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Rare but explosive solar eruptions may cause train signals to switch the wrong way, affecting train safety, a new study finds.

Marking its 1,000th Martian day on the Red Planet, NASA's Perseverance rover recently completed its exploration of the ancient river delta that holds evidence of a lake that filled Jezero Crater billions of years ago. Th...

We have been treated to some amazing aurora displays over recent months. The enigmatic lights are caused by charged particles from the Sun rushing across space and on arrival, causing the gas in the atmosphere to glow. N...

The asteroid and comet-hunting infrared space telescope has gathered an impressive haul of observations, but it's now at the mercy of the Sun, which is accelerating its demise. NASA's NEOWISE has had a busy decade. Since...

A team of SETI Institute scientists has unveiled new insights into a cosmic mystery known as Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs). The discovery and detailed observation of the repeating FRB 20220912A, made at the SETI Institute's r...

NASA currently is working with several commercial companies as part of the agency's VADR (Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare) launch services contract, providing new opportunities for science, and techn...

Ireland has joined the space club with the launch of Eirsat-1, a tiny brick-sized satellite with a big future.

As the U.S. Space Force turns four this month, a pair of retired military leaders outline the Space Forces critical need for resources to counter evolving threats and maintain the United State's security interests in an ...

Growing up, Bruce Askins was passionate about space and oceanography. His desire to explore other worlds always made him want to be an astronaut. Though he did not become an astronaut, Askins has built a 42-year career a...

After a brief interruption, NASA announced that the Hubble Space Telescope is back in business. Problems with one of its gyros put the Hubble into safe mode back on November 19th. Now, the issue has been dealt with, and ...

One month before SpaceX launches the Ax-3 astronaut mission toward the ISS, Axiom Space's president said he hopes similar missions will become less expensive in the future.

Crews at NASA's Stennis Space Center cleared a milestone Dec. 11, installing a key component in preparation for future Green Run testing of NASA's new Exploration Upper Stage (EUS) vehicle for use on the SLS (Space Launc...

Astrolabes serve two purposes. First, they are useful as an astronomical tool, especially for finding a ship's latitude. But second, they are works of art in themselves. Besides having to be precise, many are beautiful. ...

What are the Dead Sea Scrolls and when were they found? Learn what's in them and what makes the ongoing research surrounding these ancient treasures so significant.

It’s been another great year at NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley. Join us as we review some of the highlights of the science, engineering, and innovation from 2023. Announcing a New Innovation...

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed record-breaking free-floating "failed star" and two other brown dwarfs. The discovery could help scientists better determine where the line between a planet and a star is drawn...

The U.S. Space Force on Dec. 12 unveiled an overhaul of its command structure that consolidates two large organizations under a three-star general. The post Space Force reorganizes command structure to streamline operati...

On Aug. 8, 2023, Artemis II crew members (from left) Jeremy Hansen, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Christina Koch took a photo in front of their Orion crew module at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Announcing t...

Astronomy is all about light. Sensing the tiniest amounts of it, filtering it, splitting it into its component wavelengths, and making sense of it, especially from objects a great distance away. The James Webb Space Tele...

Some of the same properties of light and optics that make the sky blue and cause rainbows can also help scientists unlock mysteries about cloud formation and the effects of tiny particles in our air.

Star formation is happening all around us in the Universe. However, there is still plenty we don’t know about it, including, as a recent press release points out, something that every astronomy textbook points out – ...

Brown dwarfs are sometimes called failed stars, since they form like stars through gravitational collapse, but never gain enough mass to ignite nuclear fusion. The smallest brown dwarfs can overlap in mass with giant pla...