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As evidenced by a recent Netflix movie, dangerous asteroids can come from anywhere. So there was an obvious weakness in our asteroid defense system when only one of the hemispheres was covered by telescopes that constant...

The International Space Station will plunge into the sea in January 2031, NASA has announced.

When young stars coalesce out of a cloud of molecular hydrogen, a disk of leftover material called a protoplanetary disk surrounds them. This disk is where planets form, and astronomers are getting better at peering into...

Astra will launch its first-ever mission from the Lower 48 on Saturday (Feb. 5), and you can watch the action live.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning new view of a stellar nursery illuminated by the bright blue light of young stars.

The 2022 Winter Olympics are here and Maxar Technologies has released satellite images of many of the venues in China as seen from space.

A shortage of skilled workers has pushed the launch of the first ViaSat-3 broadband satellite from the first half of 2022 to "late summer," Viasat said Feb. 3 as the pandemic continues to disrupt the industry's supply ch...

A new animation shows what an alternate design for the Space Shuttle - a fully-reusable two-stage vehicle (DC-3) - would have looked like. The post The Space Shuttle was Originally Hoped to be a Fully Reusable two-Stage ...

Astra planned to launch the ELaNa 41 mission for NASA today (Feb. 5) from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station but was thwarted by an issue at the launch range.

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station....

Video: 00:01:25 Scientist, engineer, test subject and tradesperson - astronauts in orbit wear many different hats. In this 360° timelapse, ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer works to repair a faulty valve behind EXPRESS-Rack...

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is establishing a center to help astronomers deal with the adverse effects of satellite constellations. The post New center to coordinate work to mitigate effect of satellite co...

What would it take to dislodge the moon from its orbit and send it on a collision course with Earth?

SpaceX and NASA are investigating a parachute issue that occurred on the last two capsule flights.

Jaffa, Kree! It's time for someone else to pick up the baton...and soon