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After glimpsing faint but widespread super-heated material in the Sun's outer atmosphere, a NASA sounding rocket is going back for more. This time, they're carrying a new instrument optimized to see it across a wider reg...

While scientists have amassed considerable knowledge of the rocky planets in our solar system, like Earth and Mars, much less is known about the icy water-rich planets, Neptune and Uranus.

It is generally believed that double-peaked broad emission lines originate from an elliptical disk. Appearance or disappearance of the broad Balmer emission lines correspond to type 1 and type 2 active galactic nuclei (A...

Space-savvy students from across the nation who are deaf, blind, hearing and visually impaired and their mentors will have a unique opportunity this week to connect with astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

The seven-member Expedition 65 crew kicked off the workweek working on Japanese science gear, a U.S. immune system study, and spacewalk preparations....

A $1 billion missile-warning satellite for the U.S. Space Force rocketed toward orbit Tuesday.

A suborbital launch created violet and green lights in the sky this weekend in a larger effort to understand spaceborne energy transport.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched a missile-warning satellite for the U.S. Space Force into orbit today (May 18), marking the first launch of the year for the company.

An Atlas 5 rocket carrying a U.S. Space Force missile-warning satellite and two small payloads lifted off May 18 at 1:37 p.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. SpaceNews

Space launch startup Aevum on May 18 revealed that its Ravn X unmanned aircraft will be used to both deliver cargo and launch rockets, pending FAA approval. SpaceNews

The Discovery Channel has teamed up with Axiom Space to launch a contest winner into orbit in a competition series "Who Wants To Be An Astronaut."

China's Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO)--one of the country's key national science and technology infrastructure facilities--has found a dozen ultra-high-energy (UHE) cosmic accelerators within the Mi...

South Korea is in last-minute negotiations with the United States to join NASA's Artemis program, a South Korean news outlet reported May 18, citing government sources. SpaceNews

A team including Northwestern University astrophysicists has developed the most realistic, highest-resolution 3D simulation of star formation to date. The result is a visually stunning, mathematically-driven marvel that ...

Europium is the key for understanding the formation of the heavy elements by the fast neutron capture process, the so-called r-process. This is crucial both for the formation of half of the elements heavier than iron and...

U.S. accelerator Starburst Aerospace plans to raise a $50 million fund this year to invest in space startups, CEO Francois Chopard told SpaceNews in an interview. SpaceNews

BAE Systems announced May 18 it has been awarded a $325.5 million contract to supply GPS receiver equipment for the U.S. military and allies. SpaceNews

Astronomers report the discovery of a new ultra-metal-poor star as part of the Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS). The newly found star, designated SPLUS J210428.01'004934.2, turns out to have the lowest...

We are all familiar with the bolts of lightning that accompany heavy storms. While these flashes originate in storm clouds and strike downwards, a much more elusive type forms higher up in the atmosphere and shoots up to...

York Space Systems announced plans May 18 to establish a "mega manufacturing facility" in Denver to quadruple the number of small satellites in production at once. SpaceNews

Like an infant adjusting to the new world, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is relearning how to move around the weightless environment of space. His cradle is a familiar place though - this is Thomas's second mission to the...

On May 25-27, much of the world will see a lunar eclipse that coincides with the moon's closest approach to Earth -- making it a "supermoon" eclipse that will turn the moon reddish.