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Gamma-ray bursts are the universe's most powerful explosions, generating more energy in seconds than the sun will in billions of years -- and scientists are slowly learning more about these eruptions.

The hypothetical ninth planet may be slingshotting Oort Cloud objects onto orbits that come closer to the sun than Neptune does.

NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is getting ready for the next big step in the evolution of its main campus in Huntsville, Alabama. Through a series of multi-year infrastructure projects, Marshall is optimizing its fo...

NASA picked a crew of four volunteers to undergo a simulation of life on Mars. The project will begin on May 10.

Few space images are as iconic as those of the Horsehead Nebula. Its shape makes it instantly recognizable. Over the decades, a number of telescopes have captured its image, turning it into a sort of test case for a tele...

WASHINGTON -- The Space Force is eyeing innovative in-orbit refueling technology, but a key question lingers: is it worth the cost, especially when the military is considering a shift towards […] The post Saltzman: Spa...

Einstein Probe, which is the new Chinese-European X-ray mission, has revealed its first widescreen views of the universe.

Earth planning date: Monday, April 29, 2024 On this two sol-planning day, the Curiosity science team logged in and found ourselves face to face with 'Pinnacle Ridge' (pictured above), part of the upper Gediz Vallis Ridge...

A new NASA video reflects on the successful Artemis 1 moon mission and looks ahead to next year's crewed effort, Artemis 2.

The molecular gas ejected by a dying star within the Southern Ring Nebula will one day be recycled into a new generation of stars and planets.

NASA is set to begin launch operations mid-May for the 2024 Sweden Long-Duration Scientific Balloon Campaign. Four stadium-sized, scientific balloons carrying science missions and technology demonstrations are scheduled ...

NASA engaged with fans, student robotics teams, and industry leaders at the 2024 FIRST Robotics World Championships held April 17-20, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. The exhibit highlighted the futur...

Check out this incredibly detailed image of the Running Chicken Nebula -- IC 2944 -- captured by astrophotographer Rod Prazeres.

We go about our daily lives sheltered under an invisible magnetic field generated deep inside Earth. It forms the magnetosphere, a region dominated by the magnetic field. Without that planetary protection shield, we’d ...

NASA's Johnson Space Center was recently involved in two major announcements with important implications for the future of space exploration and the aerospace industry. On Feb. 29, 2024, NASA announced that the American ...

The contract from the Space Development Agency is for the Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter (FOO Fighter) program The post Millennium Space lands $414 million contract to build missile-tracking satellites ...

A video outlining China's moon base plans depicts a wide number of concepts, including surface sample return operations, a lander and rover, and supporting orbital satellites.

Satellite operator SES has begun providing broadband communications with its first six Boeing-builtO3b mPower satellites. The post Boeing-built O3b mPOWER satellites begin service appeared first on SpaceNews.

When the first stars in the Universe formed, the only material available was primordial hydrogen and helium from the Big Bang. Astronomers call these original stars Population Three stars, and they were extremely massive...

China's Shenzhou-17 spacecraft returned to Earth Tuesday, carrying three astronauts who have completed a six-month mission aboard the country's orbiting space station.

The European Galileo navigation system has two more satellites in orbit following their launch in the early morning of Sunday, 28 April, at 01:34 BST/02:34 CEST. With 30 satellites now in orbit, Galileo is expanding its ...

NASA has awarded $3.9 million to 13 teams at under-resourced academic institutions across the country, to support collaborative projects with NASA that offer students mentorship and career development in science, technol...