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A massive galaxy cluster shines in a new telescope image, distorting the view of more distant galaxies lying in the background.

Frank Calvelli said he wants to make sure Blue Origin and ULA understand 'the importance of hitting their milestones' for the BE-4 and Vulcan The post Space Force acquisition chief to meet with ULA and Blue Origin, expec...

The latest delay will allow teams more time to assess and mitigate the consequences of elevated propellant vapor readings inside Dragon's propulsion system.

NASA administrator Bill Nelson said Wednesday the agency will reveal the "deepest image of our universe that has ever been taken" on July 12, thanks to the newly operational James Webb Space Telescope.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has tested positive for COVID-19, he announced June 29, but is continuing to lead the agency as he isolates at home. The post NASA administrator tests positive for COVID appeared first on S...

Fogs, plumes and other types of Martian clouds are getting the crowdsourcing treatment.

When NASA sent the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) to the red planet in 2006, the spacecraft took an instrument with it called CRISM--Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars. CRISM’s job is to produce ma...

Space Force acquisition executive Frank Calvelli said he would be open to a different model than the current two-vendor approach for national security launch services procurement The post Space Force considering strategy...

Former NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver has written a book about her time at the agency. Rand Simberg reviews the book with a focus on Garver's efforts to put NASA on a new course that leveraged commercial capabilit...

An Indian rocket will launch three satellites on Thursday morning (June 30), and you can watch the action live.

Researchers discover how pine resin impacted Roman winemaking after examining jars sealed with imported pine tar.

Members of the public are invited to explore the many ways space science helps families, communities, and our nation better understand our home planet and become more climate resilient through hands-on and virtual activi...

NASA announced Wednesday the agency is seeking partners to develop technologies needed to shape a new generation of lower-emission, single-aisle airliners that passengers could see in airports in the 2030s.

Should you flip a burger once or lots of times? A mathematician has calculated an answer.

Ask any space explorer, and they'll have a favorite photograph or two from their mission. For Katie Stack Morgan, the deputy project scientist for NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, the first close-up image of layered rocks...

China has successfully conducted a hot-fire test of a new engine that will help power a next-generation rocket capable of launching astronauts to the moon.

Northrup Grumman's Cygnus cargo spacecraft conducted a successful reboost of the International Space Station over the past weekend, on Saturday, June 25, 2022. The Cygnus NG-17 "Piers Sellers" is the first US-based space...

A sungazing spacecraft captured the moon passing in front of the face of the sun Wednesday (June 29).

More than 50 years after the discovery of the first pulsar, the detailed physics of the emission process in a pulsar magnetosphere still remains unclear.

We finally have hints of what the first operational images will be from NASA's brand-new deep-space observatory.

In the fall of 2023, a U.S. rover will land at the south pole of the moon. Its mission: to explore the water ice that scientists know lurks within the lunar shadows, and which they believe could help sustain humans who m...

A Northwestern University-led team of astrophysicists has developed the first-ever full 3D simulation of an entire evolution of a jet formed by a collapsing star, or a "collapsar."