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Airbus Defence and Space is joining a commercial space station project led by Voyager Space, a move that could potentially make it easier for European governments to use the station after the retirement of the Internatio...

Raytheon Intelligence & Space announced Jan. 4 it selected a Lockheed Martin bus to build a missile-tracking satellite for the U.S. Space Force. The post Raytheon selects Lockheed Martin bus for U.S. Space Force missile-...

Canada's NorthStar Earth and Space said Jan. 5 it has raised $35 million ahead of plans to deploy its first three satellites this year for tracking objects in orbit. The post NorthStar raises $35 million for debris-track...

One of the many payloads that took flight atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday (Jan. 3) was a tiny cubesat that will gather weather data for the U.S. Space Force.

Iridium unveiled chip maker Qualcomm Jan. 5 as the partner behind plans to connect smartphones to its satellite constellation this year. The post Iridium and Qualcomm to bring satellite connectivity to smartphones this y...

Jupiter's moon Io is the most volcanic body in the solar system, with outbursts occurring yearly. A particularly large volcanic eruption was spotted in the fall of 2022.

Now you can follow NASA's BioSentinel cubesat as it flies through space. The experiment will investigate the effects of cosmic radiation on cells.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has dropped its fourth rock sample tube at a location in Jezero Crater, meaning its first backup sample depot is now 40% complete.

A groundbreaking new mass spectrometer designed and built by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has been delivered for integration onto NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft. Scheduled to launch in 2024 and arrive in the Jov...

New images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal for the first time galaxies with stellar bars--elongated features of stars stretching from the centers of galaxies into their outer disks--at a time when th...

In a recent study published in Astronomy and Astrophysical Letters, a team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) used various computer models to examine 69 confirmed binary black holes to help...

Spread throughout the universe are rogue stars that remain gravitationally untethered to others, wandering endlessly in the vastness of space and creating a faint glow.

NOAA's operational satellite fleet has a new member. GOES-18 entered service as GOES West on Jan. 4, 2023.

Solar sailing can be a relatively slow-motion affair, but progress in the nascent field is quickly gaining steam.

Russian astronomers have performed spectroscopic and photometric observations of a peculiar eclipsing polar known as BS Tri. Result of this observational campaign, presented in a paper published December 23 on arXiv.org,...

After technical and licensing delays, Virgin Orbit is gearing up for its first launch from the United Kingdom as soon as Jan. 9. The post Virgin Orbit preparing for first U.K. launch appeared first on SpaceNews.

NASA administrator Bill Nelson believes China could attempt to stake a claim over portions of the moon.

The five planets of the solar system visible with the naked eye can all be seen this January, making the start of 2023 a special time for astronomers.

Impulse Space announced Jan. 4 it will launch its first orbital transfer vehicle late this year on a SpaceX rideshare mission. The post Impulse Space announces first orbital transfer vehicle mission appeared first on Spa...

What better way to bring the new year in than saving over $100 on a reliable and affordable reflector telescope.

New limited edition watches mark the time that U.S. astronauts and Russian cosmonauts traveled together to Space ... Mountain. UNDONE's timepieces celebrate the Apollo-Soyuz crew's visit to Disney.

NASA's Artemis program will look for resources on the moon, and details of its complex geology.