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Virgin Orbit will work with Luxembourg's Directorate of Defense to map out a possible way for the company to "strengthen the resiliency of NATO and other Allies."

"I'm going to do competitions for every Tranche, every layer, every time and it's going to be full and open," Space Development Agency director Derek Tournear said. "The only way we can do that is if I make sure all the ...

NASA has approved spacewalks outside the space station again, after finding that hardware issues didn't cause the buildup of water in an astronaut's helmet during a March 2022 excursion.

NASA is ready to resume spacewalks outside the International Space Station after completing an investigation of water found in a spacesuit during a spacewalk earlier this year. The post NASA gives green light for space s...

SpaceX started accepting preorders Tuesday from high-flying private jet owners willing to pay a hefty price to receive high-speed Starlink services in the air. The post Starlink taking preorders for high-speed private je...

Eutelsat and OneWeb's planned merger requires the "strictest possible scrutiny," a cross-party group of British government officials said in a report warning the U.K has become a "third-rank" power in space post-Brexit. ...

The discovery of a so-called monster black hole that has about 12 times the mass of the sun is detailed in a new Astrophysical Journalresearch submission, whose lead author is Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, a physics professor...

The James Webb Space Telescope is living up to expectations. When it was launched, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said it would “… open up secrets of the universe that will be just stupendous, if not almost overwhelm...

It's understandable if you're a bit confused about the funding situation with SpaceX's Starlink satellite-internet service in Ukraine.

The raid on the Aldhani Imperial base unfolds almost in real time and there are some interesting post-action developments.

A SpaceX technician suffered a head injury that placed him in a coma for two months while performing a pressure check on a rocket engine, according to reports.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a lush, highly detailed landscape--the iconic Pillars of Creation--where new stars are forming within dense clouds of gas and dust. The three-dimensional pillars look like m...

New research shows that in addition to killing the dinosaurs, the Chicxulub Impact caused a global tsunami 30,000 more powerful than anything we've ever seen! The post The Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Also Flooded ...

Astronomers have spotted barium in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet. With its 56 protons, you have to run your finger further down the periodic table than astronomers usually do to find barium. What does finding suc...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured the iconic "Pillars of Creation," huge structures of gas and dust teeming with stars, NASA said Wednesday, and the image is as majestic as one could hope.

Ariane 6, the new heavy-lift launch system being developed by the European Space Agency, will make its inaugural flight as soon as the fourth quarter of 2023. Briefing media gathered at ESA's Paris Bertrand headquarters ...

The iconic Pillars of Creation sparkle with new-born stars in a photograph captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Satellites watched as an absolutely massive Airbus Beluga aircraft unloaded a telecommunications satellite at Kennedy Space Center ahead of a planned SpaceX launch.

Video: 00:56:31 Press briefing on Ariane 6 progress at ESA Bertrand HQ, 19 October 2022: (l-r at front) Stéphane Israël (Arianespace Chief Executive), André-Hubert Roussel (ArianeGroup Chief Executive), Philippe Bapti...

Join a crowd of Red Planet researchers at the 2022 International Mars Society Convention, which is broadcasting some of the activities online.

A recent report about pitch-black "phantom" UFOs in the skies over Ukraine has been discredited by Ukrainian scientists and by Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb.

The European Space Agency has again delayed the first flight of Europe's Ariane 6 launch vehicle, this time to late 2023, as the new vehicle makes slow progress to the launch pad. The post Ariane 6 first launch slips to ...