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The European Space Agency has received a record number of applications for its recently closed call for new astronauts with more than 22,000 people applying.

Astronomers may not know what dark matter is, but they do know that galaxies are supposed to contain a lot of the shadowy, invisible substance.

The U.S. Space Development Agency has five satellites riding on SpaceX's Transporter-2 mission scheduled to launch June 25. SpaceNews

Future astronauts may not need to worry about moon dust and Mars soil stains, thanks to a new effort by Tide to develop a detergent for use in space.

The European Union is proposing a "launcher alliance" involving companies and governments to develop the next generation of European launch vehicles, although some European startups are skeptical of those plans. SpaceNew...

The U.S. Space Force later this year will begin to take over the operation of 11 Navy narrowband communications satellites. SpaceNews

Live coverage of Russia's Progress 78 cargo spacecraft's launch and docking to the International Space Station will begin at 7 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 29, on NASA Television, the agency's website, and the NASA app.

May the Force be with you at bedtime with these galactic deals.

Space Perspective is taking seat reservations for its "Spaceship Neptune," a balloon-borne pressurized capsule designed to carry people about 100,000 feet into the sky. The price: $125,000 apiece.

Quasars are very bright, distant and active supermassive black holes that are millions to billions of times the mass of the Sun. Typically located at the centers of galaxies, they feed on infalling matter and unleash fan...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told a House committee June 23 that NASA is awaiting a decision from the GAO on protests of the agency's lunar lander contract before releasing more details on plans to return humans to the...

The Expedition 65 crew continued its space research activities today while two astronauts prepared for their third spacewalk in less than two weeks....

The International Space Station has a new solar array that was installed during Sunday's spacewalk by Expedition 65 astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Thomas Pesquet. The duo will conduct a third spacewalk on Friday to insta...

It's the last kind of citizen science you could ever do -- but the donation process isn't exactly an easy thing to navigate.

The European Space Agency says it was "blown away" by the record number of applicants--more than 22,000--hoping to become the continent's next generation of space travelers, including more women than ever and some 200 pe...

Astronomers have solved the mystery of dim Betelgeuse, and discovered how stardust can form. The post Betelgeuse's Mysterious Dimming Solved. It was… Dust appeared first on Universe Today.

United Launch Alliance will not be using an upgraded upper-stage engine in upcoming Atlas 5 missions as the company investigates the source of vibrations seen during a May 18 flight. SpaceNews

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $4.9 billion contract to build a triad of missile-warning satellites for the U.S. Space Force.

Fortnite's current UFO-themed season has launched an "extraterrestrial celebration" for the summer and it should be a cosmic blast, Epic Games says.

The US military has released previously classified photos and films related to unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings, which mostly show something blurry moving strangely.

In the past 5,000 years, more than 1,700 nearby stars could have seen Earth and potentially detected life here, and four of those stars are known to possess rocky planets of their own, a new study finds.

It will be built on a modular design, similar to the International Space Station operated by the United States, Russia, Japan, Canada and the European Space Agency.