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The International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT), the first telescope of its kind, just came online in northern India! The post The World's Largest Liquid-Mirror Telescope Comes Online appeared first on Universe Today.

Entrepreneurs, fledgling firms and established space companies are to receive a boost with the launch of the European Centre for Space Economy and Commerce.

The maiden flight for Ariane 6 that had been slated toward the end of 2022 is now targeting next year, European Space Agency Director General Josef Aschbacher said June 13. The post Ariane 6 launch debut pushed into 2023...

By analyzing the data from ESA's XMM-Newton satellite, astronomers from the Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, and elsewhere, have investigated X-ray intraday variability of a nea...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory spotted enormous shock waves racing away from a collision of two galaxy clusters.

Two small NASA satellites that were meant to study hurricane development failed to enter orbit Sunday when their Astra rocket shut off before reaching the necessary altitude, the US space agency said.

One of the most interesting discoveries about Earth in the past few decades concerns the Earth’s magnetic poles. Paleomagnetic records show that the poles have flipped places 183 times in the last 83 million years. Tha...

Atlas Space Operations announced a Defense Innovation Unit contract June 8 to demonstrate a hybrid network to link Defense Department, civil government and commercial satellites. The post Atlas wins Defense Innovation Un...

From a zoomed out, distant view, star-forming cloud L483 appears normal. But when a Northwestern University-led team of astrophysicists zoomed in closer and closer, things became weirder and weirder.

A detailed analysis of the composition and motion of more than 500 stars has revealed conclusive evidence of an ancient collision between Andromeda and a neighboring galaxy. The findings, which improve our understanding ...

SpaceX can continue developing and testing its huge Starship vehicle in South Texas, provided the company takes pains to mitigate its impact on the area, a long-awaited environmental review has found.

An FAA environmental review has concluded that SpaceX can conduct orbital launches of its Starship vehicle from its Texas test site, but only after completing dozens of mitigations to reduce impacts on the environment an...

Check out our guide to everything you need to know about today's Strawberry supermoon

When our sun exhausts the hydrogen fuel in its core some 5 billion years from now, it will expand to become a red giant, engulfing the inner planets. The dynamics and possible outcomes of planetary engulfment are poorly ...

New research detected strong polarization from a young supernova remnant. It provided independent and solid evidence that the cosmic dust in the early universe was formed in supernovae. While it's true that supernovae ej...

A rogue black hole wandering the space lanes of our Milky Way galaxy alone could be the smallest black hole yet found.

AST SpaceMobile said June 13 that SpaceX aims to launch the prototype for its cellphone-compatible broadband constellation in the week of Aug. 15. The post BlueWalker 3 launch window opens Aug. 15 appeared first on Space...

Monoculars aren't just for observing wildlife; they can enhance your stargazing experience too.

The world’s richest human wants to build a city on Mars: Fifty years ago, Elon Musk’s vision of our future on the Red Planet might have sounded like science fiction -- but today, Musk is actually serious about the id...

Mando's helmet is an absolute must for any Star Wars fan. This Lego set is the way.

Since its launch in 2013 ESA's Gaia observatory has been mapping our galaxy from Lagrange point 2, creating the most accurate and complete multi-dimensional map of the Milky Way. By now two full sets of data have been re...

Scientists will discuss new research from NASA missions - on topics ranging from exoplanets to citizen science discoveries - at the 240th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS).