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It’s sometimes hard to remember that meteorites have been hitting our planets for millions of years. And some of them are made of valuable materials such as titanium or iron. So, theoretically, at least, our bronze and...

Using a 24/7 observatory that can detect when charged particles interact with water, scientists identified record-breaking rays coming from the sun.

Additive manufacturing is slowly becoming more and more useful as the technology improves. One of the places it continues its development is in the realm of space exploration. It has long been mooted as an integral part ...

Lockheed Martin, a company that for decades has built schoolbus-sized satellites for the U.S. government, opened a new facility to assemble small satellites, which are now in higher demand. The post Lockheed Martin opens...

Graphene has long been put forward as a wonder material. Undeniably, it has astounding properties – stronger than steel, a better electrical conductor than copper, and lighter than almost anything else with similar pro...

Astronomers have discovered a pair of star-like objects orbiting each other extremely quickly, with an entire 'year' lasting just 1.9 Earth hours. Catchily named ZTF J2020+5033, the system consists of one object which is...

A portion of the metallic meteorites found on Earth have traces of magnetism. This is surprising since you need a larger world with an internal dynamo like the Earth. New research suggests that iron-heavy asteroids can c...

Plans for shifting research from the International Space Station to commercial space stations late this decade are still a work in progress, NASA and industry officials say. The post ISS transition plans a work in progre...

Video: 00:02:01 In July 2023 local time, the last Ariane 5 blasted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Relive the moment from up close in this 360° video showing the liftoff and Ariane 5 soaring to orbit. The ...

LeoStella announced details about its largest spacecraft yet Aug. 6 with plans to deliver its first two 500-kilogram-class satellites to a commercial radar constellation customer next summer. The post LeoStella unveils i...

Meet the 'bubbletrons' -- theoretical particle accelerators that may have helped build the universe as we know it.

SpaceX will launch 22 more of its Starlink internet satellites tonight (Aug. 6), and you can watch the action live.