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Satellite imagery captured the devastating damage left behind from the 7.2-magnitude earthquake on Saturday (Aug. 14).

Arianespace launched a second satellite for the Pléiades Neo imaging constellation Aug. 16 on a Vega rocket. SpaceNews

Shares in Spire Global, the small satellite constellation operator, closed down 5.2% to $9.41 at the end of its first day as a public company Aug. 17. SpaceNews

Mark Baird, a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general, has been named president of VOX Space. SpaceNews

NASA is helping the legacy of inspiration, hope, and diversity fostered by the creator of Star Trek to live long and prosper.

By studying rocks on Earth, researchers suggest that their Martian counterparts could also have water trapped within them.

Astronomers have an excellent habit of naming large projects after deserving contributors to their field. From Nancy Grace Roman to Edwin Hubble, some of the biggest missions are named after space exploration pioneers. W...

Beloved "Star Trek" actress Nichelle Nichols is caught in the middle of a conservatorship battle as she fights her own battle with dementia.

The Space Foundation and KMPG released a new report Aug. 17 titled 'Navigating Space: A Vision for the Space Domain' SpaceNews

Microsoft is pivoting from being a partner to also a customer of SES' next-generation O3b mPOWER broadband constellation, which SES said remains on schedule despite an ongoing threat of supply chain disruption from COVID...

Scientists have spotted a previously unrecognized feature of our Milky Way galaxy: A contingent of young stars and star-forming gas clouds is sticking out of one of the Milky Way's spiral arms like a splinter poking out ...

Violent activity on our Sun leads to some of the most extreme space weather events on Earth, impacting systems such as satellites, communications systems, power distribution and aviation. The roughly 11-year cycle of sol...

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Nearly 1000 satellites were separated in orbit with separation systems from RUAG Space. The company is leading the commercial market in this area. SpaceNews

The groundbreaking scientist ushered in a revolution in how we think about the universe. She also lived by a set of principles that made her an exceptional human being --

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity made its 12th Red Planet flight on Monday (Aug. 16), during which the little chopper served as eyes in the sky for its larger companion, the Perseverance rover.

Using data from NASA's TESS satellite, Chinese astronomers have investigated a binary star known as OO Dra. The study found that this object is an Algol-type binary that was formed as a result of an extremely helium-poor...

At the center of galaxies, like our own Milky Way, lie massive black holes surrounded by spinning gas. Some shine brightly, with a continuous supply of fuel, while others go dormant for millions of years, only to reawake...

By combining observations from three international spacecraft at Mars, scientists were able to show that regional dust storms play a huge role in drying out the Red Planet.

China's meteoric rise in space science and exploration--along with its new partnership with Russia--is spurring U.S. experts to reconsider a long-standing prohibition on bilateral collaborations

The particles used were spooky virtual particles, conjured from a disturbance between two electromagnetic fields.

The partial breakup of China's Yunhai 1-02 military satellite on March 18 is no longer mysterious.