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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a new stack of Starlink internet satellites into orbit Wednesday afternoon (May 26), before sticking a landing at sea to top off the mission.

If humanity ever wants to travel easily between stars, people will need to go faster than light.

A total lunar eclipse dazzled skywatchers on May 26, 2021. See incredible photos of the celestial spectacle.

NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting 1:29 p.m. EDT, Thursday, June 3, to launch its 22nd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station.

General Motors is teaming up with Lockheed Martin to produce the ultimate off-road, self-driving, electric vehicles--for the moon.

A new study by a team from Rice University has shown that where a planet forms in its star system could have a drastic effect on whether or not it can support life. The post The Elements for Life Depend on Both how and W...

"Woman in Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and the Remaking of NASA" launches on Paramount+ today.

Lockheed Martin and GM announced today (May 26) that they're developing a rover for potential use by NASA's Artemis program, which is working to get astronauts back to the moon.

New experiments in particle physics yield surprising results about the earliest matter in the universe. The post What Happened Moments After the Big Bang? appeared first on Universe Today.

NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will see thousands of exploding stars called supernovae across vast stretches of time and space. Using these observations, astronomers aim to shine a light on several cos...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and acting Chief Financial Officer Steve Shinn will host a media briefing at 3 p.m. EDT Friday, May 28, to discuss the Biden-Harris Administration's fiscal year 2022 funding request for the...

NASA will develop next-generation climate data systems to better track climate change and its impact on communities around the world with the support of the Biden administration.

Tuesday aboard the International Space Station was packed with human research activities helping doctors understand how the Expedition 65 crew is adapting to microgravity....

President Biden and Congress should commit to setting 2026 as the year that the United States returns humanity to the moon. What better way to celebrate the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence? SpaceNews

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

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The Jupiter moon Europa may be an even more promising abode for life than scientists had thought.

NASA knows that it's an inviting target for hackers and therefore takes significant measures to head off attacks. But still it was compromised last year, and that shook that agency up.

In the end, the buildup seemed to eclipse the finale.

From the western U.S. to India, millions of skywatchers got a special treat with this year's largest full moon as it arrived accompanied by the only total lunar eclipse of 2021.

Solar prominences or filaments are cool and dense plasma structures suspended in the hot and tenuous corona.

Improvements in satellite weather data collection and analysis are helping financial investors place better bets on the companies they gamble on. SpaceNews