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Michael "Rich" Clifford, who as a NASA astronaut flew on three space shuttle missions, including one after his diagnosis with Parkinson's Disease, has died at the age of 69.

NASA's new $10 billion observatory is completing a nerve-wracking sequence of steps to reach its final configuration and location. Here's how to follow the process.

Researchers have identified the first signature of a magnetic field surrounding a planet outside of our solar system....

The Starship SN20 vehicle performed a "static fire" test today (Dec. 29) at the company's South Texas site, briefly igniting its Raptor engines while remaining anchored to the ground.

SpaceX had been aiming to launch Starship on its first orbital test flight in January or February, but a required FAA review won't be done until Feb. 28.

The first ViaSat-3 broadband satellite is on track to launch in the first half of 2022 despite ongoing pandemic-related challenges, according to Viasat's recently appointed chief operating officer Kevin Harkenrider. Spac...

After a successful launch of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope on 25 December, and completion of two mid-course correction manoeuvres, the Webb team has analysed its initial trajectory and determined the observ...

Japan's recently elected prime minister set an end-of-the-decade goal for sending Japanese astronauts to the moon as part of the U.S.-led Artemis program. SpaceNews

If you're hoping to get a head start on stargazing in 2022, this deal on Celestron's Skymaster Giant 15x70 binoculars may be for you.

NASA's new space observatory should have enough fuel to keep at science work for significantly longer than mission designs required, according to an agency update.

The year 2021 was one of major scientific expansion.

"Star Wars" returns to Dark Horse Comics after seven years with new all-ages titles arriving spring of 2022.

As the James Webb Space Telescope continues its voyage to L2, the news from NASA is all good....

Just two weeks after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft has opened its "eye" and returned its first images from space--a major operational ...

A book about cats and "Star Trek" - what's not to love?! "Star Trek: Discovery - The Book of Grudge" is available for pre-order meow.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has started the process of deploying the sunshield required to keep the spacecraft cold enough to operate, a process that is one of the riskiest aspects of the mission. SpaceNews

Virgin Orbit will get less than half the money it originally expected from its merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) as that deal wins shareholder approval. SpaceNews

Titan Publishing offers up a fresh "Firefly" novel written by Una McCormack with "Firefly: Carnival."

The first two seats of the sixth full-fledged NASA crew mission launched by SpaceX have been filled.

Using ESA's XMM-Newton spacecraft, an international team of astronomers has conducted X-ray observations of the most distant known gravitationally lensed quasar--J0439+1634. Results of the study, published December 20 on...

Sometimes, we acquire an image for the simple reason of getting either more coverage of an area, and/or to complete a mosaic of a particular spot....

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory evaluate early data the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft sent back to Earth as it observes comet Leonard, a mass of space dust, rock and ice just over half a mile across ...