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Humans are reeling under climate disruption, and there's worse to come, scientists warn in the latest UN climate assessment.

A new study from UCLA shows how laser-driven light sails could be a cost-effective method for exploring the Solar System as well. The post Laser-Powered Sails Would be Great for Exploring the Solar System too appeared fi...

Before there was oxygen on Earth, there was cyanide. Here's a look at how a poisonous gas may have been a key ingredient to the birth of life on our planet.

Space.com reached out to noted experts in the asteroid impact field to gauge similarities between an undersea belch and Earth taking an asteroid punch in the oceans.

NASA, SpaceX and Axiom Space will discuss a landmark private space mission today (Feb. 28), and you can watch it live.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has destroyed a "large" part of its space history, with reports confirming the fate of an enormous aircraft that was originally built to transport Soviet space shuttles.

Venus is a difficult place to explore. Only a few missions have ever made it to the surface, in no small part because of how difficult it is to traverse the planet's atmosphere. That difficulty was confirmed recently by ...

Scientists developed a neural network deep learning technique to extract hidden turbulent motion information from observations of the Sun....

Researchers at the Barcelona Expert Center (BEC) of the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) have proved that satellite-derived salinity improves marine circulation prediction in the Arctic, which, as in the rest of ...

Rocket Lab lofted a private Earth-observation satellite today (Feb. 28) from the newly finished second pad at its Launch Complex 1, on New Zealand's North Island.

On Friday (Feb. 25), Ingenuity notched yet another milestone, this one of the round-number variety -- its 20th Martian sortie.

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NASA has selected KBR Wyle Services LLC of Greenbelt, Maryland, to provide safety and mission assurance services to the agency in various locations across the country.

NASA is exploring ways to keep the International Space Station in orbit without Russian help, but doesn't see any immediate signs Moscow is withdrawing from the collaboration following the invasion of Ukraine, a senior o...

The launch of a joint Europe-Russian mission to Mars this year is now "very unlikely" due to sanctions linked to the war in Ukraine, the European Space Agency said Monday.

Medical research and tech transfer will fill the agenda of the four Axiom-1 crewmembers after they launch to the space station on March 30.

The Great Pyramid of Giza might be the most iconic structure humans ever built. Ancient civilizations constructed archaeological icons that are a testament to their greatness and persistence. But in some respects, the Gr...

NASA has selected Howard Hu as the Orion Program manager, based at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

China's Yutu 2 rover has made yet another curious discovery during its travels on the far side of the moon, this time turning up a pair of translucent glass globules.

Mounting international sanctions amid Russia's war on Ukraine have thrown plans to launch 36 OneWeb satellites this week into uncertainty. The post Russia-Ukraine war raises questions for upcoming OneWeb launches appeare...

For the first time, Northwestern University-led astronomers may have detected an afterglow from a kilonova.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Saturday that he's sending Starlink terminals to Ukraine to help keep the embattled country connected to the outside world as Russia steps up its invasion. The post SpaceX heeds Ukraine’s Star...