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After NASA’s DART mission slammed into asteroid Dimorphous in September 2022, scientists determined the impact caused tons of rock to be ejected from the small asteroid's surface. But more importantly, DART's impact al...

SpaceX plans to launch 22 more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit tonight (Sept. 8), and you can watch the action live.

The first-ever knee cartilage in microgravity was made on the International Space Station. Redwire Corp. says the meniscus will assist with treating military personnel and aging seniors on Earth.

Virgin Galactic plans to launch its 'Galactic 03' space tourism mission on Sept. 8, sending three customers to the final frontier and back. You won't be able to watch it live, though.

A "Luminous Fast Cooler" explosion that emits as much energy in weeks as the sun will over 10 billion years could be the result of a black hole wrecking a star.

Astronomers working with NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have spotted something unusual. The observatory’s X-Ray Telescope (XRT) has captured emissions from a supermassive black hole (SMBH) in a galaxy about 50...

NASA needs to be more transparent about the costs and schedules for its Space Launch System moon rocket, a newly released audit has found.

Europe's next-generation heavy-lift rocket just took a big step towards its first, much-awaited launch thanks to a successful hot fire of its Vulcain 2.1 engine.

Virgin Galactic performed its third commercial suborbital spaceflight Sept. 8 with three private astronauts on board. The post Virgin Galactic completes third commercial SpaceShipTwo flight appeared first on SpaceNews.

Approximately every 80 years, a faint 10th magnitude star in the constellation of Corona Borealis dramatically increases its brightness. This star, T CrB, is known as a recurrent nova and last flared in 1946, peaking at ...

Planning is well underway for NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory, a telescope project that will hunt for telltale signs of life in the atmospheres of planets outside the solar system.

With each passing morning, Venus has been rising ever higher and has been getting a little brighter. The planet will reach its brightest in the morning sky on Sept. 19. Here's how to see it.

X-ray satellites have collected data on the merging of two galaxy clusters, and the resulting computations are mind-breaking.

With the development of satellite networks, space-air-ground integrated networks, and the Internet of Things, the future giant constellations, high-resolution Earth observation, human-crewed spacecraft, space stations an...

After NASA's DART mission slammed into asteroid Dimorphous in September 2022, scientists determined the impact caused tons of rock to be ejected from the small asteroid's surface. But more importantly, DART's impact alte...

SpaceX must take a series of steps before it can launch its mega rocket again after its debut ended in an explosion, federal regulators said Friday.

The Federal Aviation Administration has completed the mishap investigation in SpaceX's first integrated Starship launch in April but is not ready yet to approve a second launch of the vehicle. The post FAA closes Starshi...

Check out an exclusive 'Star Trek' Day preview for Titan Books' newest release, "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: The Making of the Classic Film."

As the next round of giant observatories nears completion, astronomers are starting to ponder what comes next. One exciting location to consider is the Moon. There's no atmosphere on the Moon, so a lunar telescope would ...

Rubicon Space Systems has won a series of contracts from NASA and the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop and deliver ASCENT thrusters. The post Rubicon wins NASA and AFRL ASCENT thruster contracts appeared first on...

Virgin Galactic launched three of its longest-standing ticketholders today (Sept. 8), sending them to suborbital space on the 'Galactic 03' mission.

A trip to Mars wouldn't exactly be a relaxing vacation. Learn what it would be like to stay or live on Mars.