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Students from Syracuse City School District and Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York, will have an opportunity this week to hear from alumna and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps aboard the International Space Station. The ...

A detailed analysis of the Winchcombe meteorite has found evidence that its parent asteroid was altered by water before being smashed apart multiple times.

As NASA focuses on exploring the Moon, Mars, and the solar system for the benefit of humanity, the agency's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) is shifting how it prioritizes technology development. As part of th...

The first year of Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) data seems to show that dark energy is weakening over time, possibly the biggest cosmological discovery for 25 years.

5N Plus is a global producer of specialty semiconductors and performance materials based in Montreal, Canada The post DoD awards $14 million to 5N Plus to boost production of critical solar cell components for satellites...

After investigating the high-standing bedrock at the Bunsen Peak workspace deep within the Margin Unit, the unique nature and composition of this rock was deemed worthy for collection of Perseverance's 24th rock core sam...

NASA has confirmed its Dragonfly rotorcraft mission to Saturn's organic-rich moon Titan. The decision allows the mission to progress to completion of final design, followed by the construction and testing of the entire s...

BioNutrients-3 Kefir Growth Experiment Completed During Analog Astronaut Mission From March 4 to 9 at the Hawaiian Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) located on Mauna Loa volcano on the Big Island, NASA Am...

NASA will host two media opportunities on Thursday, April 25, in preparation for the agency's Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station. The mission is targeting launch at 10:34 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 6...

Did you know the Sun has moss? Due to its resemblance to the earthly plants, scientists have named a small-scale, bright, patchy structure made of plasma in the solar atmosphere "moss." This moss, which was first identif...

In this image from Feb. 12, 2024, engineers lift a mast into place on NASA's VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) robotic moon rover. VIPER's mast and the suite of instruments affixed to it look a lot ...

The unexplained mass of a remarkably massive galaxy suggests that dark matter interacts with itself, according to new observations by the James Webb Space Telescope.

The mathematics of warp drives is fiendishly difficult. Now a specialist software package is set to change the way physicists model Star Trek-like travel.

The Milky Way is ancient and massive, a collection of hundreds of billions of stars, some dating back to the Universe’s early days. During its long life, it’s grown to these epic proportions through mergers with othe...

What was it like seeing the 2024 total solar eclipse? Our staff writer Elizabeth Gamillo shares her solar eclipse experience from Indiana.

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft moved between buildings at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to get ready for launch. Its first astronaut mission is expected on May 6.

Satellite industry veteran Mark Rigolle is taking the helm of ABS after Amit Somani's sudden departure early this year in the latest shake-up for the Dubai-based regional satellite operator, the company announced April 1...

Whether life exists anywhere besides Earth is a burning question that, at long last, may soon be answered.

The development of space and airborne sensors to track moving targets on the ground, and a new GPS satellite design would be accelerated under the initiative approved by Congress The post Air Force selects space programs...

In this image from Feb. 12, 2024, engineers lift a mast into place on NASA's VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) robotic Moon rover. VIPER's mast and the suite of instruments affixed to it look a lot ...

A preview of the "Star Trek: Lower Decks" Season 4 Blu-ray and DVD, which was released today (April 16).

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, will build a moonquake detector for astronauts to deploy on the Moon in 2026 during the Artemis III mission, which will return astronauts to the lunar surface fo...