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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will create enormous cosmic panoramas, helping us answer questions about the evolution of our universe. Astronomers also expect the mission to find thousands of planets using two ...

Astronomers have searched the entire Milky Way to identify the safest places to live. It turns out, we're in a pretty good spot.

The ocean of the water-spurting moon Enceladus might be more active than scientists realized.

The Big Bang remains the best way to explain what happened at the beginning of the Universe. However, the incredible energies flowing during the early part of the bang are almost incomprehensive to our everyday experienc...

You've probably seen stunning images of the night side of the Earth from space. Most people have seen the veritable constellations of city lights scattered familiarly across the continents, separated by wide oceans of da...

A NASA audit concluded that costs imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic on the agency could reach $3 billion, with several major science and exploration programs accounting for much of that cost. SpaceNews

Four Expedition 64 astronauts are getting ready to move their SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicle to another docking port on the International Space Station next week....

Lego's NASA Space Shuttle Discovery set is every space geek's dream. Here's our review from a veteran space reporter.

A technology accelerator program funded by the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency has selected eight startups that will receive $100,000 grants. SpaceNews

Underneath its shell of ice, the globe-spanning ocean of Enceladus isn’t sitting still. Instead, it might possibly host massive ocean currents, driven by changes in salinity. Ocean world By all rights, the tiny world o...

AST & Science, which is developing a cellphone-compatible satellite broadband constellation, will start trading on the Nasdaq next week after getting shareholder approval April 1. SpaceNews

Studying space physics sure comes in handy when wrestling with vending machines in Apple TV+'s space series "For All Mankind" this week.

NASA has awarded a task order to AT&T Corporation of Virginia to provide support of the agency's Communications Mission Network Services, including the highest quality, cost-effective telecommunications services for the ...

Chinese astronauts are undergoing intense training for the first crewed missions to construct the nation's new space station, work that is expected to begin in the next few months.

China launched a new satellite Tuesday (March 30) to increase the number of high-definition Earth observation satellites available to state authorities.

A host of celebrations, festivities and special events are in store on Paramount+ on April 5 -- a date known to all "Star Trek" fans as First Contact Day.

Under a new agreement, an officer from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force will be assigned full-time at U.S. Space Command headquarters. SpaceNews

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is on the brink of discovering the extent of the mess it made on asteroid Bennu's surface during last fall's sample collection event. On Apr. 7, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will get one last close...

NASA's InSight lander has detected two strong, clear quakes originating in a location of Mars called Cerberus Fossae--the same place where two strong quakes were seen earlier in the mission. The new quakes have magnitude...

Europa Clipper, NASA's upcoming flagship mission to the outer solar system, has passed a significant milestone, completing its Critical Design Review. During the review, experts examined the detailed design of the spacec...

Space scientists at the University of Bath in the UK have found a new way to probe the internal structure of neutron stars, giving nuclear physicists a novel tool for studying the structures that make up matter at an ato...

The first powered atmospheric flight on another planet will honor its roots with a payload drawn from the dawn of aviation itself --