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Planets like Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn with global magnetic fields of their own are surrounded by so-called radiation belts....

NASA has hired a new company to provide engineering support for an inflatable module on the International Space Station originally built and managed by Bigelow Aerospace. SpaceNews

NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has temporarily stopped its science observations while the mission team investigates an issue.

An Atlas V rocket topped with two "neighborhood watch" satellites is scheduled to lift off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Friday at 2 p.m. EST (1900 GMT).

The tally is something like 61 million Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Watch the sun set from a particularly dark patch of Earth and you may spot a triangle of what scientists call zodiacal light extending from where our star passed below the horizon.

The head of the European Space Agency says he hopes an upcoming space summit provides a political endorsement for major European space initiatives, including a human space exploration program. SpaceNews

OneWeb has signed a deal to distribute broadband in India through a local partner as it hopes to get regulatory permission for its low Earth orbit services this year. SpaceNews

Carbon is critical to life, as far as we know. So anytime we detect a strong carbon signature somewhere like Mars, it could indicate biological activity. Does a strong carbon signal in Martian rocks indicate biological p...

Space Norway has restored communications on an undersea fiber-optic cable it operates between its Svalbard satellite station and mainland Norway, which had left the Arctic region without a backup connection after failing...

Spanish-German startup Plus Ultra Space Outposts plans to deploy the bulk of its proposed lunar communications and navigation constellation with ispace, the Japanese lunar transportation venture selling accommodations on...

La NASA ha elegido a 57 equipos ganadores en un primer desafío nacional diseñado para atraer, involucrar y preparar a los futuros profesionales de las ciencias, la tecnología, la ingeniería y las matemáticas.

Black holes can not only rip stars apart, but they can also trigger star formation, as scientists have now seen in a nearby dwarf galaxy.

NASA selected 57 winning teams in an inaugural nationwide challenge designed to attract, engage, and prepare future science, technology, engineering, and mathematics professionals.

Preschool through sixth grade students from West Hollywood, California, will have an opportunity next week to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

After missing its initial launch window in 2020 in part because of the pandemic, the European Space Agency's ExoMars mission is on schedule for a launch in September. SpaceNews

The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare on Jan. 20, 2022, peaking at 1:01 a.m. EST. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of the event.

In 2021, NASA technology saved 330 lives in the U.S. network region of the international satellite-aided search and rescue effort, Cospas-Sarsat. NASA has lent technical expertise to the Cospas-Sarsat program since its f...

Our sun just had a medium-sized energy burp.

Former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine is wading into one of Virginia's congressional races, backing a Republican candidate with a background in national security space. SpaceNews

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UAP will get more attention from both the scientific community and the federal government in 2022, experts told Space.com.