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Airbus Ventures Managing Partner Thomas d'Halluin contemplates the challenges of this past year. Against the backdrop of racial injustice, environmental destruction, and now, the growing nationalization of space, d'Hallu...

Video: 00:01:17 A timelapse from various angles of the launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon Endeavour leaving Earth from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. The rocket lifted off at 10:49 BST (11:49 CEST, 05:49 l...

Long-time Democratic space politician Bill Nelson expressed support for the Artemis program during a three-hour hearing on Wednesday (April 21) considering his nomination as NASA administrator.

United Launch Alliance launched NROL-82 on a Delta 4 Heavy rocket April 26 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. SpaceNews

The astronauts flying SpaceX back to Earth this week urged boaters to stay safe by staying away from their capsule's splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.

If you can't get enough of "Alien" Xenomorphs this Alien Day, you can score the game "Alien: Isolation" from Epic Games free this week.

The rotorcraft set performance records in its latest test, flying a total distance of 100 meters --

Isar Aerospace, one of three German startups vying for ESA funding for smallsat launchers they each aim to debut next year, has won its first launch contract. SpaceNews

One of the great mysteries of modern space science is neatly summed up by the view from NASA's Perseverance, which just landed on Mars: Today it's a desert planet, and yet the rover is sitting right next to an ancient ri...

SpaceX's four astronauts had barely settled into orbit last Friday when they were ordered back into their spacesuits because of a potential collision with orbiting junk.

NASA and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on an initiative to open new avenues to engineering careers for communities underserved and underrepresented in...

A new U.S. spy satellite will launch into space Monday afternoon (April 26) on the mightiest rocket built by the United Launch Alliance (ULA).

The Space Force supports commercial growth but would like to see a civilian agency in charge of managing traffic and regulating activities. SpaceNews

Scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) have described a way to determine the birth population of double neutron stars--some of the densest objects in the universe formed in...

Xenomorph eggs are delivered to Weyland-Yutani's Pala Station in acclaimed author Weston Ochse's new original novel, "Aliens: Infiltrator."

Using the ARO 12-m telescope, astronomers have investigated a young starless core known as Lynds 1521E (or L1521E). The study resulted in the detection of complex organic molecules in this object. The finding is detailed...

If you're an "Alien" fan and you've got several thousand dollars spare, this "Alien" Day auction of rare costumes and props is for you.

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter performed its third flight on Mars April 25, setting it up for its final, and most challenging, tests. SpaceNews

The next era of our investigation of the cosmos is about to be kick-started by the Rubin Observatory, which is currently under construction in northern Chile.

Physicists have long been unable to describe what happened just after the Big Bang when a teensy blip ballooned into the universe, a process called inflation. We may know why.

If you have a clear sky tonight, look up! Today's full moon will be bigger and brighter than usual as the Earth's companion makes a close approach to the planet during its full moon phase.

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity broke new ground during its latest Red Planet flight, as video of the sortie shows.