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A proposed Chinese mission would look for nearby habitable alien worlds by launching a spacecraft to make ultraprecise measurements of how orbiting planets make a star wobble.

NASA has struck deals with two commercial teams to provide the spacesuits destined for use when astronauts return to the moon by as early as 2025 -- and there’s an extra twist that might have sounded alien to the Apoll...

New research calculates the odds that humans will contact a 'malicious' alien civilization that wants to invade our planet. Don't worry, the chances are incredibly small.

Adding to the growing list of commercial deliveries slated to explore more of the moon than ever before under Artemis, NASA has selected two new science instrument suites, including one that will study the mysterious Gru...

In a paper recently published in The Planetary Science Journal, NASA scientists and engineers give new details about the agency's Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging (DAVINCI) missi...

As the Artemis missions journey to the moon and NASA plans for the long voyage to Mars, new navigation capabilities will be key to science, discovery, and human exploration.

How many of what kinds of stars live in other galaxies? It seems like a simple question, but it's notoriously hard to pin down, because astronomers have such a difficult time estimating stellar populations in remote gala...

NASA plans to buy five more SpaceX crewed flights to the International Space Station.

NASA is planning to purchase five more Crew Dragon missions to the International Space Station from SpaceX, a move the agency says is needed to ensure long-term access to the station. The post NASA to buy five additional...

Lockheed Martin no longer expects its UK Pathfinder mission will fly this year, although it remains in the running to perform the first-ever vertical launch to orbit from British soil. The post Lockheed and ABL's first U...

NASA has selected a variety of projects that take innovative approaches to broadening student participation in science, technology, engineering, and math to receive awards totaling approximately $12.5 million.

Adding to the growing list of commercial deliveries slated to explore more of the Moon than ever before under Artemis, NASA has selected two new science instrument suites, including one that will study the mysterious Gru...

NASA will host an in-person media opportunity at 8:45 a.m. EDT Tuesday, June 7, at NASA Headquarters in Washington with the agency's SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts to discuss their recent mission aboard the International Space...

Russia will launch a robotic cargo mission to the International Space Station early Friday morning (June 3), and you can watch the action live.

NASA is hailing the Perseverance rover's improved ability to pick its own targets as a way of speeding up science on Mars.

Dr. Lu Xing, an associate researcher from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with collaborators from Yunnan University, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,...

An asteroid up to three times the size of a blue whale will sail past Earth on June 6, 2022.

Just a few months ago, we were confidently expecting to launch our rover, Rosalind Franklin, to Mars in September as part of the ExoMars mission, a collaboration between Europe and Russia.

GAO in a June 2 report said the Air Force's basing selection process for U.S. Space Command lacked transparency and credibility. The post GAO: U.S. Space Command basing decision process fell short on 'transparency and cr...

Image: The fourth European Service Module structure to power astronauts on NASA's Orion spacecraft to the Moon is now complete. The structure is seen here at a Thales Alenia Space site in Turin, Italy. The module is now ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a dazzling new view of a busy star birth factory.

NASA has selected Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace to advance spacewalking capabilities in low-Earth orbit and at the moon, by buying services that provide astronauts with next generation spacesuit and spacewalk systems...