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We now have new clues about a mysterious stage in the life of binary stars, thanks to research from The Australian National University (ANU) and Yunnan Observatory in China.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will fly for a record-tying 13th time on Thursday morning (July 7), and you can watch the action live.

Space is filled with a variety of objects, some blisteringly hot, some tremendously cold, but areas with little to nothing at all never drop to absolute zero thanks to a fossil relic left over from its earliest moments.

Dish Network and others pushing for permission to use 12 GHz spectrum for 5G said July 7 that SpaceX's study on how it would severely disrupt its broadband customers is "scientifically and logically flawed." The post Dis...

The International Space Station continues hosting an array of advanced science experiments and spacewalk preparations....

The Expedition 67 crew continued exploring how humans and plants adapt in microgravity while testing robotic free-flyers on Wednesday....

Companies seeking help through the Space Systems Command 'Front Door' initiative can expect to wait several days for a response The post Space Force effort to open doors to private sector is a slow go appeared first on S...

CAPSTONE successfully performed its first engine burn today (July 7), an 11-minute maneuver that changed its velocity by about 45 mph (72 kph) as planned.

The records keep falling for the U.S. Space Force's robotic X-37B space plane, which has now spent 781 days in orbit on its latest mission.

When NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected samples from asteroid Bennu's surface in 2020, forces measured during the interaction provided scientists with a direct test of the poorly understood near-subsurface physical p...

Wyoming, United States (43.7°N 106.8°W), 28 Jun 2022...

Previous images that we acquired showed recurring slope lineae (RSL) on northwest and west-facing slopes....

This 280-kilometer diameter crater center has experienced a long history of water activity....

At first glance this captivating scene peering through wispy clouds and down onto a dune field is reminiscent of a satellite view of one of Earth's deserts, but this is in fact a beautiful landscape on Mars....

Suez, Egypt (30.2°N 32.5°E), 27 Jun 2022...

Most clouds on Earth are made of water, but beyond our planet they come in many chemical varieties. The top of Jupiter's atmosphere, for example, is blanketed in yellow-hued clouds made of ammonia and ammonium hydrosulfi...

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope depicts NGC 7027, or the "Jewel Bug" nebula....

NASA, in partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency), will release the James Webb Space Telescope's first full-color images and spectroscopic data during a live broadcast beginning at 10:...

There were no injuries reported, and the cause is under investigation.

Deep below the Black Hills of South Dakota in the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), an innovative and uniquely sensitive dark matter detector--the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, led by Lawrence Berkeley National...

A citizen scientist used old telescope data to find a trove of binary star systems that include what are sometimes dubbed "failed stars."

The middle-aged man from Pompeii likely suffered from a spinal condition. Here's what else his ancient genome reveals.