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Elon Musk is delivering on his public promise to bring SpaceX Starlink terminals to Ukraine.

NASA said that operations of the International Space Station remain normal despite the growing rift between Russia and the West in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The post ISS operations remain normal ahead of ...

With a wide variety of people now going to space, and the prospect in the coming years of humans establishing bases on the Moon and beyond, it raises an important question: what happens if someone dies in space?

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) is starting its first operational science work as it embarks on a mission to better understand our sun.

A BlackSky satellite snapped a shot today (Feb. 28) of an Epicentr K -- a big home-improvement store similar to Home Depot -- ablaze in the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv following Russian shelling.

Scientists will soon have a powerful new set of eyes in the sky to study Earth's weather and climate.

Gazing at the night sky can evoke a sense of wonder regarding humanity’s place in the Universe. But that’s not all it can evoke. If you’re knowledgeable about asteroid strikes like the one that wiped out the dinosa...

Satellites captured images of a massive convoy of Russian military vehicles 40 miles long (65 kilometers) nearing the besieged Ukrainian capital Kyiv.

Lockheed Martin is looking to set up a satellite manufacturing base in the United Kingdom to expand its global space business, the U.S.-based aerospace and defense giant said March 1. The post Lockheed Martin plots U.K. ...

NASA is continuing to operate the International Space Station with Russia and other partners, but is weighing its options.

Lockheed Martin announced March 1 it has selected Raytheon Technologies to supply a second payload for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next Gen OPIR) geosynchronous satellites. The post Lockheed Martin ...

For almost 10 years, NASA's NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) X-ray space observatory has been studying some of the highest-energy objects in the universe, such as colliding dead stars and enormous black hol...

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The Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption that shook the South Pacific Ocean in January will not affect Earth's climate despite sending clouds of ash dozens of miles high into the atmosphere, a new study confirmed.

Students from across the state of Ohio will have an opportunity this week to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

The physics and chemistry that take place deep inside our planet are fundamental to the existence of life as we know it. But what forces are at work in the interiors of distant worlds, and how do these conditions affect ...

The James Webb Space Telescope will zero in on a massive star-forming region to learn more about how young stars shape their environments.

Our best space mobile games list takes you on intergalactic adventures, across a lonely universe, and even into the captain's chair in more ways than one.

On March 4, 2022, a lonely, spent rocket booster will smack into the surface of the moon at nearly 6,000 mph. Once the dust has settled, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will move into position to get an up-close view...

The Earth exists in a dangerous environment. Cosmic bodies, like asteroids and comets, are constantly zooming through space and often crash into our planet. Most of these are too small to pose a threat, but some can be c...

NASA's Near-Earth Object Observation Program painstakingly documents all asteroid sightings that could pose a potential threat to our planet. However, geographical constraints mean that somewhere between 2% and 7% of ast...

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China and one in Austria has confirmed that a circular mountain ridge in China's Heilongjiang Province is a crater made by an asteroid strike. In their paper ...