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The mysterious radio signal from space has consistently eluded explanation, until now.

SpaceX can resume flying its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration announced this evening (Aug. 30), two days after a landing failure grounded the vehicle.

The twin ESCAPADE satellites have arrived in Florida for the highly anticipated inaugural flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn megarocket in October.

SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets in just over an hour early Saturday (Aug. 31) and nailed back-to-back booster landings just days after a recent failure.

The Standard Model describes how the Universe has evolved at large scale. There are six numbers that define the model and a team of researchers have used them to build simulations of the Universe. The results of these si...

By studying data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe and the ESA Solar Orbiter, an international team of astrophysicists has found that Alfvén waves drive the acceleration and heating of the solar wind.

Most of the matter in the universe is missing. Scientists believe around 85% of the matter in the cosmos is made of invisible dark matter, which has only been detected indirectly by its gravitational effects on its surro...

On Episode 126 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Rosalba Perna about errant planets.

SpaceX resumed launches of its Falcon 9 rocket early Aug. 31 after the Federal Aviation Administration ended a brief grounding of the vehicle. The post SpaceX resumes Falcon 9 launches after brief FAA grounding appeared ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) keeps finding supermassive black holes (SMBH) in the early Universe. They’re in active galactic nuclei seen only 500,000 years after the Big Bang. This was long before astronomers ...

An explanation of the android characters of Ash and Rook in the "Alien" film universe.

NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System successfully spread its "wings" in space.

US regulators on Friday cleared SpaceX to restart launching its stalwart Falcon 9 rocket, as a probe continues into a rare mishap this week during a first-stage booster landing.

The new contract nearly doubles General Dynamics' agreement for satellite ground systems to nearly $900 million through 2029 The post General Dynamics secures $491 million contract extension from Space Development Agency...

Launch vehicle developer ABL Space Systems has laid off a significant portion of its workforce, citing the need to reduce costs after the loss of a rocket in a static-fire test. The post ABL Space Systems lays off staff ...

Real estate investor Hines plans to start building a large industrial complex on Florida's Space Coast this year to help ease strained infrastructure at the world's busiest launch hub. The post Real estate investor moves...

Slower moving particles blasted out by the DART impact on the asteroid Dimorphos could create meteor showers on Mars -- but it's unlikely they'll cause meteor showers over Earth.