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China needs to accelerate the development of space asset protection policies and related international coordination mechanisms, according to a space industry official. The post Chinese official calls for protection of sp...

Entertainment Weekly has released first-look photos of the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series, available to stream on Disney Plus.

Slingshot Aerospace, a company that develops technologies for space situational awareness, announced March 10 it has raised $25 million in Series A-1 funds. The post Slingshot Aerospace closes $25 million fundraising rou...

Voters in a Georgia county have dealt a potentially fatal blow to a proposed spaceport, a move that may provide lessons for other prospective spaceports. The post Voters block agreement for planned Georgia spaceport appe...

To find features like groundwater under Earth's surface -- or under the surface of another world -- scientists can sense the subtle marks those features leave in the planet's gravitational field.

Scientists are turning to a combination of data collected from the air, land, and space to get a more complete picture of how climate change is affecting the planet's frozen regions....

How can Einstein's theory of gravity be unified with quantum mechanics?...

More than a dozen former Soyuz satellite missions need new rides after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, raising questions over how fast the launch market can absorb the loss of the workhorse rocket. The post Soyuz embargo s...

Amid the chaos of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a video has appeared online that shows the Russian segment of the International Space Station detaching. The post Russian Space Agency Tweets a Bizarre Video Showing the...

In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You'll just be getting started with today’s topic: protoplanetary disk! Young stellar systems are notoriously nasty places. It starts ...

The Expedition 66 crew continued preparing today for the first of two spacewalks set to begin next week to continue upgrading the International Space Station's power system....

On the heels of a third straight successful launch from California earlier this year, Virgin Orbit plans to extend its liftoffs to the United Kingdom.

Viking's biochemistry experiments have been among the most hotly debated scientific results of all time. The lander famously collected samples from the Red Planet in 1976, in an experiment called "Label Release." Scienti...

Will we ever understand life’s origins? Will we ever be able to put our finger on the exact moment and circumstances that lead to living matter? Will we ever pinpoint the spark? Who knows. But what we can do is find ou...

NASA will hold a media teleconference on Monday, March 14 to discuss the upcoming debut of the agency's Mega Moon rocket and integrated spacecraft for the uncrewed Artemis I lunar mission.

Drones have become more and more ubiquitous in recent years. From recently discovering the Endurance to participating in wars, drones have made history in more ways than one. Now they have a new job title to add to their...

Star explosion could have implications for our understanding of supernovas, novas and cosmic rays, researchers say.

An underground mountain-sized chunk of rock may be affecting paths of large earthquakes in southern Japan.

With the help of special telescopes, researchers have observed a cosmic particle accelerator as never before. Observations made with the gamma ray observatory H.E.S.S. in Namibia show for the first time the course of an ...

A look into the March night sky for some sky objects with unusual solar system planets, stars and constellations.

The moon will pass by the Seven Sisters and other famous parts of Taurus as it crosses through the constellation this week.

It took a massive protective container, a trip through the Panama Canal, and all sorts of meticulous planning to launch the world's largest and most advanced telescope.