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Hubble has mapped the outflow "burps" of a nearby feeding supermassive black hole-powered quasar for the first time, measuring speeds of 6.5 million mph, around 8,500 times the speed of sound.

In early May, widespread flooding and landslides occurred in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, leaving thousands of people without food, water, or electricity. In the following days, NASA teams provided data and ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson welcomed Armenia as the newest nation to sign the Artemis Accords Wednesday during a ceremony with the U.S. State Department at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Armenia joins 42 other count...

NASA in the Park is coming back to Big Spring Park East in Huntsville, Alabama, on Saturday, June 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. CDT. The event is free and open to the public. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, its partner...

NASA has postponed a scheduled EVA today (June 13), as the two astronauts slated for the spacewalk were already putting on their suits.

NSTGRO Homepage Claire LesslerUniversity of ChicagoPrecision Spectroscopic Calibration and Next-Generation Millimeter-Wave Spectrometers Miron LiuUniversity of MichiganDevelopment of a Magnetically Shielded Hall Thruster...

Managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory through launch, Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument also revealed jets of gas flowing into space from the twin stars. Scientists recently got a big surprise from NASA's James Webb S...

NASA's Terra satellite captured floating fragments of sea ice as ocean currents carried them south along Greenland's east coast on June 4, 2024. This ice traveled from the Fram Strait, a 450-kilometer (280-mile)-wide pas...

This article tells the story of one small American flag fortunate enough to be singled out from a group of one thousand flags just like it and embark on an incredible journey. The other 999 flags likely ended up as gifts...

Scientists have revealed key properties of radioactive promethium, a rare earth element with poorly understood applications, using a groundbreaking new method.

The committee cut $900 million from the Space Force's proposed $29.6 billion budget The post House Appropriations Committee pares back Space Force budget request appeared first on SpaceNews.

The small footprint and dim light of white dwarfs, remnants of stars that have burned through their fuel, may make excellent backdrops for studying planets with enough water to harbor life.

A spacewalk scheduled for two astronauts outside the International Space Station was canceled by NASA about an hour before it was to begin Thursday morning.

In this, the first episode of the SpaceNews Leading Women in Space series, correspondent Debra Werner speaks with Candace Givens, Sector VP Mission Assurance, Northrop Grumman. The post Candace Givens, Northrop Grumman �...

NASA's NuSTAR telescope found evidence of cosmic fireworks and X-ray echoes coming from the Milky Way's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*.

There have been nearly a dozen billion-dollar disasters so far this year, with two powerful severe weather events adding to the list in May.

The first astronauts to fly Boeing's new Starliner vehicle have spoken of the spacecraft in glowing terms.

New Curtin University research could change how space missions are conducted and lead to improvements in industries as diverse as environmental management, agriculture, disaster management and infrastructure inspection.

NASA is testing how infrared light can transfer far more information than radio frequency communications.

Originally thought of as little more than a route clear of rover-slowing boulders, Neretva Vallis has provided a bounty of geologic options for the science team.

Virgin Galactic has approved a reverse stock split intended to boost the company's stock price and avoid delisting. The post Virgin Galactic announces reverse stock split to boost share price appeared first on SpaceNews.

NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope has imaged Westerlund 1, the largest and closest super star cluster to Earth, in stunning detail.