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The brilliant green comet C/2022 E3 (ZFT) has captivated astrophotographers and may even become visible to the unaided eye soon.

2022 was among Earth's 10 warmest years on record despite cooling La Niña conditions, and rising greenhouse gas concentrations hint that the worst is yet to come.

After a quarter-century of development, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is a smashing success. But senior project scientist John Mather, a Nobel-winning physicist who’s played a key role in the $10 billion project ...

The newest version of the ESPA ring deploys experiments but also more advanced operational smallsats The post ESPA satellites maturing as the preferred ride for small national security payloads appeared first on SpaceNew...

Scientists have discovered a wealth of organic compounds within a Martian meteorite, which could help researchers discover if Mars could have hosted life.

Black holes are gatherers, not hunters. They lie in wait until a hapless star wanders by. When the star gets close enough, the black hole's gravitational grasp violently rips it apart and sloppily devours its gasses whil...

Gen. B. Chance Saltzman said he wants to make sure the Space Force is not caught unprepared for the next conflict The post U.S. Space Force chief: Russia's missteps in Ukraine serve as a cautionary tale appeared first on...

Five Earth observation satellites from Japan's Axelspace are helping NorthStar Earth and Space keep tabs on orbits ahead of the Canadian firm's proposed Space Situational Awareness constellation. The post NorthStar using...

During an event hosted by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy at the agency's Headquarters in Washington Friday, representatives from the United States and Japan gathered to sign an agreeme...

Astronomers from Caltech used a Fast Radio Burst (FRB) from another galaxy to probe the distribution of matter in the Milky Way. The post Astronomers Used a Fast Radio Burst to Probe the Structure of the Milky Way appear...

Hundreds of millions of light-years away in a distant galaxy, a star orbiting a supermassive black hole is being violently ripped apart under the black hole's immense gravitational pull. As the star is shredded, its remn...

An option under consideration for NSSL Phase 3 is to create "on ramps" to allow emerging launch providers to compete The post Space Force weighing new approach for selecting national security launch providers appeared fi...

Space.com caught up with Tim Dodd in an exclusive interview to discuss his 'Everyday Astronaut' status and how he's preparing himself for his citizen voyage to the moon and back.

Two astronauts on the International Space Station will conduct a spacewalk Friday, Jan. 20, to install hardware for future power system upgrades.

Relive Vader's biggest battles in Marvel Comics' "Star Wars: Darth Vader - Black, White & Red" anthology coming in April 2023.

Understanding how dust grains form in interstellar gas could offer significant insights to astronomers and help materials scientists develop useful nanoparticles.

World View, a company that is developing stratospheric balloon platforms as an alternative to spacecraft for research and tourism, announced Jan. 13 it will go public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) ...

Ingenuity, the helicopter assisting NASA's Mars Perseverance rover on its mission, has been a huge success. It gathered the achievement of the first controlled flight on another heavenly body, has performed spectacularly...

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the galaxy LEDA 48062 in the constellation Perseus.

A distant black hole has a real sweet tooth, stretching a star that ventured too close to it into a stellar taffy and a doughnut the size of the solar system before devouring it.

Clusters of galaxies do not appear in an instant. Instead they gradually form through the accumulation of many galaxies. But when galaxies fall in they don't just stop moving. Instead, they keep moving around. These are ...

The final project, which will be 1,000 times more powerful, will be used to help spot potentially hazardous objects flying toward Earth.