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What might look like a scene from a science fiction film is actually a real-life image of dunes speckling the surface of Mars.

Astrophysicists think a newly discovered region of the Milky Way could provide hints about the evolution of our galaxy and its potentially violent past.

Despite promising technology demonstrations, there is no one-size-fits-all solution for the growing problem of taking out the orbital trash --

The International Space Station was flying 261 miles above the Sahara Desert when this photograph was taken of the Murzuq District in central Libya....

Lockheed Martin announced a new line of "tactical ISR" satellites designed for space-based surveillance. SpaceNews

The Space Development Agency is less worried about missile strikes than it is about cyber attacks and intrusions into the supply chain. SpaceNews

A new collaborative study has shown that nuclear explosions could be used to deflect asteroids, protecting Earth from cataclysmic impacts. The post If you Want to Move an Asteroid, you Need the Right Kind of Nuclear Expl...

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin company strapped two employees into a fueled rocketship for practice, but pulled them out shortly before sending the capsule to the edge of space Wednesday with only a test dummy.

Jules Verne's 1905 novel "The Lighthouse At The End Of The World" is transformed into a sweeping sci-fi comic book miniseries from Brian Haberlin and David Hine.

Blue Origin completed another test flight of its New Shepard vehicle April 14, putting the company on the verge of finally flying people. SpaceNews

Blue Origin has another clean test flight under its belt.

Phantom Space aims to start launching orbital missions in early 2023, and the company just secured $5 million in seed funding to help it meet this goal.

Oxygen could indicate presence of life on another world, but for red dwarf planets finding oxygen isn't enough. The post Finding Oxygen on an Alien World Doesn't Always Mean There's Life There appeared first on Universe ...

Mal and the rest of the Serenity crew take center stage in this premium format hardback celebrating the world of "Firefly."

The effects of ancient asteroid impacts on Earth are still evident from the variety of impact craters across our planet. And from the Chelyabinsk event back in 2013, where an asteroid exploded in the air above a Russian ...

The permanent oxygenation of Earth's atmosphere took twice as long as previously believed and finally finished up to 100 million years later than expected.

Lunar exploration firm iSpace said Wednesday it will transport a United Arab Emirates unmanned rover to the Moon next year, as the Gulf state seeks to expand its space sector.

A new study turns modern 'deep learning' techniques on Galileo's early sketches of the Sun. The post Galileo Sunspot Sketches Versus Modern ‘Deep Learning’ AI appeared first on Universe Today.

In April 2019, scientists released the first image of a black hole in galaxy M87 using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). However, that remarkable achievement was just the beginning of the science story to be told.

This drone hauled a model of the Juventas CubeSat high into the air, as a practical test of the antennas designed to perform the first radar sounding of the interior of an asteroid.

Astranis, a startup developing small geostationary satellites, has raised $250 million in a funding round that values the company at $1.4 billion. SpaceNews

The United Arab Emirates' robotic Rashid moon rover will be delivered to the lunar surface in 2022 by HAKUTO-R, a lander built by the Japanese company ispace.