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Space startup Astra called off its first attempt to launch a rocket since a failed flight last month due to lightning.

Aided by microbes found in the subarctic conditions of Canada's Hudson Bay, an international team--including researchers from Portugal's Instituto Superior de Agronomia and Técnico, Canada's Université Laval in Quebec,...

While Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues to impact the Ukrainian space sector, senior industry representatives say that local companies have so far managed to adapt their activities to the realities of war, and they ...

Starlink's satellite internet is the only means of communication for some people in the Ukraine, though the services could pose a risk to users. The post Starlink is the Only Communications Link for Some Ukrainian Towns,...

The rollout for NASA's Artemis 1 mission is right on track for this Thursday (March 17), agency officials said today (March 14).

The European Space Agency Council will meet this week in Paris for its 306th session. On the agenda: "Implications of the current geopolitical situation on ESA's activities."

NASA has extended flight operations of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter through September. In the months ahead, history's first aircraft to operate from the surface of another world will support the Perseverance rover's upc...

NASA astronauts Kayla Barron and Raja Chari concluded their spacewalk at 3:06 p.m. EDT after 6 hours and 54 minutes in preparation for upcoming solar array installation....

On Monday (March 14), the SpaceX founder and CEO offered a simple way to bring Russia's invasion of Ukraine to an end.

As Russia wages its terrible war against its neighbour Ukraine, the deteriorating situation inside Russia is leading many Russians to flee the collapsing economy. According to Russian journalist Kamil Galeev, Roscosmos D...

The first worlds beyond our solar system were discovered three decades ago. Since then, close to 5,000 exoplanets have been confirmed in our galaxy. Astronomers have detected another 5,000 planetary candidates--objects t...

In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You'll feel like a brand new person after today’s topic: nova! Ah, the nova. The most classic of the kind of cosmic explosion known as...

The International Space Station is now ready for the addition of an upgraded solar array after two NASA astronauts completed a nearly seven-hour spacewalk on Tuesday (March 15).

A $550 million congressional add-on in 2022 would only be a down payment to kickstart the deployment of a 28-satellite constellation of infrared space sensors in low Earth orbit The post DoD estimates $2.5 billion price ...

If humanity is ever going to find life on another planet in the solar system, it's probably best to know where to look. Plenty of scientists have spent many, many hours pondering precisely that question, and plenty have ...

Astra successfully returned its Rocket 3.3 vehicle to flight March 15, placing several payloads into low Earth orbit. The post Astra's Rocket 3.3 returns to flight with successful launch appeared first on SpaceNews.

Astra bounced back from last month's launch failure with a groundbreaking success, deploying satellites in Earth orbit for the first time ever.

NASA's top-notch Red Planet geology rover is moving on to explore an ancient river delta now that its eighth rock sample is secured for future analysis.

The next step to understanding exoplanets is to understand their atmospheres better. Astronomers can determine a planet’s mass, density, and other physical characteristics fairly routinely. But characterizing their atm...

Look up tonight (March 15) to see the Hyades star cluster light up the Taurus constellation in the night sky.

This weekend, an astronomer spotted a small asteroid just hours before the space rock crashed into Earth's atmosphere and met its fiery demise.

Antenna maker Kymeta said March 15 it has raised $84 million to expand manufacturing facilities ahead of deploying its first flat panel, electronically steered user terminals for low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites this yea...