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A new study by an international team of astrophysicists has shown what a space-based interferometry telescope could reveal about supermassive black hole! The post A Space Telescope Could Reveal a Black Hole's Photon Ring...

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee pressed Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and Chief of Space Operations Gen. John "Jay" Raymond on the Space Force's plans to acquire next-generation technologies and develo...

A key official for Europe's ExoMars mission believes that the rover's launch will be pushed back until at least 2028 to accommodate changes after ending cooperation with Russia. The post ExoMars official says launch unli...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on May 4 issued a solicitation for proposals for the next phase of a demonstration of a nuclear powered spacecraft. The post DARPA moving forward with development of nuclear ...

With so many incredible, newly developing technologies, could we build a real-life Millennium Falcon?

NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn handed over command of the International Space Station to Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev in a traditional Change of Command ceremony which began at 2:35 p.m. EDT today....

Media are invited to join NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and Representatives Ed Perlmutter, Joe Neguse and Jerry McNerney for a tour of the Westminster, Colorado-based aerospace company Advanced Space Thursday, May...

The Roc carrier aircraft, the biggest airplane ever built, completed its fifth test flight this Star Wars Day (May 4).

An accidental discovery of a probable protoplanet orbiting the star AB Aurigae may challenge our understanding of how gas giants form.

LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, has reached an important milestone: it has passed the comprehensive "Mission Formulation Review" (MFR) and now enters the next phase of development. The review team, consisti...

Since 2003, the black hole at the center of the Perseus galaxy cluster has been associated with sound. This is because astronomers discovered that pressure waves sent out by the black hole caused ripples in the cluster's...

NASA's Thomas Marshburn handed command of the ISS over to cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev today (May 4), the last day aboard the orbiting lab for Marshburn and the other members of SpaceX's Crew-3 mission.

Earlier today, NASA announced the winners of their "Honey, I Shrunk the Payload, the Sequel" Challenge! The post NASA Announces the Winners of its Second Payload Challenge! appeared first on Universe Today.

North Korea just launched another missile test, its 14th already in 2022.

Astroscale said May 4 it made another close-approach rendezvous between its two ELSA-d spacecraft last month but ongoing thruster problems continue to hold up a capture demonstration delayed from January. The post Astros...

The first two episodes of the new, six-part show will drop on Friday, May 27 on Disney Plus

After almost six months aboard the International Space Station, ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer is coming home. Watch all the action, from undocking to splashdown, live on ESA Web TV.

The Sun emitted a moderate solar flare on May 4, 2022, peaking at 5:00 a.m. ET. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event.

"This is the way" to huge savings on an interactive toy, perfect for any Padawan or young Star Wars fan.

There are two asteroids making very safe flybys of Earth in the coming days.

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 3:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 5, to discuss the status of the next wet dress rehearsal test of the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft at the agency's Ken...

Despite decades of study, black holes are still among the most powerful and mysterious celestial objects ever studied. Because of the extreme gravitational forces involved, nothing can escape the surface of a black hole ...