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A long-awaited report on the future of astrophysics research recommended NASA pursue a series of flagship observatories, starting with a large space telescope estimated to cost $11 billion but which would not fly until t...

In the Milky Way, the formation rate of stars is about one solar mass every year. About 10 billion years ago, it was ten solar masses every year. What happened? Stars are born in giant molecular clouds (GMCs), and astron...

Arguably, humankind has never been more aware of the jeopardy we and the planet face because of climate change. As world leaders at COP26 work to accelerate action towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions to keep the go...

SpaceWERX plans to select at least one team to conduct an on-orbit demonstration of active debris removal within the next two years SpaceNews

The History Channel blasts off with a new "Star Trek" anniversary docu-series, "The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek."

NASA and SpaceX have further delayed the launch of the Crew-3 mission due to anticipated bad weather over the coming days. Crew-3 will now get off the ground no earlier than Monday (Nov. 8).

Human research and combustion science were the main focus of the Expedition 66 crew today....

A US federal judge on Thursday ruled against Blue Origin brought by Jeff Bezos' company in a bid to overturn a NASA contract awarded to rival SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, to build the next craft for Moon landings.

SpaceX's next crew flight is off until at least next week, as NASA debates whether to bring astronauts back from the International Space Station before launching their replacements.

Tom Hanks isn't interested in Jeff Bezos' offer to go to space.

SpaceX and NASA will resume work on the project 'as soon as possible.'

NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts will answer media questions about their time aboard the International Space Station at 12:30 p.m. EDT Friday, Nov. 5, as they prepare to return to Earth later this month.

A U.S. survey of astronomers puts the search for extraterrestrial life at the top of their to-do list for the next 10 years.

In "Space Titans," a new documentary launching today (Nov. 4), SpaceX founder Elon Musk shares the secret of his company's Falcon 9 rocket success.

The galaxy Messier 87 (M87) is located 55 million light years away from Earth in the Virgo constellation. It is a giant galaxy with 12,000 globular clusters, making the Milky Way's 200 globular clusters appear modest in ...

From panoramas to close-ups, from 3D maps to a wheel selfie, the Earth-bound twin of ESA's Rosalind Franklin rover is testing the wide range of photo settings that will deliver the greatest science possible during the Ex...

NASA was notified Thursday that the U.S. Court of Federal Claims denied Blue Origin's bid protest, upholding NASA's selection of SpaceX to develop and demonstrate a modern human lunar lander.

A new discovery is shedding light on how fluorine--an element found in bones and teeth as fluoride--is forged in the universe. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which the European Southern...

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Image: Space can be a cruel mistress, but she is a beautiful one. As we await the launch of ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and the return of Thomas Pesquet, let us marvel at the fact that humans live and work in space, an...

The Court of Federal Claims has ruled against Blue Origin in its suit about the agency's selection of SpaceX for a single Human Landing System award. SpaceNews