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NASA is set to release on Thursday the findings of a long-awaited study on unexplained flying objects in Earth's skies.

SpaceX's ability to quickly change and update services has been awkward for resellers, an executive for the low Earth orbit broadband constellation said Sep. 13. The post Rapid Starlink iteration poses challenges for res...

Three space companies that went public two years ago are seeking ways to build credibility with large institutional investors that have started dipping toes into the deflated market. The post Post-SPAC space firms redoub...

SpaceX may get approval for its second-ever Starship launch sometime next month, according to an official with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a high-resolution look at Herbig-Haro 211 (HH 211), a bipolar jet traveling through interstellar space at supersonic speeds. At roughly 1,000 light-years away from Earth in ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured stunning jets blasting out of a protostar, shedding light on the makeup of very young, sun-like stars.

According to new research from the PSI, water ice found within permanently-shadowed craters on the Moon is younger than previously thought. The post The Moon's Southern Ice is Relatively Young appeared first on Universe ...

The first asteroid sample collected in space and brought to Earth by the United States will be unveiled at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on Wednesday, Oct. 11, and media accreditation is now open.

Two previously discovered galaxies have been hiding strange perpendicular rings of stars and gas. These so-called polar ring galaxies may prove to be less rare in the universe than once thought.

This tiny fingernail-length space thruster chip runs on the greenest propellant of all: water.

A small area of Texas will witness October's annular solar eclipse and April's total solar eclipse. Here's where you should stand to see them in all their glory.

The Defense Department on Sept. 14 submitted to Congress a report explaining how it intends to keep satellites in orbit safe from aggression -- and ensure that services like GPS navigation and space-based communications ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has only been operational for just over a year, but this isn't stopping the world's biggest space agency from discussing the next big space telescope that could serve as JWST's su...

The most promising places to look for life in the Solar System are in the ocean moons Europa and Enceladus. But all that warm, salty, potentially life-supporting water is under thick sheets of ice: up to 30 km thick on E...

Saturn is best known for two things: its iconic ring structures and its large system of natural satellites. Currently, 146 moons and moonlets have been discovered orbiting the ringed giant, 24 of which are regular satell...

China, India and the U.S. have all achieved landing on the moon in the 2020s.

The Chief of Space Operations for the U.S. Space Force gave an ominous warning about how contested space is becoming as world superpowers continue to militarize Earth orbit.

Scientists in China found a trove of Jurassic-Era fossils, including the discovery of a fascinating bird-like dinosaur with long legs, a strange divergence in the evolution of modern birds.

SpaceX plans to launch 22 of its Starlink internet satellites just after midnight on Friday (Sept. 15), if the weather cooperates.

The first early humans to use fire had no inkling of what it would lead to.

Astronomers have detected an 11-billion-year-old galaxy using the light it absorbs rather than the light it emits. This technique was necessary because the galaxy is being outshone by a nearby quasar.

Between now and the mid-2030s, multiple space agencies hope to send crewed missions to the moon. of These plans all involve establishing bases around the moon's southern polar region, including the Artemis Base Camp and ...