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The 600th person to enter Earth orbit, Rayyanah Barnawi of Saudi Arabia, is now on her way to the International Space Station on Axiom-2, the second commercial mission to fly there.

Academics at the University of Leeds believe they could have found the answer to a long-running mystery behind Jupiter's famous "stripes."

Axiom Space's second private astronaut mission is on its way to the International Space Station after a launch May 21. The post SpaceX launches second Axiom Space private astronaut mission to ISS appeared first on SpaceN...

A new paper discusses how light interacts with theoretical objects called "topological solitons" -- kinks in the fabric of space-time that look just like black holes.

The universe is filled with things that go flash in the night. That includes fast radio bursts (FRBs). These are brilliant, powerful blips of radio emissions from distant and mysterious sources. Astronomers studying one ...

What would happen if we received a message from an extraterrestrial civilization? Daniela de Paulis, an established interdisciplinary artist and licensed radio operator who currently serves as Artist in Residence at the ...

An international research team led by Professor Long Xiao from the School of Earth Sciences of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) has discovered the presence of marine sedimentary rocks on the surface of Mars for th...

Apple TV+'s "Prehistoric Planet" thunders into its second season today with more ancient creatures and curiosities from primeval Earth.

NASA's CAPSTONE cubesat has captured its first image of the moon, snapping the lunar north pole as it tested navigation technology similar to GPS used around Earth.

NASA's Juno mission made its 51st flyby of the gas giant planet Jupiter and its moons, catching stunning images of Io, the most volcanic world in the solar system.

Axiom Space made history in 2022 with the first all-private mission to the International Space Station. The company is ready to do it again, but with more focus on its endgame: having its own commercial space station in ...

A new project called 'A Sign in Space' will give scientists and laypeople around the world practice at decoding a message from intelligent aliens.

NASA astronaut Victor Glover Jr. will travel farther into space than any Black person before him when he pilots the Artemis II lunar mission in 2024.

The first instrument to directly measure gravity on the surface of an asteroid has undergone testing in ESA's Mechanical Systems Laboratory.

Astronomers using the most powerful telescope ever built have identified a massive, densely packed galaxy 25 billion light years away.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft is landing -- on toy store shelves. Matchbox, the classic die-cast toy brand, has released a miniature model of the commercial space capsule.

OneWeb announced six finalists May 22 for its annual Innovation Challenge. The post OneWeb announces Innovation Challenge Winners appeared first on SpaceNews.

NASA has selected a new mission to help humanity better understand Earth's dynamic atmosphere - specifically, ice clouds that form at high altitudes throughout tropical and sub-tropical regions. The PolSIR instrument - s...

After Artemis I launched in November 2022 atop the only super heavy-lift rocket capable of carrying crew and large cargo to deep space in a single lift, James Savage went […] The post Exploration Upper Stage Unveiled: ...

Look at this beautiful image of the Lupus 3 star-forming interstellar cloud captured by the Dark Energy Camera. The post There's So Much Going on in This Star-Forming Nebula appeared first on Universe Today.

Umbra won a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to demonstrate novel collection techniques using synthetic aperture radar satellites, the company announced May 22. The post DARPA selects Umbra to ...

The International Space Station rolled out the welcome mat Monday for two Saudi visitors, including the kingdom's first female astronaut.