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The Cygnus space freighter from Northrop Grumman, with its prominent cymbal-shaped solar arrays, is pictured attached to the International Space Station's Unity module as the orbiting lab flew 263 miles above the coast o...

Converting petroleum into fuels involves crude chemistry first invented by humans in the 1800s....

As telescopes have become more advanced and powerful, astronomers have been able to detect more and more distant galaxies. These are some of the earliest galaxies to form in our universe that began to recede away from us...

Canada's Kepler Communications said June 30 it plans to use D-Orbit's orbital transfer vehicle for the next two satellites in its low-data-rate constellation. The post Kepler books orbital transfer vehicle for next launc...

A new study shows how the study of tidal heating in exomoons could greatly expand the search for life in the Universe. The post Tidal Heating Could Make Exomoons Much More Habitable (and Detectable) appeared first on Uni...

Capable of both destruction and creation, space volcanoes are common on planets and moons throughout the solar system and beyond.

China's first successful interplanetary mission has completed mapping the Red Planet more than a year after its arrival.

Marvel Comics releases its long-awaited "Predator" series from Ed Brisson and Kev Walker.

NASA's little CAPSTONE cubesat is making good progress on its long journey to the moon.

Scientists say that early dinosaurs survived the mass extinction between the Triassic and Jurassic periods because they adapted to the cold.

Agile Space Industries is preparing to consolidate propulsion design, manufacturing and production in a new 1,860-square-meter facility in Durango, Colorado. The post Agile to consolidate operations in new Colorado plant...

A new study suggests that high-impact exercise could help astronauts limit bone loss while in space.

Magnetars are some of the most fascinating astronomical objects. One teaspoon of the stuff they are made out of would weigh almost one billion tons, and they have magnetic fields that are hundreds of millions of times mo...

Within the solar system, most of our astrobiological research is aimed at Mars, which is considered to be the next-most habitable body beyond Earth. However, future efforts are aimed at exploring icy satellites in the ou...

Scientists from Skoltech and their colleagues from the University of Graz & the Kanzelhöhe Observatory (Austria), Hvar Observatory (Croatia), and the Belgian Solar-Terrestrial Center of Excellence--SILSO, Royal Observat...

A hot, dry start to summer has spurred a record number of wildfires in southern Alaska, and weather satellites are tracking the development of the blazes from space.

NASA's Perseverance rover is on the hunt for the "goldilocks" of rocks to sample on Mars.

The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission captured this impressive, wide-angled view of Patagonia at the southern end of South America, as well as the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)....

The Expedition 67 crew members tended to plants and explored artificial intelligence aboard the International Space Station today....

Ibuprofen tablets modified to survive in space have returned to Earth and shown that those with added flavor survived better with less degradation than those with no added taste.

An amateur astronomer found a fossilized surprise in the well-studied sky near the bright Andromeda Galaxy.

Making a 3D map of our galaxy would be easier if some stars behaved long enough to for us to calculate the distances to them. However, red supergiants are the frisky kids on the block when it comes to pinning down their ...