Space News

Mynaric has hired an experienced executive from the optical communications and semiconductor industries as its new president, charged with overseeing production of its laser communications systems. The post Mynaric hires...

U.S. military and allied forces in upcoming exercises will put to the test commercial technologies that could help detect GPS jamming or other activities that disrupt satellite-based navigation. The post Commercial geosp...

A 66 million-year-old impact crater has been discovered off the coast of West Africa, raising questions about just how many deadly space rocks the dinosaurs had to deal with.

Iceye is transferring the full capability of one synthetic aperture radar satellite collecting imagery and data around Ukraine plus access to other satellites in its constellation to the Ukrainian government under a cont...

The OMOTENASHI mission is the only secondary payload on Artemis 1 that will have a controlled landing on the surface of the moon.

Astronomers are looking for clouds made of vaporized gems and metals on faraway exoplanets.

The release of the first images taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will inspire generations with the infinite possibilities that outer space holds. Clearly, we have a responsibility to ensure that only peaceful, ...

Sky Perfect JSAT said Aug. 18 it has picked SpaceX's Starship rocket to launch its Superbird-9 satellite in 2024. The post Sky Perfect JSAT picks SpaceX's Starship for 2024 satellite launch appeared first on SpaceNews.

NASA has selected four mission proposals submitted to the agency's Explorers Program for further study.

The oscillations in binary neutron stars before they merge could have big implications for the insights scientists can glean from gravitational wave detection.

NASA will host a media teleconference at 1:30 p.m. CDT Thursday, Aug. 25, to discuss the agency's tools, resources, and science research available to the agriculture community.

The Voyager missions are icons of cosmic exploration, and you can celebrate their 45th anniversary with a free webcast tonight (Aug. 18).

A new James Webb image shows the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy in stunning detail! The post A New Image From Webb Shows Galaxy NGC 1365, Known to Have an Actively Feeding Supermassive Black Hole appeared first on Universe T...

The subsurface of Mars records important historical information on the formation and evolution of the planet. As an ionized medium, the Martian ionosphere plays a special role in radio wave propagation and is directly re...

An international team of researchers studying dust samples retrieved by the Hayabusa-2 space probe, has found that some of its dust grains are older than the solar system. In their paper published in The Astrophysical Jo...

The newly-discovered Nadir Cater in West Africa may hold proof that two asteroids caused the end of the Cretaceous Period.

Disney/Lucasfilm brings back "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" in IMAX this month for select screenings

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark is set to return to the International Space Station for his first long-duration Station mission. With only one year left before his launch in mid-2023, a name for the mission has...

The Japanese company Sky Perfect JSat has chosen Starship to launch its Superbird-9 communications satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit in 2024.

Early Earth was a wild and wooly place. In its first billion years, during a period called the Archean, our planet was still hot from its formation. Essentially, the surface was lava for millions of years. Asteroids bomb...

Artemis 3 is a planned landing mission that will put humans on the surface of the moon. It is scheduled to touch down in 2025, assuming previous missions go to plan.

El astronauta de la NASA Frank Rubio discutirá su inminente misión a la Estación Espacial Internacional durante una conferencia de prensa y entrevistas de seguimiento.