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A Christie's auction of rare meteorites Wednesday sold a rock from space that narrowly missed a German Shepherd when it smashed into his kennel in Costa Rica.

NASA's plans to shift from the International Space Station to commercial space stations may force one key partner to rethink how it cooperates in low Earth orbit. The post ISS transition to commercial stations poses chal...

Russia's space program won't be shielded from sanctions the United States is imposing in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday afternoon. The post Biden: Sanctions will "degrade...

Can one type of planet become another? Can a mini-Neptune lose its atmosphere and become a super-Earth? Astronomers have found two examples of mini-Neptunes transitioning to super-Earths, and the discovery might help exp...

Spacewalk preparations and cancer research were among the activities scheduled aboard the International Space Station on Thursday....

A tilted black hole spinning around a misaligned axis has been discovered in our galaxy, challenging theories of black hole formation.

Looking to do some mining in space? Need a little Ytterbium on your next flight through the galaxy? Researchers have figured out the best places in the cosmos to find this unusual but useful element. Ytterbium (Yb) is a ...

The mirrors and instruments working together will enable the huge observatory's science observations.

A new vision of the skeleton as a dynamic organ that sends and receives messages suggests potential therapies for osteoporosis and other problems

An international team of astronomers has detected the closest repeating Fast Radio Burst to date, which is providing new insights into this mysterious phenomenon The post Astronomers Detect the Closest Fast Radio Burst E...

From returning greats to brand new shows, these are the best upcoming sci-fi TV shows for 2022.

Could Russia's military and political actions in Ukraine upend science and exploration in outer space?

The Hubble Space Telescope continues to scout on behalf of the newly launched James Webb Space Telescope to guide future astronomy work.

Astronomers have been surprised by the closest source of mysterious flashes in the sky called fast radio bursts. Precision measurements with radio telescopes reveal that the bursts are made among old stars, and in a way ...

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Grab an out-of-this-world discount on a lunar night light that can shine different colours.

Rocket Lab has finished work on the second pad at its New Zealand launch complex -- and this newly built Pad B is set to host its first liftoff as early as Monday (Feb. 28).

Central planning is literately central to any communist country, though its history has mixed results. As part of that planning, bureaucrats in all parts of the government are occasionally tasked with coming up with goal...

Globalstar has selected MDA Ltd. and Rocket Lab to supply a set of satellites to replenish its constellation, funded by a mystery customer. The post Globalstar selects MDA and Rocket Lab for new satellites appeared first...

Researchers from HSE University have developed a mathematical model that explains the levitation of charged dust particles over the sunlit lunar surface for almost any latitude. For the first time, the model takes into a...

Virgin Galactic's suborbital spaceliner is grounded at the moment, but the company is confident it'll be fully up and running by the end of the year.

Scientists say China's Yutu-2 rover, part of the Chang'E-4 mission, has found several small glass globules on the Moon's far side. While tiny glass beads have been found previously in lunar samples brought back by the Ap...