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The rocket body that slammed into the moon in March 2022 was part of the Long March 3C that launched China's Chang'e 5-T1 mission in 2014, a new study finds.

A dramatic discovery of a new dinosaur in China shows how early dinosaurs in the Jurassic Period reproduced. Researchers uncover how bird eggs evolved, too.

The National Space Council has released a draft bill that would split the regulation of novel space activities between two departments: Transportation and Commerce.

NASA has selected three university-led teams for the first round of a new technical challenge pursuing innovative aviation maintenance practices. These university teams will receive funding from NASA for a two-year resea...

The new Galileo satellite model from Thales Alenia Space underwent mechanical and signal performance testing this summer at ESA's ESTEC Test Centre. Structural models resisted launch-like noise and vibrations while an el...

China launched the first of a new series of Haiyang ocean observation satellites late Wednesday. The post China launches new-gen Haiyang ocean monitoring satellite appeared first on SpaceNews.

The chief executive of European space company OHB says taking the company private is necessary in a time when small companies, specifically space companies, are undervalued in public markets. The post OHB, feeling underv...

Our Solar System’s ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, have been largely left out of the planetary probe game. While all of the other planets--including even the demoted Pluto--have been the subjects of dedicated missions,...

The magnolia wood LignoSat is an attempt to make space junk biodegradable. NASA and Japan's space agency (JAXA) could launch it as soon as 2024.

SpaceX delayed its second test flight of a Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster to no earlier than Saturday (Nov. 18), to replace a rocket part.

One of the most famous of the annual meteor showers will soon be reaching its maximum: The Leonids. These ultrafast meteors are due to reach their peak on Saturday morning (Nov. 18).

The rocky exoplanet LTT 1445Ac, located about 22.5 light years away, has been observed transiting its star by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanically active world in the solar system, may possess a global ocean of magma underneath its surface, as well as mysteriously warm poles, a new study finds.

Everyone knows that the James Webb Space Telescope is a ground-breaking infrared space telescope that’s helping us better understand the cosmos. The JWST’s discerning infrared eyes are deepening our understanding of ...

In this photo, NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), carrying the Orion spacecraft, lifts off the pad at Launch Complex 39B at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:47 a.m. EST on Nov. 16, 2022. Set on a path to ...

SpaceX has a two-hour window to launch the Starship SN25 spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket on Nov. 17, starting at 8 a.m. EST (1300 GMT).

Missing neon in a planet-forming disk of gas and dust indicates a change in radiation that's slowly eroding the disk.

Artemis 1 launched on Nov. 16, 2022. One year later, NASA is readying the follow-up Artemis 2 mission to send four astronauts around the moon.

In the very early universe, physics was weird. A process known as “inflation,” where best we understand the universe went from a single infinitesimal point to everything we see today, was one such instance of that we...

What does the rise of artificial intelligence mean for the workers of tomorrow? What could it mean for NASA? Leaders from government, academia, and commercial industries gathered earlier this fall to learn, discuss, and ...

The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 and Backyard Worlds: Cool Neighbors projects invite members of the public to search images from NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission to find new objects among the neares...

The app tells you everything you need to know about where and when to see the upcoming April total solar eclipse.