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Using NASA's Swift telescope and the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) instrument onboard the International Space Station, Indian astronomers have inspected timing and spectral properties of an X-ray tra...

Rocket Lab says it will make a second mid-air recovery attempt of an Electron booster during the launch later this week of a Swedish scientific satellite. The post Rocket Lab to attempt booster recovery on upcoming Elect...

NASA's tiny CAPSTONE probe has bounced back from a troubling glitch and is on track to reach the moon this month as planned.

Another Chinese Long March 5B rocket body will once again plummet to Earth in the coming days above a yet-to-be-determined location.

NASA and Axiom Space are adding two Saudi astronauts to the Ax-2 manifest that already includes a NASA astronaut and a motorsports racing driver.

Virgin Galactic will work with two aerospace manufacturers to provide the major components of its next-generation suborbital spaceplane. The post Virgin Galactic picks suppliers for future spaceplanes appeared first on S...

The ALMA space telescope in the Chilean Andes suffered a cyberattack over the weekend that has downed its website and suspended its work, the observatory announced Wednesday.

Astronomical images never cease to delight, and the European Southern Observatory’s image of the Vela nebula is no exception. In a stunning new image released developed by the VLT Survey Telescope, we can see wispy ten...

Gravity calculations can provide plenty of insight into a variety of phenomena. Everything from Einstein rings to the rocket equation is at least partially dependent on gravity. Now an undergraduate student and professor...

China's mysterious space plane ejected an object on Oct. 31, perhaps signaling that its time in orbit is nearly up.

Gen. B. Chance Saltzman assumed command of the U.S. Space Force, and departing chief Gen. John "Jay" Raymond retired Nov. 2. The post Saltzman takes command as new chief of the U.S. Space Force appeared first on SpaceNew...

NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 9, to discuss the hardware, technology demonstrations, and science experiments headed to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's 26th commercial...

Glowing in the Pegasus constellation are five apparently closely packed galaxies known as Stephan's Quintet -- and they are whispering the secrets of galactic evolution to scientists.

The country has been threatening to act against U.S. commercial satellites looking at Ukraine, which Russia invaded in February.

NASA's marsquake-hunting InSight mission is almost at an end, as dust is choking off the Red Planet lander's solar power supply.

If you surfed the web this morning, you may have seen news of the latest existential threat to humanity: a "planet killer" asteroid named 2022 AP7.

Space.com sat down with authors Elizabeth Howell and Dave Williams to discuss their new book on how spaceflight affects the human body, 'Why Am I Taller?'

Planets can force their host stars to act younger than their age, according to a new study of multiple systems using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This may be the best evidence to date that some planets apparently sl...

Why 2022 may be a banner year for the November Taurid meteors. The post Possible Taurid Meteor Outburst For 2022? appeared first on Universe Today.

Bring "A New Hope" into your Fortnite experience with fresh "Star Wars" content, available through Nov. 8.

This awesome new Lego Marvel Hulkbuster set is available to VIP members from November 4 and the general sale from November 9.

Ahsoka Tano is finally getting her own show, but what do we know about her live-action Disney+ outing?