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Galaxy Cruise, a citizen science project led by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), has been sailing the cosmic ocean with citizen astronomers to uncover the secrets of galaxies since 2019.

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NASA's Mars-exploring Perseverance rover is heading to a junction called Jurabi Point, where it may get another crack at drilling a Martian boulder.

NASA and Russian officials are investigating a new leak aboard the International Space Station. The Russian Nauka science module sprung a leak in a 13-year-old backup radiator.

Two conflicting methods to measure the expansion rate of the universe give different results, but researchers could resolve the disparity by watching merging neutron stars explode.

A NASA astronaut in a mockup spacesuit explored a moon-like landscape during a training exercise recently. She's getting ready for the agency's first lunar landing in 50 years.

Sulfur in soils near the moon's poles might help astronauts live off the land one day, making these measurements an example of science that enables exploration.

Propulsion problems on four satellites using the same kind of power modules are expected to result in at least $50 million in claims for insurers already facing more than $800 million in losses this year following two ma...

A network of eight satellites in low-Earth orbit can gather unique measurements about space weather to help with space debris.

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team is exploring ways to support community efforts that will prepare for the deluge of data the mission will return. Recently selected infrastructure teams will serve a vital rol...

"After a dozen years designing and developing Euclid, it is exhilarating and very moving to see these first images. But you can't just release them to the public; it takes time to get scientific validation. We expect the...

New data from the Gaia space telescope are being called a cosmic "goldmine," including never-seen-before stars, 380 gravity-lensed quasars, and the orbits of over 150,000 asteroids.

BOULDER, Colo. -- NASA says it’s going to play a bigger role in studying what’s behind unidentified anomalous phenomena, the newfangled name for what we used to call UFOs. But exactly how should NASA step into that r...

Iran plans to hold talks with Russia over assistance to build a new Khayyam remote-sensing satellite.

The latest discovery of a Miyake-level solar storm only emphasizes that the disasters have struck with some regularity throughout history and likely will again.

Nature makes few duplicates, and planets are as distinct from one another as snowflakes are. But planets all start out in the same circumstances: the whirling disks of material surrounding young stars. ALMA’s made grea...

An atomic navigation sensor, funded by the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit, was delivered in August and is waiting for a ride to space. The post DoD-funded space project advances non-GPS navigation appeared first on S...

The James Webb Space Telescope scrutinized four powerful flares from the red dwarf star at the heart of the TRAPPIST-1 system, decrypting them in a way that could help the search for alien life.

Don't miss the final solar eclipse of the year: a striking 'ring of fire' annular solar eclipse. The post Ring of Fire: Catching This Weekend’s ‘Great North American Annular Solar Eclipse’ appeared first on Univers...

China added a secretive trio of new satellites to its clusters of Yaogan orbital reconnaissance spacecraft on Oct. 6.

Astronauts need to eat, and they need to breathe. That means, for long-duration missions, they are going to need to bring plants with them. But not all plants are created equal, and not all can survive the harsh conditio...