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SpaceX launched several dozen payloads on its fifth dedicated rideshare mission May 25, illustrating the continued demand for such missions even as dedicated small launch vehicles emerge. The post SpaceX launches Transpo...

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are colossal expulsions of plasma and magnetic field from the sun's corona. Explore CMEs in more detail here in our guide.

For sale: One small sample of the moon brought back to Earth in 1969 by the Apollo 11 astronauts. Condition: Well-traveled and once digested.

AstroForge, which was founded in January 2022, came out of stealth mode today (May 26), announcing that it aims to become the first-ever viable asteroid mining company.

Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms trained on real astronomical observations now outperform astronomers in sifting through massive amounts of data....

Boeing's Starliner astronaut taxi has landed safely back on Earth, wrapping up its long-anticipated and crucial test flight to the International Space Station.

Astronomers have searched for extraterrestrial civilizations in planetary systems for sixty years, to no avail. In the paper published by International Journal of Astrobiology, Cambridge University Press, and titled "Mig...

New research determines if dinosaurs were warm- or cold-blooded, providing insight to a their lifestyle and habitat preference.

The Space Systems Command announced May 26 the official rollout of a new process to assess the cybersecurity of commercial satellite operators that do business with the Defense Department. The post Space Force rolls out ...

We all know that a humongous black hole exists at the center of our galaxy. It’s called Sagittarius A* (Sgr A* for short) and it has the mass of 4 million suns. We’ve got to see a radio image of it a few weeks back, ...

Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine has effects that are visible from space, as astronauts have recently noted.

Our planet’s oceans generate tell-tale light signatures when sunlight reflects off them. Exoplanets with significant ocean coverage may do the same. Can we use the Earth’s reflectance signatures to identify other Ear...

Broader economic issues as well as the performance of some space companies could slow the growth of the industry in the next few years, executives warn. The post Economy could dampen growth of space industry appeared fir...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson added his voice Wednesday (May 25) to the chorus urging action to prevent mass shootings.

NASA has selected hundreds of small businesses and dozens of research institutions to develop technology to help drive the future of space exploration, ranging from novel sensors and electronics to new types of software ...

High school students in Portugal have programmed a small computer on the International Space Station to measure Earth's magnetic field from orbit

Volcanoes erupting on the moon billions of years ago may have created a layer of ice under the lunar surface, a new study suggests.

Spacecraft developers are additively manufacturing engine nozzles and other complex spacecraft components. The post Additive manufacturing has progressed far beyond brackets appeared first on SpaceNews.

Elon Musk said he believes that the right to bear arms is necessary to guard against tyranny, but he called for stricter background checks on gun sales.

NASA's Psyche asteroid probe will wait several more weeks for launch.

Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth. After sweeping by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, it is now almost 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) from Earth in interstellar space. Both Voyager 1 an...

Video: 00:03:33 Earth's oceans are huge heat stores, soaking up 93% of the excess heat from human activity over the past 70 years. Ocean currents redistribute heat around the planet, from the Equator to the poles. Where ...