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Mapping celestial objects like this lets us figure out how fast they are moving relative to each other.

Comet Leonard is visible in binoculars and telescopes. Here are our recommendations on telescopes and binoculars to see the comet.

Baby stars in a nebula create a series a powerful shockwaves visible in a new Hubble Space Telescope image.

Rocket company Galactic Energy launched its second Ceres-1 rocket late Dec. 6, becoming the first Chinese private firm to reach orbit twice. SpaceNews

The Space Development Agency's plans to launch 20 satellites and procure an additional 126 over the coming year could be derailed if Congress doesn't pass a budget when temporary funding expires in February, SDA director...

This breathtaking visible-light image, taken with the Gemini South telescope, looks as though it is ready to flutter off the screen. This apparently wispy object is an outflow of gas known as the Chamaeleon Infrared Nebu...

The Senate and House Armed Services Committees in a compromise National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 removed language that would have created a Space National Guard, and included a provision directing D...

Nichols, aka 'Uhura', is retiring from decades of space advocacy at age 88.

The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on the passing of Mark Geyer, senior advisor to associate administrator Bob Cabana, and former center director at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Hous...

Valley Tech Systems, a firm recently acquired by Voyager Space, won a $94 million contract from Lockheed Martin to provide a solid propulsion subsystem for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Next Generation Interceptor. S...

An international team of astronomers from Australia, the United States and Europe has for the first-time unlocked the interior structure of Beta Crucis--a bright blue giant star that features on the flags of Australia, B...

A new Chinese constellation for disaster prevention, early warning and natural resource monitoring will bring yet more players into developing small synthetic aperture satellites in the country. SpaceNews

Cellular backhaul provider Andesat has ordered Peru's first dedicated telecoms satellite in a deal with Astranis, which will build a teleport in the country ahead of the spacecraft's expected 2023 launch. SpaceNews

Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) have shown that a jet of material propelled from the core of a giant galaxy is channeled by a corkscrew-shaped magnetic field out ...

Before you request a reservation at the lunar "Mystery Hut," take note: It's just a rock.

An upcoming 12-day mission to the space station will add to the information available about non-professional astronauts.

NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) and a NASA-U.S. Naval Research Laboratory space weather payload to study the Sun's radiation lifted off at 5:19 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Dec. 7.

We got hands-on with the Vanguard Veo Select backpack for this review, testing out its camera-touting capabilities.

The growth generated from investments will be left unrealized if the government falls short in protecting the space domain. SpaceNews

The James Webb Space Telescope is fully loaded and one step closer to taking flight.

India and Russia agreed Dec. 6 to strengthen cooperation in the space sector, including human spaceflight programs and satellite navigation. SpaceNews