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A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched another set of 60 Starlink satellites March 11 as the company expanded international service in several countries. SpaceNews

Three space industry groups are asking the Commerce Department to commit to continued support and funding for the Office of Space Commerce. SpaceNews

We keep getting reminders that the Milky Way's planetary diversity dwarfs what we see in our own solar system.

Astronomers are struggling to understand the discrepancies when measuring the expansion rate of the universe with different methods, and are desperate for any creative idea to break the tension. A new method involving so...

Scientists think they've spied an alien world that lost its atmosphere -- then conjured itself a new one.

Using the same principles that make polarized sunglasses possible, a team of researchers at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico have developed a technique that will help better defend against asteroids on a collision ...

An oceanic research team recently demonstrated that one of the largest ecosystem on Earth thrives on the radioactive decay of elements The post Microbes Found That Survive on the by-Products of Radioactive Decay appeared...

Astronaut Gordo Stevens is getting used to a spacesuit again in this week's episode of Apple TV+'s alternate space history show "For All Mankind."

Panspermia is an idea that has been around for a long time. It was first mentioned in the 5th century BC by Anaxagoras, one of the most prominent pre-Socratic philosophers. The problem with the theory is that there's nev...

Vega is one of the brightest and best known stars in the night (or even twilight) sky. Located in the constellation Lyra, it is only 25 light years from Earth, and about twice our Sun's mass. And now, astronomers might h...

Satellite communications provider Speedcast emerged Thursday from nearly a year in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection under private equity ownership. SpaceNews

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are a kind of mysterious radio flash lasting only a few thousandths of a second. Confirmed to be of cosmological origin in 2016, FRBs have the potential to provide insights into a wide range of a...

Looking at the night sky, one's thoughts might be drawn to astrochemistry. What molecules are found in the vast spaces between the stars? Would we see the same molecules that surround us here on Earth? Or would some of t...

"Surviving Mars" is a sleek strategy game that challenges you to build a city on the Red Planet and you can get it free this week from Epic Games.

The first commercial lunar landing now has a mission patch.

The Milky Way may contain other planets that have continents and water, similar to Earth.

Two astronauts are focusing on preparations for this weekend's spacewalk as the rest of the Expedition 64 crew keeps up research and maintenance on the International Space Station....

Surveying the billions of tiny microbial astronauts that dwell within the orbital laboratory could help us prepare for human voyages to Mars --

For many companies in the industry, filling job openings can seem as difficult as rocket science. For others, it simply involves rockets. SpaceNews

For decades, researchers assumed the cosmic rays that regularly bombard Earth from the far reaches of the galaxy are born when stars go supernova--when they grow too massive to support the fusion occurring at their cores...

The Galápagos Islands hold an honored place in science history. I often wonder, if Charles Darwin could have seen this volcanic archipelago from this vantage point - a satellite view - how might have that aided or chang...

The weathering of silicate rocks plays an important role to keep the climate on Earth clement. Scientists led by the University of Bern and the Swiss national center of competence in research (NCCR) PlanetS, investigated...