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More than a year after selecting SpaceX to deliver cargo to the lunar Gateway, NASA has yet to formally start that contract as it performs a broader review of its Artemis program. SpaceNews

A new astronomy paper theorizes that three brown dwarfs may be reaching a cosmic speed limit, beyond which they would break apart.

China is developing a mission to send a pair of spacecraft to study the far reaches of the solar system and reach interstellar space by mid-century. SpaceNews

A NASA spacecraft left a mess at an asteroid when it grabbed a load of rubble last year for return to Earth, new pictures revealed Thursday.

SpaceX and NASA are officially "go" to proceed with launching four astronauts to the International Space Station next week, with the completion of a critical flight readiness review on Thursday (April 15).

NASA has selected SpaceX to land the first astronauts on the surface of the Moon since 1972, the agency said Friday, in a huge victory for Elon Musk's company.

See photos of the astronauts and cosmonauts of International Space Station Expedition 64.

SpaceX's most international crew of astronauts yet arrived at their launch site Friday.

Faced with the tragic loss of the Arecibo observatory in Puerto Rico and the often prohibitive cost of satellite missions, astronomers are searching for savvy alternatives to continue answering fundamental questions in p...

NASA is getting ready to send astronauts to explore more of the Moon as part of the Artemis program, and the agency has selected SpaceX to continue development of the first commercial human lander that will safely carry ...

Analysts said a U.S. intelligence report painted China's space program with a broad brush and failed to draw distinctions between civilian and military pursuits. SpaceNews

The White House announced April 16 it will nominate former astronaut Pam Melroy to be NASA's deputy administrator. SpaceNews

The following is a statement from Acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk on Friday's announcement of the intended nomination by President Joe Biden of former NASA astronaut Pam Melroy to serve as the agency's deputy adm...

NASA's investment in space - both the unique Earth science conducted in orbit and the technology developed by living in space and exploring the solar system and universe - returns benefits every day, particularly when it...

Actor Casey W. Johnson says that one of the most enjoyable things about being on the series has been "the family dynamic."

In recent years there has been an exhaustive study of red dwarf stars to find exoplanets in orbit around them. These stars have effective surface temperatures between 2400 and 3700 K (over 2000 degrees cooler than the Su...

On 22 April 2021, on Earth Day, Thomas Pesquet is planned to return to the International Space Station for his second mission, Alpha....

NASA will host a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT today, Friday, April 16, to announce the company or companies selected to move forward in developing a modern human landing system (HLS) that will carry the next two Am...

NASA astronaut Shannon Walker of Houston will assume command of the International Space Station today from Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov....

We've all looked up at night and admired the brightly shining stars.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

Since fast radio bursts (FRBs) were first discovered over a decade ago, scientists have puzzled over what could be generating these intense flashes of radio waves from outside of our galaxy. In a gradual process of elimi...