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Satellite ground stations that for decades have been operated by the U.S. Army will be officially handed over to the Space Force on Aug. 15. The post U.S. Army hands over satellite operations to Space Force, but keeps a ...

Within 24 hours of accessing the first stage of Australia's newest supercomputing system, researchers have processed a series of radio telescope observations, including a highly detailed image of a supernova remnant.

Climate change is a real problem. Human caused outputs of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane are the main driver of an unprecedented rise in global average temperatures at a speed never before seen in the E...

A mesmerizing new photo captures bright, golden swirling clouds of gas that generate an exceptionally high rate of star formation.

When you look at a region of the sky where stars are born, you see a cloud of gas and dust and a bunch of stars. It’s really a beautiful sight. In most places, the stars all end up being about the same mass. That mass ...

Once-in-a-generation advances in commercial technology will fundamentally strengthen the U.S. economic and security posture in space The post Op-ed | Why a 'hybrid' space architecture makes sense for economic and nationa...

We don't see many Neptune-sized worlds closely orbiting their star. That may be because the star robs them of their atmospheres. The post Hot Stars Blast Away at gas Giants Until Only Their Rocky Cores Remain appeared fi...

The ringed planet Saturn is often hailed as the jewel of the solar system and you have a chance to see why in a free webcast tonight.

James Webb delivers scientific results, SLS and Starship go closer to their maiden flights, remote surgery robot is going to the ISS, Perseverance continues to find weird stuff on Mars, and Hubble is still going strong. ...

A mountaintop observatory experienced a 'close encounter' in the shape of a cloud that some people associate with UFOs. The real-life explanation is far less alien.

The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB for short), is light: the oldest and most distant light that we can see in the entire universe. It comes from soon after the Big Bang - which is considered to be the beginning of the ...