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The universe is expanding at an ever-increasing rate, and while no one is sure why, researchers with the Dark Energy Survey (DES) at least had a strategy for figuring it out: They would combine measurements of the distri...

Microsoft announced plans April 6 to move automated satellite image processing technology developed by Thales Alenia Space into its Azure Orbital platform. SpaceNews

As SpaceX continues to expand its Starlink network, established satellite operators are figuring out strategies to remain competitive. SpaceNews

SpaceX continued the rollout of its Starlink broadband constellation with another launch of 60 satellites April 7, edging closer to providing continuous global service. SpaceNews

Two gorgeous new photo mosaics show NASA's Perseverance Mars rover and Ingenuity helicopter as you've never seen them before.

NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter survived its first night on the Martian surface and is preparing for its first test flight. The post Mars Helicopter Survives its First Night on Mars is Getting Ready to Fly appeared first on ...

Some more work will be required to get the U.S. Air Force's new ARRW hypersonic missile up to speed.

Long before NASA's Perseverance rover touched down on the Red Planet on Feb. 18, one of its highest-level mission goals was already established: to seek out signs of ancient life on the Martian surface. In fact, the tech...

Enormous "spiders" cover the Martian south pole, and scientists finally have experimental evidence to show how they're created.

The droplets falling through alien skies are broadly similar to the ones that splash down here on Earth, even if they're made of different stuff.

SpaceX launched another 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit and nailed the landing of a veteran Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday (April 7).

The images capture drama billions of years ago in the early Universe--glinting galaxies, glowing with stars that have exploded into supernovas and blazing jets fired from black holes.

Using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, scientists have identified the three fastest-spinning brown dwarfs ever found. More massive than most planets but not quite heavy enough to ignite like stars, brown dwarfs ...

With the help of machine-learning techniques, a team of astronomers has discovered a dozen quasars that have been warped by a naturally occurring cosmic "lens" and split into four similar images. Quasars are extremely lu...

SpaceX will launch a new fleet of Starlink satellites (April 7) and you can watch the liftoff live online.

Perseverance has been busy lately. After testing its systems out, taking the first sound recording ever on the Red Planet, and dropping off its helicopter sidekick, now it has the opportunity to work on its primary missi...

Astronomers have found evidence that the first exoplanet that was identified transiting its star could have migrated to a close orbit with its star from its original birthplace further away.

Video: 01:00:59 ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher spoke to journalists on 7 April 2021 to introduce ESA Agenda 2025, setting out ESA's strategic priorities and goals.

The triumphant landing of the Perseverance rover has inspired all Americans, and indeed much of the world. President Biden should follow it up by launching the program to send humans to Mars. SpaceNews

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing of both solar panels, the final step in checking out these critical spacecraft components in preparation for launch this fall. Once the Lucy spacec...

Denver-based Voyager Space Holdings, which has been buying businesses to build a vertically integrated space exploration company, has appointed former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine to chair its advisory board. Space...

The heads of the European Space Agency and China National Space Administration held a video call April 1 to outline respective plans for the coming years. SpaceNews