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SpinLaunch, a company developing an alternative launch system that fires payloads at hypersonic speeds from a ground-based centrifuge, successfully fired its first projectile from a subscale version of its accelerator. S...

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Spire Global CEO Peter Platzer expects commercial and government demand for space data and analytics to surge in the coming years, offering enormous growth potential for the firm, which began trading shares publicly in A...

Europe's climate is warming much faster than the rest of the world and scientists are still trying to understand why.

China launched the first set of three satellites for a new series of classified Yaogan reconnaissance satellites on Saturday (Nov. 5).

NASA will provide live coverage of the 2021 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame induction ceremony at 11 a.m. EST on Saturday, Nov. 13.

The plan to develop a reusable rocket came as a surprise because "reusability" was nowhere to be seen in the government's budget request for 2022 -- in which South Korea's next-generation rocket was supposed to be an exp...

arly education about the value created by space technology should be a national priority, the top enlisted leader of the U.S. Space Force said Nov. 11. SpaceNews

Today - ISS Reboost: US tracking sources identified a debris conjunction of concern yesterday with a Time of Closest Approach (TCA) approximately forty-six minutes after Crew-3 docking....

In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! Today’s topic is almost too hot to handle: Type-1a Supernovae! Let’s say you have a binary star system, which is common enough. Let�...

Look up tonight (Nov. 11) to see the moon skate past Jupiter in the night sky.

The latest satellite in the Landsat family of Earth observation spacecraft has collected its "first light" images of our planet. Landsat 9 launched on September 27, 2021 and it continues the nearly 50-year tradition of m...

Titan Publishing is offering fans a new quarterly periodical, 'Star Trek Explorer: The Official Magazine.'

You can save over $144 on Playmobil's Starship Enterprise in an early Black Friday deal from Amazon.

The Hubble Space Telescope has been in 'safe mode' since October 23, with all of the science instruments offline and unavailable for observations. However, engineers have now been able to bring one instrument, the Advanc...

The U.S. Space Force has ordered three GPS 3F satellites from Lockheed Martin for $737 million, a spokesperson said Nov. 11. SpaceNews

The Crew-3 astronauts on SpaceX's new Crew Dragon Endurance have shared a brief glimpse of their life in orbit after launch.

In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll have a blast learning about today’s topic: Type-II Supernovae! When stars like our sun die, they turn themselves inside out in...

A number of Chinese launch firms have taken steps towards realizing plans in recent days with a series of agreements, engine tests and launch vehicle deliveries. SpaceNews

Mysterious near-Earth object Kamo'oalewa is the first known space rock made of what looks like lunar material, a new study reveals. It may have split off the moon in an ancient asteroid collision.

Shenzhou 13 astronauts continued construction of China's space station over the weekend, carrying out tasks to assist the outpost's future function in orbit.

Most meteor showers are associated with comets, but asteroid-driven showers might be more common than previously thought.