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A software glitch kept a lunar lander from properly determining its altitude, leading to a crash on its landing attempt last month, Japanese company ispace announced May 26. The post Software problem blamed for ispace lu...

Stunning new NASA images depict our universe in all its visible, and invisible, glory thanks to the combined powers of the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory.

A star in the Pinwheel Galaxy has exploded into a new supernova that was confirmed just last week. Here's how to see it for yourself in the night sky.

The close proximity of supernova 2023ifx and the amount of observations gathered since its discovery may lead to major advances in stellar death forecasting.

The chair of a NASA safety panel urged the agency not to rush into a crewed test flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner vehicle, calling for an independent "deep look" at technical issues with the spacecraft. The post NASA...

Forty years ago this month, there came a show stopping celestial sight -- literally a bolt out of the blue -- as a new comet was discovered close to Earth.

The Space Development Agency is preparing to launch at least 13 satellites in late June, the agency's director Derek Tournear said May 26. The post Space Development Agency to launch 13 satellites in late June appeared f...

An exploration of Darth Vader's death scene in "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi."

How a merged black hole rings as it settles into a stable form holds clues to a better understanding of gravity. The post When Black Holes Merge, They'll Ring Like a Bell appeared first on Universe Today.

Japanese company ispace revealed that an unexpected lunar terrain feature led the Hakuto-R lander's onboard computer to misjudge its altitude, leading to the crash.

An independent report into NASA contracts for the SLS rocket has found significant cost overruns and delays which could hinder the agency's plans to put astronauts back on the moon.

NASA is seeking industry proposals for a next-generation LTV (Lunar Terrain Vehicle) that will allow astronauts to go farther and conduct more science than ever before as they explore the south polar region of the Moon d...

NASA makes successful rover missions seem mundane. Spirit and Opportunity were wildly successful, and Curiosity and Perseverance would both be considered successes even if they stopped working today. But complex missions...

A planetary physicist at The University of Texas at Arlington is the lead author of a study that catalogs all known planet-hosting, triple-stellar systems--those having three or more stars with planets.

BAE Systems won a $7 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop AI tools to automate the tracking of data collected by military satellites. The post DARPA seeks AI tools to automate tr...

1,000 Lego astronauts traveled near the edge of space on stratospheric balloons and returned safely to Earth on a specially designed landing platform resembling a mini space shuttle.

The European Space Agency's latest third generation Meteosat-I 1 weather satellite shows its stuff, with more to come. The post Amazing Views From ESA’s New MeteoSat Weather Satellite appeared first on Universe Today.

Since 2004, China has been pioneering many aspects of lunar exploration with the Chang'e project, of which all five missions were successful in obtaining new information about the moon.

These historical objects have made some of the biggest impact on our understanding of Maya culture and society.

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded L3Harris Technologies a contract worth $80.8 million to conduct communications experiments using multiple commercial space internet services. The post L3Harris wins $80 mill...

Recently, a research team led by Prof. Gou Yanyu from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) found that the solar outburst structure undergoes a complex reconfig...

Flight controllers at ESA's mission control centre in Germany have been busy this week, working with instrument teams on the final deployments to prepare ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) for exploring Jupiter.