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Amazon.com's annual Amazon Prime Day megasale began on Monday, June 21, and will end today (June 22), taking with it the great space deals we've found so far.

NASA's experimental Mars helicopter has now flown eight times on the Red Planet, traveling farther than scientists hoped would be possible.

Colossal arc of distant galaxies makes astronomers question some of their most cherished principles about the cosmos.

Roscosmos is looking at ways to send its cosmonauts to the Chinese space station, launching from sites in either Russia or French Guiana.

The U.S. government is set to release a UFO report soon, perhaps sometime this week. What will it say?

he U.S. Space Force last month selected Millennium Space Systems and Raytheon to design sensors that can track hypersonic missiles from medium Earth orbit. SpaceNews

The Space Development Agency is looking to work with commercial operators of imaging satellites so they can send data directly to U.S. government satellites in orbit. SpaceNews

Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series" on Blu-ray is now on sale for Prime Day.

NASA has awarded a contract to the University of Michigan for the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) for mission operations and closeout.

Kymeta's flat panel satellite antennas will be among the products the U.S. Army will evaluate for future use in its communications networks. SpaceNews

Northrop Grumman's uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station Tuesday, June 29, more than four months after delivering nearly 8,000 pounds of supplies, scientific investigations, co...

Ligado Networks is a step closer toward using its L-band satellite spectrum for terrestrial wireless services in the U.S., after getting clearance from the 3GPP consortium that sets global communications standards for 5G...

Looking for the perfect beginner's package for a telescope? The Celestron PowerSeeker 127EQ is on sale now for $132.49 for Amazon Prime Day, a 30% deep discount.

Nebula and Hugo Award-winning writer Martha Wells adds to the "Murderbot Diaries" with "Fugitive Telemetry," starring the soap opera-loving cyborg named Murderbot.

Behind the scenes, NASA's Artemis program relies on Commercial Lunar Payload Services partners to deliver science equipment to the moon.

Aspiring coders will want to move quickly on these space-inspired littleBits Prime Day deals ending Tuesday (June 22).

Save nearly 50% on Amazon on these two classic games repurposed for the hit show

The National Space Society (NSS) will hold its flagship annual event virtually this year, starting on Thursday (June 24) -- and you can watch most of it live, for free.

Estes' Nike-X and Mars Ascent Vehicle model rockets are on sale for Prime Day for a summer of rocket launches at home.

China and Russia have released a Guide that details their plans for a lunar base that will rival NASA's, and they are looking for countries to join them! The post China and Russia Announce their Future Plans for the Moon...

The researchers created a computer model to predict the ways the planets would scatter, finding that slight tweaks to starting positions lead to vastly different outcomes

Chirality is a word normally found in biological textbooks that will occasionally pop up in the astronomy community, usually when discussing potential biosignatures. Typically the term is explained by analogy with left a...