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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has by far the strongest series start for any of the "Nu-Trek" live-action shows on Paramount Plus.

Distant galaxies, dark matter, dark energy, and the origin and evolution of the universe itself are some of the many scientific goals of China’s newly announced space telescope. If all goes according to plan, the China...

The U.S. Space Force in a vision document calls for the service to invest in infrastructure and a skilled workforce to support the testing of new satellite designs and other systems. The post Space Force to invest in tes...

Human research took precedence aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday as the seven-member Expedition 67 crew explored how living in space affects the human body....

The James Webb Space Telescope is operating better than expected as the spacecraft enter the final stages of commissioning, project officials said May 9. The post JWST entering "home stretch" of commissioning appeared fi...

A new study considers the most cost-effective way to build landing pads on the Moon, which is essential to establishing a sustainable human presence there. The post What’s the Best Way to Build Landing Pads on the Moon...

Science institutions around the world will stream press conferences announcing the discovery; here's your guide to tuning in.

Recently, Ph.D. candidate Guo Yunlang and Prof. Wang Bo from Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences investigated the white dwarf (WD) mixing fraction in classical novae.

Searching for Dyson spheres, rings, or swarms remains a preoccupation of many astronomers. If there are any out there, they will eventually be found, and the person or research team to do so will go down in history for m...

Here's our review of Marvel Studios' "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness."

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, peaking at 9:55 a.m. EDT. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of the event.

The final release of the Human Genome Project in 2003 left 8% of the genome behind. Now, a grassroots effort has closed the gaps.

The U.S. military is ready to take the next step in developing a nuclear rocket to help monitor Earth-moon space, an area it has deemed a high strategic priority.

Spire Global said May 10 it is installing Ku-band antennas from fellow smallsat operator Kepler Communications on at least three satellites to offer higher capacity data services beginning next year. The post Spire Globa...

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The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office will launch a joint mission with the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense on Virgin Orbit's first-ever launch from the UK.

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. PDT) on Tuesday, May 17, to provide an update on the agency's InSight Mars lander.

For over 70 years, astronomers have been scanning for radio or optical signals from other civilizations in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, called SETI.

The health and stability of the space ecosystem largely depend on a few core areas: education, access to data and information and collaboration, writes Voyager Space Holdings CEO Dylan Taylor. The post Op-ed | The Fundam...

A statue of the first American woman to fly into space will soon stand near where the first lunar landing spacecraft were built, just as NASA works toward landing the first woman on the moon.

Scientists are keeping an eye on a sunspot that fired off an X-class flare while "having an identity crisis," according to SpaceWeather.com.

Distant galaxies, dark matter, dark energy and the origin and evolution of the universe itself are some of the many scientific goals of China's newly announced space telescope. If all goes according to plan, the China Sp...