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From ESA's Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory--one of a suite of labs based at the ESTEC technical center in Noordwijk, the Netherlands--a view from an intricate test campaign for the next generation of Europ...

Astronomer Wendy Freedman suggests that the latest observations of red giant stars could be closing the gap on the Hubble tension.

Planetary scientists estimate that each year, about 500 meteorites survive the fiery trip through Earth's atmosphere and fall to our planet's surface. Most are quite small, and less than 2% of them are ever recovered. Wh...

The FAA has started to use a new tool intended to better integrate commercial launches and reentries into the National Airspace System, reducing the disruptions those events have on aviation. SpaceNews

A cluster composed of thousands of stars may dissolve to become a mob of dozens of black holes in a billion years.

The landing site for China's complex Chang'e 5 moon sample and return mission now has a name: Statio Tianchuan.

SpaceX CRS-22 undocking is planned for Thursday, July 8 at 10:35 a.m. EDT, with NASA TV coverage scheduled to begin at 10 a.m....

When NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter hovered above the Red Planet April 19 on its maiden voyage, the moment was hailed as the first instance of powered, controlled flight on another planet. Figuring out how to fly on Ma...

A new paper enriches scientists' understanding of where the rock record preserved or destroyed evidence of Mars' past and possible signs of ancient life.

Learn about a little-known disease that affects 300,000 people in the U.S. alone -- or catch up on the science and history of air conditioning and refrigerants. And don't miss a podcast series about what wildfires mean f...

Virgin Galactic will broadcast the flight of its founder, Richard Branson, as he soars into space on Sunday (July 11).

Astronomers have observed record-breaking photons that strain classical theories of acceleration --

The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO), one of China's key national science and technology infrastructure facilities, has accurately measured the brightness over 3.5 orders of magnitude of the standard c...

Two billionaires are putting everything on the line this month to ride their own rockets into space.

Large telecommunication satellites used for TV broadcasting could be quickly and easily repurposed as anti-asteroid weapons according to European aerospace company Airbus.

Tidal stresses may be causing constant icequakes on Saturn's sixth largest moon Enceladus, a world of interest in the search for life beyond Earth, according to a new study. A better understanding of seismic activity cou...

Even though the Cassini mission at Saturn ended nearly four years ago, data from the spacecraft still keeps scientists busy. And the latest research using Cassini's wealth of data might be the most enticing yet. Research...

Researchers have used the latest wireless technology to develop a new radio receiver for astronomy. The receiver is capable of capturing radio waves at frequencies over a range several times wider than conventional ones,...

Astronomers have designed and trained a computer program that can classify tens of thousands of galaxies in just a few seconds, a task that usually takes months to accomplish.

The long-delayed Russian module for the International Space Station is set to be finally launched this month, but the date has been pushed back several days, the head of the country's space corporation said Thursday.

A close pass of Comet Wirtanen in 2018, offered researchers an unprecedented opportunity. The post Tales of a ‘Drunken Comet’- Astronomers Detect Alcohol Leaking From 46P/Wirtanen into Space appeared first on Univers...

After a 48-hour delay as a tropical storm traveled up the coast, a cargo Dragon capsule will bid farewell to the International Space Station on Thursday (July 8).