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The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft has captured the largest solar prominence eruption ever observed in a single image together with the full solar disc.

Terran Orbital executives told investors the company is heavily weighted toward government work and expects significant revenues from defense and intelligence contracts The post Terran Orbital touts military and defense ...

The global climate is warming, and Earth’s polar regions are feeling the effects. A new study of the South Orkney Islands shows that the region has warmed significantly since the 1950s. The rise in warming in the South...

Luxembourg startup OQ Technology said Feb. 16 it has secured its first patent for a planned satellite constellation to connect internet of things (IoT) devices. The post OQ Technology's "wake-up" patent draws yawn from I...

The James Webb Space Telescope finished the first major stage in its long process of aligning the observatory's 18-segmented primary mirror.

In a new study, scientists show how cosmonaut brains adapt to space.

Debris from a Russian antisatellite weapon demonstration in November are creating surges of close approaches, in some cases tens of thousands in a week, with active satellites in low Earth orbit. The post Russian ASAT de...

Astronauts on the International Space Station captured stunning views of February's Full Snow Moon this week.

Based on the LAMOST data, Wang Lili, a PhD candidate from Dezhou University, and her collaborators have derived the age and metallicity of the stellar populations of about 43,000 galaxies in DR7 of LAMOST spectral survey...

Brown dwarfs are strange celestial bodies, occupying a kind of intermediate position between stars and planets. Astrophysicists sometimes call them "failed stars" because they have insufficient mass to burn hydrogen in t...

A U.S. resupply ship is poised to blast off Saturday morning on a day-and-a-half-long journey to replenish the International Space Station....

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Tenerife - the largest of Spain's Canary Islands....

Students and visitors have undoubtedly wondered about the peculiar, spherical sculpture on the rooftop of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. With its giant metallic rails looping around a chair, the scu...

NASA's Perseverance rover has notched up a slew of firsts since touching down on Mars one year ago, on Feb. 18, 2021, and the six-wheeled scientist has other important accomplishments in store as it speeds toward its new...

An ultra-wide, ultra-sharp Nikon-fit crop sensor lens, the Tokina AT-X 11-20mm f/2.8 AF Pro DX is almost unbeatable in its class thanks to its rugged build, and minimal distortion

Rocket city doesn't intend to give up its title. The post State Fight: Space sector is humming in Huntsville, Alabama appeared first on SpaceNews.

Competition to attract space companies is going global, and Colorado is waging an international campaign. The post State Fight: Colorado wages international campaign in space sector appeared first on SpaceNews.

A trio of researchers from the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand, Université de Lyon and Sorbonne Université, respectively, has made the first sighting of a quadruple asteroid system--an asteroid wit...

In this column, I'll provide reviews of three books that I consulted during my formative years in the hobby.

NASA will provide coverage of the prelaunch and launch activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) next weather observing and environmental monitoring system satellite.

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