observatory is underway.

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is looking for eight crewmembers for a mission to the moon.

The Arecibo Observatory (AO) is a multidisciplinary research and education facility that is recognized worldwide as a leading facility in astronomy, planetary, and atmospheric and space sciences....

NASA's Perseverance rover isn't just exploring the Red Planet. The life-hunting robot will also help a little bit of Mars make it to Earth a decade or so from now, if all goes according to plan.

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance continues getting up to speed on the Red Planet.

Indonesia's government has secured financing to continue manufacturing the SATRIA broadband satellite, although its intended orbital slot remains up in the air. SpaceNews

It depends on how deep you look into the DNA, according to new research.

Since NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover touched down at Jezero Crater Feb. 18, mission controllers have made substantial progress as they prepare the rover for the unpaved road ahead.

Some saw Jeff Bezos' announcement that he will will step down as chief executive of Amazon in July as a sign that Bezos would use that time and energy to provide new urgency for Blue Origin. SpaceNews

It's a fair question, isn't it? What IF Perseverance finds evidence of life on Mars? What will the implications of this be? The post What Happens if Perseverance Finds Life on Mars? appeared first on Universe Today.

The planet Mars has no global magnetic field, although scientists believe it did have one at some point in the past. Previous studies suggest that when Mars' global magnetic field was present, it was approximately the sa...

The universe was created by a giant bang; the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago, and then it started to expand. The expansion is ongoing: it is still being stretched out in all directions like a balloon being inflated.

Astrophotographer Miguel Claro’s portraits capture wonders of the universe --

Astrophotographer Miguel Claro’s portraits capture wonders of the universe --

Video: 00:01:50 Why does ESA send missions beyond our Earth? To explore unknown worlds, and better understand our place in the Universe. But that answer only gives part of the picture. The first thing people do when they...

Engineers hid the phrase "Dare Mighty Things'' on the parachute of NASA's Mars Perseverance rover. It isn't the first time they've snuck a fun surprise or a sentimental object onto a spacecraft, either.

SpaceX is preparing to launch its latest Starship prototype on a high-altitude test flight, possibly as early as today (March 3).

The White House unambiguous statement of support for the Space Force makes it "really clear that this is not a political issue, it's an issue of national security," said Gen. John Raymond. SpaceNews

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin stepped out a lunar lander onto the surface of the moon. The landscape in front of him, which was made up of stark blacks and grays, resembled what he later called "magni...

In the first all-sky survey by the eROSITA X-ray telescope onboard SRG, astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics have identified a previously unknown supernova remnant, dubbed "Hoinga." The fi...