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Spacecraft operating closer to Earth are adopting state-of-the-art onboard processors. Upcoming missions will require even greater computing capability. The post Living on the edge: Satellites adopt powerful computers ap...

When Joe Biden was inaugurated as President one year ago, he fulfilled his promise to rejoin the Paris Agreement and set a course for the US to tackle the climate crisis by supporting global efforts to limit global warmi...

Video: 00:03:10 Timelapse of the James Webb Space Telescope from preparation to liftoff on Ariane 5 at Europe's Spaceport on 25 December 2021.

The five astronauts representing the Expedition 66 crew had an off-duty day on Friday while the two cosmonauts continued their post-spacewalk activities....

SpaceX's latest Dragon cargo mission splashed down Monday (Jan. 24) with a huge haul of science experiments from the International Space Station.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is looking ahead to a future generation of space weather instruments. The post NOAA seeks continuity of space weather observations appeared first on SpaceNews.

Mark Fernandez, principal investigator for Spaceborne Computer-2, sees a promising future for space-based computing. The post Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s space station computer is in demand appeared first on SpaceNews...

Astronomers have discovered a black hole unlike any other. At one hundred thousand solar masses, it is smaller than the black holes we have found at the centers of galaxies, but bigger than the black holes that are born ...

NASA will honor members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery, including the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, during the agency's ann...

We found our first exoplanets orbiting a pulsar in 1992. Since then, we’ve discovered many thousands more. Those were the first steps in identifying other worlds that could harbour life. Now planetary scientists want t...

After traveling almost a million miles, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reached its final destination today (Jan. 24).

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Jerry Woodfill, an engineer who worked diligently behind the scenes during NASA's Apollo program, has passed away at age 79. Jerry was still employed by the Johnson Space Center (JSC) at the time of his death, working th...

NASA's mission of exploration requires new technologies, software, and research - which show up in daily life.

Astronomers are increasingly drawing back the curtains on black holes.

Why is Polaris called the North Star and how is it used?

On Monday, Jan. 24, engineers plan to instruct NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to complete a final correction burn that will place it into its desired orbit, nearly 1 million miles away from the Earth at what is called...

So far, 2022 may feel like a mixed bag--however, if you're an astronomer this year has already been exciting. That's because December 25, 2021 brought a highly anticipated gift, two decades in the making, with the launch...

Propulsion startup Phase Four has signed a memorandum of understanding with satellite refueling startup Orbit Fab aimed at preparing future Phase Four Maxwell engines for on-orbit refueling. The post Phase Four and Orbit...

We might have to rethink the pace of Red Planet crater formation.

The James Webb Space Telescope lifted off on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, at 13:20 CET on 25 December 2021 on its exciting mission to unlock the secrets of the Universe.

What an exoplanet shaped like a rugby ball tells us about its composition. The post Extreme Tidal Forces Have Deformed an Exoplanet appeared first on Universe Today.