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An international team of astronomers has carried out what is believed to be the largest ever cosmological computer simulation, tracking not only dark but also ordinary matter (such as planets, stars and galaxies), giving...

The hellish super-Earth '55 Cancri e' may be constantly losing and re-growing its atmosphere, a new study of the planet's strange transit signals suggests.

Varda Space Industries plans to land future missions in Australia as soon as 2024, a report indicates. Varda's first mission with SpaceX is still awaiting approval for its planned landing in Utah.

Lockheed Martin to date has won orders for 88 satellites from the Space Development Agency The post Terran Orbital to build 36 satellite buses for Lockheed Martin appeared first on SpaceNews.

A new paper in the Geophysical Research Letters explains how the largest recorded seismic event on Mars provided evidence for a different sort of tectonic origin -- the release of stress within the Martian crust. The pos...

Scientists have confirmed that OSIRIS-REx brought home at least 70.3 grams of material from asteroid Bennu, surpassing its intended goal of 60 grams.

United Launch Alliance now plans to launch its first Vulcan Centaur rocket on Christmas Eve, carrying a commercial lunar lander. The post ULA sets Christmas Eve launch date for first Vulcan Centaur appeared first on Spac...

An international team of scientists used topographical data of the Moon's southern polar region to determine the optimal routes for Artemis and other astronauts to follow during EVAs. The post Lunar Astronauts Will Need ...

When astronauts return to the Moon, they will take more pictures of the lunar surface than any humans before. To develop the best camera for the job, European astronauts and scientists are lending a helping hand to NASA'...

SpaceX has signed a deal to loft up to four of Europe's Galileo navigation satellites over two launches in 2024, according to The Wall Street Journal.

the Pentagon's space policy office is crafting a strategy to harness emerging technologies for national security purposes. An area of particular focus is in-space logistics services such as satellite refueling. The post ...

To explore the mysterious ice-encrusted moon Europa, the mission will need to endure bombardment by radiation and high-energy particles surrounding Jupiter.

The near-Earth asteroid Kamo'oalewa was indeed ejected from the moon, a new study confirms, suggesting more lunar fragments dwell among near-Earth asteroids.

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals a galaxy overshadowed by its larger, merging companions.

A newly discovered fast radio burst (FRB) absolutely smashed the record for the most distant ever discovered. The burst was found in June 2022 at Australia's ASKAP radio telescope after it had spent 8 billion years cross...

Cataclysmic events happen in the universe all the time. Black hole mergers, supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, and a whole host of others. Most of them happen in distant galaxies, so they pose no threat to us. But there are a...

On Oct. 24, 1998, NASA launched the Deep Space 1 spacecraft. Managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, Deep Space 1 served as a testbed for 12 new technologies, including solar electric, also k...

NASA recently conducted a hot-fire test of a new experimental rocket nozzle in order to test 3D printing techniques and new materials for hardware designed to reach deep space.

To explore the mysterious ice-encrusted moon Europa, the mission will need to endure bombardment by radiation and high-energy particles surrounding Jupiter. When NASA's Europa Clipper begins orbiting Jupiter to investiga...

Dr. Alice Stephant, an astrophysicist, is helping to solve a longstanding mystery about water on Earth: where it came from.

After a journey of seven years and nearly 4 billion miles, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft landed gently in the Utah desert on the morning of Sept. 24, 2023, with a precious payload. The spacecraft brought back a sample fro...

FAIRMONT - The NASA Independent Verification & Validation Program's Orion Team received an award for their contributions to the Artemis I Mission during a ceremony hosted at the I-79 Technology Park, in Fairmont. The God...