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Chinese boots on the moon will be "entirely possible" by 2030 according to senior Chinese lunar program designer and engineer Ye Peijian. SpaceNews

NASA's spending on its Artemis program of crewed lunar exploration will reach a total of $93 billion by 2025, according to a new audit by the NASA Office of Inspector General.

Russia conducted an anti-satellite test (ASAT), generating hundreds of thousands of pieces of debris and threatening the safety of astronauts on the International Space Station, the U.S. confirmed.

The satellite exploded into more than 3,500 pieces of debris, most of which are still orbiting.

A Russian weapons test created more than 1,500 pieces of space junk that is now threatening the seven astronauts aboard the International Space Station, U.S. officials said Monday.

After decades of uncertainty, researchers have confirmed the existence of lunar carbon dioxide cold traps that could potentially contain solid carbon dioxide. The discovery will likely have a major influence in shaping f...

The hypothesis could help to explain the weird discrepancies spotted in space-time ripples from enormous black hole collisions.

In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! There’s a lot to see with today’s topic: electromagnetism! We’ve known about features of the electromagnetic force for a long time....

Huge amounts of uncounted emissions of highly warming greenhouse gas methane are being released by "super-emitters," satellite observations reveal.

Friday morning's partial lunar eclipse will flirt with with totality, as the longest of more than a century. The post Our Complete Guide to November’s ‘Almost Total’ Lunar Eclipse appeared first on Universe Today.

A Russian satellite broke up in low Earth orbit in a deliberate test of a Russian anti-satellite device that created thousands of pieces of debris. SpaceNews

Astronomers have found a smaller, stellar-mass black hole lurking in a nearby satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way.  The black hole has been hiding in a star cluster named NGC 1850, which is one of the brightest star c...

On Monday Moscow Standard Time, the International Space Station (ISS) Flight Control team was notified of indications of a satellite breakup that may create sufficient debris to pose a conjunction threat to the station.

Suspicions swirl that Russia may have conducted an anti-satellite test that created the debris field that's causing astronauts on the International Space Station to seek refuge, reports suggest.

The United States said Monday it was investigating a "debris-generating event in outer space" after astronauts on the International Space Station were forced to prepare for a possible evacuation.

A massive asteroid will whiz past the Earth on Saturday, but hold any thoughts of disaster movies.

The technique of Gaussian Processes (GP) is widely used to reconstruct cosmological parameters, most notably the expansion rate of the universe, using observational data. For many cosmologists, the crowning achievement o...

How are chemical elements produced in our Universe? Where do heavy elements like gold and uranium come from? Using computer simulations, a research team from the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstad...

The Celestron TrailSeeker 8x42 binocular is ideal for those after a compact binocular for astro-travel and all-round use

Blockchain's promise of direct, secure transactions between individuals or organizations promises to revolutionize space commerce. SpaceNews

Children of the world join Europe's mission to Jupiter We received astounding works of art from kids in 63 countries who put their personal touch on Europe's mission to the largest planet in our Solar System, the Jupiter...

The seven astronauts currently living and working on the International Space Station were forced to shelter in their transport vehicles when the station passed uncomfortably closed to orbital debris.