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Since they were formed in the early solar system, many meteorites offer an unadulterated view into what that solar system was made out of, or what happened to it as we reported before. Recently a team of researchers led ...

The U.S. Army has approved plans to explore the use of satellites in low Earth orbit to give soldiers dedicated communications, navigation and imaging capabilities. SpaceNews

The next commercial crew mission to the International Space Station passed its final review before its scheduled April 22 launch, with weather the only major issue. SpaceNews

AE Industrial Partners subsidiary American Pacific Corp. announced a multimillion-dollar investment in Frontier Aerospace, a space propulsion startup based in Simi Valley, California. The terms of the deal were not discl...

The second test flight for Boeing's Starliner crew capsule, known as the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission, won't lift off until late this summer.

For the first time, NASA is putting its trust in a recycled SpaceX rocket and capsule for a crew.

NASA has given SpaceX the official go-ahead for the launch of its next crew mission to the International Space Station.

A study of rotating black holes show that some spin so quickly because dark matter particles haven't slowed them down. The post One Idea to Explain Dark Matter – Ultralight Bosons – Fails the Test appeared first on U...

Astronauts who spend extended time in space face stressors such as isolation, confinement, lack of privacy, altered light-dark cycles, monotony and separation from family. Interestingly, so do people who work at internat...

Mars' ancient history is interesting to scientists because if the arid planet was once warm and wet, it may have been habitable to life.

The Canadian government will fund upgrades to aging ground-based infrastructure for receiving satellite data as well as provide seed money to begin planning for the country's next generation of Earth observation satellit...

The launch of Sputnik, humankind's first satellite, in 1957 marked the dawn of a new era for the people of Earth.

Imagine that you are flying a model helicopter or a drone. You are there with the auto controls. You switch them on. The rotors start to turn, gradually increasing their spin. You watch, then push the control for lift. Y...

Amazon has selected United Launch Alliance (ULA) to start launching its megaconstellation of internet satellites to space.

China could launch the first module for its own space station this month as the country also prepares to send a large space telescope to join it in orbit within the next few years.

For years, astronomers thought that the objects responsible for short gamma-ray bursts get kicked out of their home galaxies shortly after they're born. But new observations prove otherwise.

For a few brief minutes, a suborbital rocket from NASA has an ambitious plan to seek out particles from interstellar space.

Russia's space agency said Tuesday it hoped to launch its own orbital station in 2025 as Moscow considers withdrawing from the International Space Station programme to go it alone.

With ESA positioned as a world-class provider of Earth observation data and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) leading international efforts to defeat hunger, the two organisations have teamed up ...

SpaceX is preparing to carry four astronauts to a crowded International Space Station on Thursday, in the second routine mission since the United States resumed crewed space flight, and the first with a European.

Video: 00:12:38 The launch of Sputnik, humankind's first satellite, in 1957 marked the dawn of a new era for the people of the 'Pale Blue Dot'. Decades later, our planet is now surrounded by spacecraft carrying out extra...

The successful flight of NASA's Ingenuity helicopter on Mars paves the way for its use on future missions, agency officials said, but exactly when and how remain to be determined. SpaceNews