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Astronomers have used machine learning to sharpen up the Event Horizon Telescope’s first picture of a black hole — an exercise that demonstrates the value of artificial intelligence for fine-tuning cosmic observation...

Europe's newest space telescope is set to cross the ocean ahead of its planned launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket this summer.

Kenya's first earth observation satellite was launched into space Saturday after two aborted attempts earlier in the week.

As it turns out, woolly mammoths got shaggier and shaggier as they wandered the Siberian steppe.

Space Center Houston showcases more than six decades of spaceflight history, mapping out how humanity is on the cusp of returning to the moon.

TrustPoint Inc. launched its first satellite April 14 on the SpaceX Transporter-7 rideshare flight. The post TrustPoint launches PNT cubesat appeared first on SpaceNews.

SpaceX launched more than 50 satellites early April 15 on the latest in a series of dedicated Falcon 9 smallsat rideshare missions. The post SpaceX launches seventh Transporter rideshare mission appeared first on SpaceNe...

The New Horizons mission currently flying through the Kuiper Belt could be facing an unexpected change of plans. NASA's Science Mission Directorate is soliciting input on turning the spacecraft into a heliospheric scienc...

International Dark Sky Week 2023 runs from Saturday, April 15 and Saturday, April 22 to ensure that policymakers aren't in the dark about the problem of light pollution and its effects.

When SpaceX attempts to launch its Starship, the world's biggest rocket, for the first time on April 17, the world will be watching and you can, too.

Researchers have mapped more than 85,000 volcanoes on the surface of Venus -- but suspect there may even be more.

The moon and Saturn will be separated by about three degrees during a conjunction and close approach that occurs overnight on April 15.

The Lyrids are an annual display of fairly fast meteors that may be seen any night from April 16 to 25.

Now that ESA's JUICE mission to Jupiter has successfully blasted off, what does the future hold for the next eight years as it cruises to the giant planet?

Image: Juice gets wings

ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) has taken its first monitoring camera images showing part of the spacecraft with Earth as a stunning backdrop. The mission launched on an Ariane 5 from Europe's Spaceport in Kouro...

SpaceX is gearing up to launch the first orbital-velocity test flight of its combined Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage on Monday (April 17). Here's what to expect.

SpaceX plans to carry out its first test flight on Monday of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon and eventually beyond.

A robotic SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule is scheduled to depart the International Space Station today (April 15) at 11:05 a.m. EDT (1505 GMT), and you can watch it live.

The FAA has issued a launch license to SpaceX to the first integrated test flight of the company's Starship/Super Heavy launch vehicle, scheduled for no earlier than April 17. The post FAA issues license for first Starsh...