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The Allen Telescope Array, an ensemble of 42 antennas used in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), is once again threatened by wildfires. The scientists and engineers normally on-site have been evacuated ...

If two black holes merge in the middle of space, and nobody's around to see it, does it really happen?

On September 5, 2021, a team of MIT researchers successfully tested a high-temperature superconducting magnet, breaking the world record for the most powerful magnetic field strength ever produced. Reaching 20 Teslas (a ...

We’d love to find another planet like Earth. Not exactly like Earth; that’s kind of ridiculous and probably a little more science fiction than science. But what if we could find one similar enough to Earth to make us...

After Fortnite's UFO-themed season finished with explosive results for the alien mothership Sunday (Sept. 12), players for the new Season 8 have a cosmonaut chimp skin to strive for.

NASA has selected nine companies to provide architect and engineering services for the agency's facilities in the southeastern United States.

A new startup has created the world's first gas station in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which will extend the lives of all of the satellites that will be going to space very soon! The post There's Now a Gas Station… In Space...

The combination of small satellites and computing power is one of the most exciting developments in space technology, said Gen. John "Jay" Raymond, chief of the U.S. Space Force SpaceNews

Private equity firm Providence Equity Partners has agreed to buy a majority stake in Marlink, valuing the maritime connectivity specialist at $1.4 billion. SpaceNews

SpaceX's Starlink satellite broadband service will be available in Japan's remote areas starting in 2022. SpaceNews

For the first time in 60 years of human spaceflight, a rocket is poised to blast into orbit with no professional astronauts on board, only four tourists.

SpaceX just test-fired the rocket that will take the private Inspiration4 mission on a three-day journey around Earth.

Our beginner's guide to landscape photography gives you all the knowledge you need, and helps give you the basics ahead of night sky and astro.

The famous telescope peered into the constellation Sagittarius to view this gorgeous assortment of candy-colored stars.

Gas from the intergalactic medium constantly rains down on galaxies, fueling continued star formation. New research has shown that this gas is not evenly mixed, and stars are not equal across the galaxy. This result mean...

Video: 00:02:59 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet takes you on a tour of the International Space Station like no other. Filmed with a 360 camera, the Space Station 360 series lets you explore for yourself alongside Thomas's e...

Having issues with VR motion sickness? We're here to explain why, and how you can avoid it.

Satellite imagery and geospatial data provider BlackSky began trading on the NYSE Sept. 10, a day after closing a merger with a special purpose acquisition company. SpaceNews

An enormous amount of gravity from a cluster of distant galaxies causes space to curve so much that light from them is bent and emanated our way from numerous directions. This "gravitational lensing" effect has allowed U...

Deep space is most likely going to be humanity's final frontier, and space travel will undoubtedly become much more common in the future. However, space is a very hostile environment not only because of the technical dif...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

The rocks it has analyzed for sample collection are helping the team better understand a past marked by volcanic activity and water.