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In any plan to establish a presence on the Moon, the South Pole is key. There, in the deep permanent shadows of the region’s craters, are voluminous quantities of water ice. And water ice means water, oxygen, and even ...

Boeing has finalized the design of its first crew mission patch. The aerospace company is preparing for the Crew Flight Test of its CST-100 Starliner commercial spacecraft.

Little 'hurricanes' that form in the disks of gas and dust around young stars can be used to study certain aspects of planet formation, even for smaller planets which orbit their star at large distances and are out of re...

On Friday (Jan. 6), the moon will be fully illuminated for the first time in 2023 during the Full Wolf Moon when it will also be at its furthest from the sun, the aphelion.

Plans by Delta Airlines to start offering free inflight Wi-Fi next month increase pressure on other major airlines to follow suit, driving up more demand for satellite capacity. The post Delta throws down the gauntlet wi...

At this point in its mission, NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover has collected almost 50% of its samples. The rover is now building its first sample ‘depot’ on the surface of Mars. The depot is a flat, obstacle-free ar...

Hedron's goal is automatic networking in space. Satellite operators would pass packets to a network that moves data almost instantaneously to the ground. The post Aiming for instantaneous Earth-observation data appeared ...

More rain is on its way to the already drenched western U.S. as forecasters observe two new "atmospheric rivers" form above the Pacific Ocean.

Virgin Orbit's "Start Me Up" mission is scheduled to lift off Monday (Jan. 9) from Spaceport Cornwall in England on the first-ever orbital launch from the United Kingdom.

Galaxies like our Milky Way sprouted up earlier than scientists expected as revealed by new James Webb Space Telescope images.

A SpaceX Dragon cargo resupply spacecraft is set to depart the International Space Station on Monday, Jan. 9, returning scientific research samples and hardware to Earth for NASA.

From the nearby moon to distant Triton, planetary scientists have a plethora of ideas for how to explore our solar system.

To share a view of comet C/2022 E3 ZTF at perihelion with anyone interested, the Virtual Telescope Project is hosting a free livestream starting at 11:00 p.m. EST (0400 GMT) on Jan. 12.

A newly emerged sunspot is making its presence known, unleashing a powerful X-class solar flare that triggered shortwave radio blackouts across the South Pacific.

New camera gear for the holidays? It'll likely you'll need some accessories to go with it if you're going to shoot astro, here are the 10 best camera gifts we'd recommend.

On Feb. 1, comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) will pass to within 28 million miles (42 million km) of our planet, its first visit in 50,000 years.

NASA will allow three aging Earth science missions to participate in an upcoming senior review of extended missions even as the agency warns of budget pressures on its overall portfolio of missions. The post NASA faces b...

An independent review warned of potential cost overruns on a future major NASA Earth science mission, prompting NASA to consider removing some instruments from it. The post Independent review warns of cost growth on key ...

A new study using Hubble data has revealed that "wandering stars" that inhabit galaxy clusters have been there for billions of years. The post Wandering Stars Have Been Adrift Between Galaxies for Billions of Years appea...

A new video provides a rocket's-eye view of this week's Transporter-6 mission, SpaceX's 200th orbital launch since the company's 2002 founding.