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The U.S. Space Force awarded Boeing a $329.3 million contract to support operations of Global Positioning System satellites for the next 10 years. SpaceNews

Researchers have identified the first signature of a magnetic field surrounding a planet outside of our solar system. Earth's magnetic field acts as a shield against energetic particles from the sun known as the solar wi...

A giant telescope to be launched into space this week will be the biggest ever and will orbit around the sun about 1 million miles from the Earth. It will be able to capture the farthest depths of the universe ever achie...

When Comet Leonard, a mass of space dust, rock and ice about a half-mile (1 kilometer) wide, makes its closest pass of the Sun on Jan. 3, 2022, it will be a journey 40,000 years in the making. Ahead of its close pass, tw...

NASA has awarded a contract to Mitchell Vantage Systems LLC of Oklahoma City for software products, services, and engineering support.

UPDATE: Shortly after publication of this article, Arianespace announced the launch for JWST has been delayed until December 25: “Due to adverse weather conditions at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, the flight #VA...

For the first time, scientists --starting from a discovery by scientific amateurs --have succeeded in confirm evidence for a fully developed shell of a common-envelope system (CE), the phase of the common envelope of a b...

The omicron variant has apparently made some inroads at SpaceX's Southern California headquarters, as it has in much of the rest of the country.

NASA's STEREO-A satellite caught this view of Comet Leonard as it continued to streak into the inner solar system in December.

A satellite solar panel designed by Northrop Grumman to harvest energy in space to be beamed back to Earth performed successfully in lab tests, AFRL announced Dec. 21 SpaceNews

There is a moment in The Infinite where you can find yourself in front of NASA astronaut Drew Morgan as he tries to describe what it's like to enter the International Space Station for the first time.

NASA has selected Millennium Engineering and Integration LLC of Arlington, Virginia, as the awardee for its Systems and Software Assurance Services 2 (SAS2) contract, in support of the agency's Independent Verification a...

After New Horizons made its close flyby of Pluto in July of 2015, scientists were astounded at the incredible closeup views of Pluto's surface. One of the most intriguing and mysterious features was a bright plain inside...

Launched Tuesday to the space station, the COWVR and TEMPEST two instruments could lead the way to big improvements in gathering key information for weather forecasting.

The Inmarsat-6 F1 satellite is scheduled to launch Wednesday (Dec. 22) from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan, during a two-hour window that opens at 9:33 a.m. EST (1433 GMT). Watch it live!

NASA is counting down towards a Christmas Eve launch for its biggest space telescope ever and you can watch it all live online.

SpaceX launched Christmas gifts, goodies and supplies to the International Space Station on Tuesday and got a present in return: the company's 100th successful rocket landing.

Aerospace engineers at MIT are testing a new concept for a hovering rover that levitates by harnessing the moon's natural charge.

The James Webb Space Telescope has been almost 30 years in the making, a collaborative endeavor between ESA, NASA and the Canadian Space Agency to shed light on our cosmic origins.

Comet Leonard, a mass of space dust, rock and ice about a kilometre across is heading for a close pass of the Sun on 3 January, and the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft has been watching its evolution over the last days...

According to researchers, there's little evidence that the cognitive ability of Neanderthals was any different from that of our ancestors.

In 2021, NASA completed its busiest year of development yet in low-Earth orbit, made history on Mars, continued to make progress on its Artemis plans for the Moon, tested new technologies for a supersonic aircraft, final...