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The spin of the Milky Way's galactic bar, which is made up of billions of clustered stars, has slowed by about a quarter since its formation, according to a new study by researchers at University College London (UCL) and...

Last month, China successfully landed and deployed the Zhurong rover on Mars, becoming the second country ever to set wheels on the surface of the red planet.

An international team of scientists, led by astrophysicists from the University of Bath in the UK, has measured the magnetic field in a far-off Gamma-Ray Burst, confirming for the first time a decades-long theoretical pr...

Astronauts working hundreds of miles above Earth will install a new solar array on the International Space Station today (June 16) -- and you can watch all the action live.

Rocket Lab has been awarded a contract to design the twin spacecraft for NASA's potential ESCAPADE Mars mission.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson asked Senate appropriators to provide additional funding so NASA can support a second lunar lander developer, warning that the agency needed to stay ahead of a "very aggressive" Chinese spa...

The CHIME radio observatory detected over 500 Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) during its first year in operation, the study of which is yielding valuable insight into our Universe. The post CHIME Detected Over 500 Fast Radio Bu...

NASA's Space Launch System is now lifting off from the cereal aisle in grocery stores.

China is looking at the ways of getting astronauts to Mars and back safely and potentially establishing a long-term presence on the Red Planet.

Two astronauts ran out of time on a spacewalk while trying to install new solar arrays the International Space Station.

Component shortages have been challenging manufacturers to bolster supply chains as a lack of semiconductors threatens delays and price hikes. SpaceNews

ESA and the EU will sign an agreement next week governing their work on joint projects, one that the agency says will allow ESA members who are not part of the EU to participate on those projects. SpaceNews

Supermassive black holes, or SMBHs, are black holes with masses that are several million to billion times the mass of our sun. The Milky Way hosts an SMBH with mass a few million times the solar mass. Surprisingly, astro...

Acting Secretary of the Air Force John Roth on June 16 pushed back on suggestions that the recommendation to relocate U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama was politically tainted. SpaceNews

Removing caffeine from coffee is complicated, but the process hasn't changed much in the past hundred years.

The Hubble Space Telescope has been hit with computer trouble, with all astronomical viewing halted, NASA said Wednesday.

British maritime surveillance venture Horizon Technologies has ordered two more cubesats from AAC Clyde Space, which will operate them after securing their launches next year. SpaceNews

Now's the time to catch Nova Herculis 2021, before it fades from view. The post Catch New Galactic Nova Herculis 2021 in Hercules the Hero appeared first on Universe Today.

Black holes destroy stars, but their powerful jets can also clear the way for new stars to form. The post Black Holes don't Just Destroy, They Also Help With Star Formation appeared first on Universe Today.

Apple has released the first trailer and release date for it's new science fiction thriller series called "Invasion."

A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, according to one of the three laws of robotics imagined by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. On board humanity's only outpost in space, this obedience has turned ...

Using NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), Russian astronomers have investigated the behavior of a magnetar known as SGR J1745-2900 after its outburst in April 2013. Results of the study, published June...