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NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), launched in 2009, spent the next fourteen and half years studying the Universe in infrared wavelengths. During that time, it discovered thousands of minor planets, sta...

The company this week warned 550 employees of forthcoming job cuts at California space facilities The post Northrop Grumman continues to trim space workforce in California appeared first on SpaceNews.

Russia will launch its robotic Progress 89 cargo craft toward the International Space Station tonight (Aug. 14), and you can watch the action live.

AI space biotech company shares with Space.com how a new research project in space will help benefit cancer patients on Earth.

Background Fire is a natural occurrence in many ecosystems and can promote ecological health. However, wildfires are growing in scope and occurring more often than in the past. Among other causes this is due to human-cau...

Telesat expects to finalize government funds covering more than half the $3.5 billion budget for its planned low Earth orbit broadband constellation "in the next couple of weeks," CEO Dan Goldberg said Aug. 14. The post ...

Marshall Director Joseph Pelfrey Addresses Space and Missile Defense Symposium NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Director Joseph Pelfrey gives a keynote address during the 2024 Space and Missile Defense Symposium on Aug....

TIE-wing fighters and Ewok bounty hunters abound in Disney Plus's joyful mashup miniseries in this new trailer for "Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy."

Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams await a decision from NASA on whether they will fly home aboard Boeing's spacecraft or SpaceX's Crew Dragon.

By using new data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory as well as ESA's XMM-Newton, a team of researchers has made important headway in understanding how--and when--a supermassive blac...

SpaceX's Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president. Here's what it could mean for US space policy (op-ed)

Researchers learn that the key element of the Neolithic monument didn't hail from Wales, unlike similar components.

Many times, it’s better to flesh out technologies fully on Earth’s surface before they’re used in space. That is doubly true if that technology is part of the critical infrastructure keeping astronauts alive on the...

Machine learning could help scientists quickly sift through data about the Red Planet, and perhaps other aspects of our cosmos someday, too.

In preparation for NASA's Artemis II crewed mission, teams at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida practice getting out of the emergency escape, or egress, basket on Aug. 9, 2024. The baskets, similar to gondolas...

SpaceX has strongly refuted a media report claiming the company violated environmental regulations by releasing pollutants related to Starship launches in South Texas.

Primordial black holes formed during the earliest stages of the evolution of the universe. Their immense gravity may be playing havoc in stellar systems. They can transfer energy into wide binary systems, disrupting thei...

By using new data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory as well as ESA's XMM-Newton, a team of researchers have made important headway in understanding how -- and when -- a supermassive...

In recent years space has transformed from a realm of scientific exploration to a potential battleground and arena for strategic rivalry. Nations are increasingly viewing space capabilities as essential to […] The post...

July is in the books as yet another record-setting month of extreme heat and weather.

What is weather like on the moon? Studying the moon's extreme temperatures could help astronauts prepare for Mars.

The Goddard Magnetometer (GMAG) instrument, launched onboard NOAA's GOES-19 satellite on June 25, 2024, is now transmitting magnetic field measurements down to Earth.