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Virgin Galactic completed its sixth and final suborbital spaceflight of the year Nov. 2, flying two researchers and a private astronaut. The post Virgin Galactic carries researchers on fifth commercial suborbital flight ...

The Space Development Agency awarded SpaceRake, a Cambridge, Massachusetts startup, $1.8 million to develop miniature laser communications terminals. The post SpaceRake wins $1.8 million in SDA funding for optical commun...

Jessica Gagan, Miss England 2023, toured Boeing facilities at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and flew their Starliner simulator. The aerospace engineer is promoting STEM education during her U.S. tour.

The U.S. Space Force has officially taken over from the Army the operation of ground stations that receive data from infrared sensor satellites. The post Space Force takes over missile-warning ground stations previously ...

A new paper recommends that future SETI experiments rely on simultaneous observations to eliminate background interference. The post SETI Works Best When Telescopes Double-Check Each Other appeared first on Universe Toda...

Media accreditation is open for the first United States commercial robotic flight to the Moon's surface as part of NASA's CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis program. Carrying NASA and commerc...

A sizable crowd turned out to see a small rock as the Smithsonian debuted the first display of a piece of the asteroid Bennu from the sample recently brought back by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.

Alaskans and visitors may be able to see an artificial airglow in the sky created by the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program during a four-day research campaign that starts Saturday.

Researchers at Brandeis University in Massachusetts are developing wearable devices which vibrate to help astronauts fight against getting lost in space.

NASA's Kepler Space Telescope spotted a seven exoplanet system with worlds being battered by radiation from their parent sun-like star just before its retirement in 2018.

Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen marked his birthday on the International Space Station Nov. 2 by flying his country's flag and enjoying sunny weather.

A striking new image shows bright orange auroras dancing in the night sky above Canada. But auroras should never be this color, so what's going on?

Earth’s early history is marked by massive collisions with other objects, including planetesimals. One of the defining events in our planet’s history, the formation of the Moon, likely resulted from one of these cata...

NASA's Lucy mission hits the jackpot on its very first asteroid flyby this week. The post Lucy Completes its First Flyby… and Discovers a Bonus Asteroid appeared first on Universe Today.

On April 8, a total solar eclipse will be visible across North America. We take a look at where the weather is looking most promising and how El Niño may impact the chances of clear skies.

This newly released image from the NASA Hubble Space Telescope shows the planet Jupiter in a color composite of ultraviolet wavelengths. Released in honor of Jupiter reaching opposition, which occurs when the planet an...

El público tendrá un asiento de primera fila y en directo para ver cómo el primer rover lunar robótico de la NASA cobra forma en la sala limpia de la Instalación de Pruebas de Integración de Segmentos de Superficie...

The public now has a live, front row seat to see NASA’s first robotic Moon rover take shape in the Surface Segment Integration and Testing Facility clean room at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Members of...

The Hubble Space Telescope recently snapped an ultraviolet image of the gas giant Jupiter, offering a stunning false-color look at the planet's turbulent atmosphere.

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) and NASA's Science Activation Program, Native Earth | Native Sky at Oklahoma State University (OSU) have partnered with Boeing to send about 500 grams of heirloom seeds from the Choctaw N...

Crew time is a valuable resource on the International Space Station and its value only increases for future space missions. One way to make the most of crew time is using robotic technology either to assist crew members ...

Never before has a telescope been able to create such razor-sharp astronomical images across such a large patch of the sky.