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Being trapped in space sounds like the stuff of nightmares. Astronauts on board the International Space Station have on occasion, had their return delayed by weather or equipment malfunction. We find ourselves again, wat...

The sudden ascendance of Vice President Kamala Harris as the presumptive Democratic nominee for president will likely have at least a modest impact on space policy, including a potential choice of her running mate. The p...

SpaceX will launch 23 more of its Starlink satellites to orbit early Friday (Aug. 2), continuing the company's bounceback from a July 11 failure.

LAS VEGAS - The Space Development Agency is preparing to award contracts to companies focused on satellite servicing. Through the contracts, SDA, which is part of the U.S. Space Force, […] The post SDA is set to award ...

As part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission, four crew members are preparing to launch for a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Commander Anne McClain and Pilot Nichole Ayers, JAXA (J...

Panspermia is an innately attractive idea that’s gained prominence in recent decades. Yet, among working scientists, it gets little attention. There are good reasons for their relative indifference, but certain events ...

Don't know your Claptrap from your Handsome Jack? Here's everything you need to know about the Borderlands video games before seeing the movie.

Particle accelerators like the Large Hadron Collider have failed to turn up potential dark matter candidates, but could galaxy cluster smashes be used as cosmic dark matter colliders?

Meet Fasolasuchus, a colossal Triassic predator that ruled before dinosaurs. Paleontologists uncover details about its fascinating lineage and unique evolutionary traits.

LAS VEGAS - Space domain awareness remains a priority for Japan's Space Operations Group, Col. Yuka Nakazato, Japanese Embassy air and space attaché, said July 31 at the AIAA ASCEND […] The post Japan’s expanding ro...

NASA's Roman Space Telescope will look all the way back to cosmic dawn 400 million years after the Big Bang to discover how the universe fundamentally changed at this crucial point in its history.

In this episode of the SpaceNews Leading Women in Space series, correspondent Debra Werner speaks with Claire Leon, Director (HQE) Space Systems Integration Office, Space Systems Command, Space Systems Command, U.S. Spac...

Landsat 9's Operational Land Imager-2 captured this image of the open pits and ponds of Telfer Mine and the surrounding rust-colored soil on Dec. 15, 2023. The soils have a reddish tint from the iron oxides that have acc...

Astronomers have recently found hundreds of "polluted" white dwarf stars in our home galaxy, the Milky Way. These are white dwarfs caught actively consuming planets in their orbit. They are a valuable resource for studyi...

It sounds like science fiction, but many scientists believe editing the human genome is key to our advancement across the solar system.

Bigger antennas are better, at least according to researchers interested in geospatial monitoring. That's because higher resolution in monitoring applications requires larger apertures. So imagine the excitement in the r...

Astronomers have discovered that Saturn has thrown a newly found comet on its way out of the solar system. Comet A117uUD is expected to go interstellar at 6,700 mph.

The most widely recognized explanation for planet formation is the accretion theory. It states that small particles in a protoplanetary disk accumulate gravitationally and, over time, form larger and larger bodies called...

An international team of astronomers and astrophysicists studying data and imagery received from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found that light emitted from one of the earliest galaxies identified thus far, i...

The stars aren't fixed and unchanging, unlike what many ancient people thought. Once in a while, a star appears where there wasn't one before, and then it fades away in a matter of days or weeks.

The widespread commercial adoption of additive manufacturing technologies, commonly known as 3D printing, is no surprise to design engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama whose research cr...

Ursa Major develops rocket engines for space launch, hypersonic applications, and solid rocket motors The post Ursa Major names former Maxar CEO as its new chief executive appeared first on SpaceNews.