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Boom Supersonic has unveiled its new Symphony engine to serve as the cutting-edge propulsion system for its Overture airliner.

Some of the most useful discoveries about distant objects take time to complete. For example, several generations of planetary scientists have been studying the clouds of Jupiter since the late 1970s. Their observations ...

Space Force has a new look for its recruiting website: a simulated launch of the United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket bringing a GPS satellite to space.

Water on the Moon has been a hot topic in the research world lately. Since its first unambiguous discovery back in 2008. Since then, findings of it have ramped up, with relatively high concentration levels being discover...

The Earth looks amazing in this first global view from NOAA's new NOAA-21 imaging satellite, which launched in November 2022.

Clear skies beckoned Wednesday (Dec. 28) in Rome, allowing the Virtual Telescope Project's Gianluca Masi to get busy with a year-end broadcast.

NASA astrobiologist Heather Graham answers pressing questions about life on Mars.

An astrophotographer has captured a highly detailed image of the Red Planet reappearing from behind the moon after a lunar occultation.

It's slated to be a busy year of rocket launches from the Space Coast with a pace that could introduce some new names and set new records.

Two CubeSats, or small satellites, are on a quest to provide insight on space weather disturbances and the subsequent impact on communication signals. The dynamic duo, the Plasma Enhancements in the Ionosphere-Thermosphe...

A powerful transmitter in remote Alaska sent long wavelength radio signals into space Tuesday with the purpose of bouncing them off an asteroid to learn about its interior.

NASA has released a stunning series of images that celebrate 2022 aboard the International Space Station.

Look up on a clear sunny day and you will see a blue sky. But is this the true color of the sky? Or is it the only color of the sky?

Although dark matter is a central part of the standard cosmological model, it's not without its issues. There continue to be nagging mysteries about the stuff, not the least of which is the fact that scientists have foun...

Poor old Venera 9, the Soviet Union's Venus lander, separated from its orbiter and made a hot, violent descent through the dense Venusian atmosphere on October 22, 1975, landing hard on a circular shield designed to crum...

China is aiming to grow cooperation with emerging space nations including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The post China looks to build space partnerships with Gulf nations appeared first on SpaceNews.

SpaceX capped off the busiest year in its two-decade history Dec. 30 with a Falcon 9 launch of a commercial Israeli imaging satellite. The post SpaceX completes record year with Israeli imaging satellite launch appeared ...

Humans have sent four spacecraft out of the solar system, with another swiftly approaching the edge of our solar system -- and they have a lot to teach us about our place in space.

You can watch SpaceX's final launch of 2022 for free as the company aims for its 61st mission of the year, nearly doubling the mark set in 2021.

Fresh off of securing a significant budget increase, the European Space Agency plans to hire 200 new employees in 2023 to help it implement new projects. The post ESA to hire more staff after budget increase appeared fir...

Throughout the Solar System, planets and moons bear the scars of a past fraught with collisions. The Moon, Mercury, and Mars are so scarred from these impacts that craters overlap one another on their surfaces. Earth was...