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Polish up your night sky images with our round-up of the best photo editing apps for astrophotography.

A cargo ship carrying the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope arrived in French Guiana on Tuesday (Oct. 12), wrapping up a 16-day ocean voyage that covered 1,500 miles (2,500 kilometers).

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope successfully arrived in French Guiana Tuesday, after a 16-day journey at sea.

India's prime minister said Oct. 11 his government will widen cooperation with industry, young innovators and startups to bring about "exponential innovation" in the country's space sector. OneWeb, meanwhile, signaled it...

NASA has taken the two astronauts selected to test the Starliner and reassigned them to fly the fifth SpaceX Dragon mission to the ISS. The post The Astronauts who Would Have Tested Starliner Have Been Reassigned to an U...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope successfully arrived in French Guiana Tuesday, after a 16-day journey at sea. The 1,500-mile voyage took Webb from California through the Panama Canal to Port de Pariacabo on the Kourou ...

White dwarfs are among the most stable of stars. Left on their own, these stars that have exhausted most of their nuclear fuel--while still typically as massive as the Sun--and shrunk to a relatively small size can last ...

Planet unveiled "very high resolution" Pelican Earth-imaging satellites and announced plans to bring synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) into its Planet Fusion Monitoring data stream. SpaceNews

The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived safely at Pariacabo harbour in French Guiana. ESA in close collaboration with NASA will now prepare this once in a generation mission for its launch on Ariane 5 from Europe's Sp...

Small launch vehicle company Astra has identified the cause of an August launch failure and says it will make its next attempt as soon as late this month. SpaceNews

Blue Origin's NS-18 crew, starring "Star Trek" captain William Shatner, is officially "go" for a real-life spaceflight on Wednesday (Oct. 13).

We take a look at the best sci-fi TV shows based on books that have been transformed from page turners into must-watch TV.

NASA has awarded a contract to Chenega Global Protection LLC of Chantilly, Virginia, an 8(a) small business, to perform fire services at the agency's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley, Kennedy Space Cen...

The 'Star Trek' star speaks about the final frontier on Twitter, in a Blue Origin video.

NASA has awarded a contract to Chenega Global Protection LLC of Chantilly, Virginia, an 8(a) small business, to provide protective services at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston, White Sands Testing Facility an...

Famed "Star Trek" actor William Shatner is hoping to see magnificent views of Earth from space on his launch with Blue Origin this week. He just hopes the gremlins stay away.

Satellite data provider Planet announced Tuesday that it plans to launch a new fleet of orbiting eyes so powerful they can distinguish road markings on the ground.

NASA, along with the European Space Agency, is developing a campaign to return the Martian samples to Earth.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory:

For more than 30 years, Roland Miller has used photography to bring new light to the space program. Now, Miller is preparing to release his third collection, this one focused on the winged orbiters.

The National Reconnaissance Office on Oct. 12 published its first solicitation for commercial space radar imagery. SpaceNews

Captain Kirk may have bucked the rules while helming the Starship Enterprise but when it comes to flying in space for real, William Shatner is apparently abiding by the terms set forth by Blue Origin.