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Northrop Grumman's robotic Cygnus freighter is scheduled to reach the International Space Station early Tuesday morning (Aug. 6), and you can watch the rendezvous live.

The next team of astronauts has been announced for Axiom Space's next commercial human spaceflight mission to the ISS.

Orbital transfer vehicle developer Impulse Space will offer rideshare services for spacecraft going to geostationary orbit using its Helios tug, along with an upgraded version of its Mira vehicle. The post Impulse Space ...

Since NASA began sending astronauts to space, the agency has relied on emergency systems for personnel to safely leave the launch pad and escape the hazard in the unlikely event of an emergency during the launch countdow...

Safran Electronics & Defense will establish a new production line for satellite electric propulsion systems in the United States to serve commercial and U.S. government customers. The post Safran to open electric thruste...

V889 Herculis is an oddball unlike any other star we've ever seen. The nearby sun-like star rotates in a strange way that defies prediction.

SpaceX's Crew-9 astronaut launch to the ISS has been delayed five weeks to Sept. 24, to allow more time to work out issues with Boeing's Starliner capsule.

Ancestors to Homo floresiensis lived on the Indonesian island of Flores 650,000 years before their famous relatives.

Eta Carinae may be about to explode. But no one knows when – it may be next year, it may be one million years from now. Eta Carinae’s mass – about 100 times greater than our Sun – makes it an excellent candidate ...

Planets orbiting red dwarf stars may have a harder time hanging on to the conditions needed for life to arise and survive than previously thought, data from NASA's dead space telescope GALEX reveals.

The Unistellar Odyssey and Odyssey Pro smart telescopes are the smallest and lightest reflector telescopes the company has to offer.

Here are the ways "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" might tap into the history of the space race and NASA's famed Apollo program.

Warming global climate is changing the vegetation structure of forests in the far north. It's a trend that will continue at least through the end of this century, according to NASA researchers. The change in forest struc...

Cutting-edge telescopes, gravitational waves, black holes and our solar system's central star, the sun, are just a few of the topics that will be on the table in Cape Town, South Africa, for an event that's a scientific ...

BAE Systems will support the Insight program run by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory The post BAE wins $48 million U.S. Air Force contract for data analytics platform appeared first on SpaceNews.

In the 2025 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, the theme is AgAir: Aviation Solutions for Agriculture. NASA asks collegiate teams to investigate either new or improved aviation capabilities that could assist the agricul...

The Terminator franchise is about to expand in a big and refreshing way with Terminator Zero, its first-ever anime series, coming to Netflix this summer.

That 'Old Faithful' of meteor showers the Perseids peaks early next week. The post 2024 Perseids Light Up the August Sky appeared first on Universe Today.

Once a month (usually on the first Tuesday), the Heliophysics Education Community meets online to share knowledge and opportunities. During the Heliophysics Big Year (HBY) - a global celebration of the Sun's influence on...

Since NASA began sending astronauts to space, the agency has relied on emergency systems for personnel to safely leave the launch pad and escape the hazard in the unlikely event of an emergency during the launch countdow...

Using a high-resolution imaging system in Sweden, Japanese researchers are getting a view of the aurora like never before.

Bindu Rani had childhood dreams of flight. Today she lifts her gaze even higher, helping researchers study stars, planets beyond our solar system, and black holes billions of times more massive than our Sun. Name: Bindu ...