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Iran sent its 3rd military satellite to orbit on Wednesday (Sept. 27), lofting the Noor 3 spacecraft atop a Qasem rocket.

By Gina Hannah and Jonathan Deal For more than 20 years, astronauts aboard the International Space Station have worked diligently on science experiments that benefit humanity on Earth and in deep space. Getting these exp...

NASA teams have started the intricate process of removing the samples of asteroid Bennu from their canister. The post NASA Opens the Lid on OSIRIS-REx's Sample Capsule appeared first on Universe Today.

Rogue Space Systems, a three-year-old startup with plans for a fleet of small in-orbit servicing spacecraft, announced more U.S. government funding Sept. 27 to develop core technologies. The post Rogue Space Systems gets...

he chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) during a hearing Sept. 28 grilled military officials over their role in the Biden administration's decision to keep U.S. Space Command's headqua...

A supernova that recently exploded in the Pinwheel Galaxy has revealed hitherto unknown information about the final days of the star that exploded.

Much like humans, galaxies are shaped by the environment in which they form. While no two are exactly alike, they can be divided into three main types: spiral, elliptical and irregular. Of these types, elliptical galaxie...

Astroscale says a mission to inspect an upper stage abandoned in low Earth orbit, as a precursor to removing it, is ready for launch, but a recent launch failure will keep it on the ground for the time being. The post As...

Though a doomed star exploded some 20,000 years ago, its tattered remnants continue racing into space at breakneck speeds--and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has caught the action.

Astronomers are working hard to understand biosignatures and how they indicate life’s presence on an exoplanet. But each planet we encounter is a unique puzzle. When it comes to planetary atmospheres, carbon is a big p...

NASA is forming a response team after an independent review board examined the agency's ongoing plans and objectives for its upcoming mission to retrieve samples from Mars.

A new study estimates that there could be 11,000 habitable planets within 100 parsecs of our Sun, the nearest being 20 parsecs away. The post If Earth is Average, We Should Find Extraterrestrial Life Within 60 Light-Year...

As commercial space flights increase, experts urge clear ethical guidelines on research involving passengers in the absence of existing ethical frameworks.

Early birds and dinosaurs grew feathers made of the same proteins as modern-day birds, according to a new series of experiments.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Is making progress on its rover for a joint mission with India to the south pole of the moon.

Like rivers feeding oceans, streams of gas nourish galaxies throughout the cosmos. But these streams, which make up a part of the so-called cosmic web, are very faint and hard to see. While astronomers have known about t...

Meteorites--fragments of rock that have fallen to Earth from space in spectacularly fiery meteors--have been the subject of public fascination, awe, myths and even religious worship for thousands of years.

NASA has switched its primary World Wide Web addresses to a beta version of the new NASA.gov and science.nasa.gov websites, continuing the long-term development and consolidation of its public web presence. The new sites...

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Navigate Space: Space Communications and Navigation Workbook Grades 8 – 12  NASA navigates throughout the solar system and beyond, revealing the mysteries of the universe. In this workbook, you'll use basic mathematic...

For Eleasa Kim, being part of NASA's Commercial Low-Earth Orbit Development Program, also known as CLDP, is the perfect combination of working with technology and helping people. As the payload project integrator for CLD...

By Jessica Barnett Hundreds filled Activities Building 4316 on Sept. 21 to offer their best wishes to former NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Director Jody Singer as she takes on her next big adventure: retirement. Mars...