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Apex's inaugural mission in March carried Anduril's edge data processing payload The post Apex to provide satellite buses for Anduril’s defense-oriented space missions appeared first on SpaceNews.

The Defense Innovation Unit issued a solicitation for proposals on electrospray thrusters The post DoD seeks innovations in small-satellite propulsion appeared first on SpaceNews.

Oct. 1, 2024 Three-time Spacewalker Josh Cassada to Retire from NASA NASA astronaut Josh Cassada retired Oct. 1, after 11 years of service to the agency across multiple programs, including 157 days in space and three spa...

New research reveals that dust carried by the wind from southern Africa towards Madagascar triggered the largest phytoplankton bloom in two decades - and, unusually, this occurred at a time of year when such blooms are r...

Astronomers have discovered a low-mass "sub-Earth" planet orbiting the closest solo star to the solar system, Barnard's star, that has a year lasting just three Earth days.

The Milky Way's system of small, orbiting satellite galaxies is quite unusual, a new 12-year study of other galaxies in the local universe has found.

China has revealed the design of its moonwalking spacesuit, which the nation hopes to start putting to use on the lunar surface by 2030.

NASA has selected Intuitive Machines of Houston and Aalyria Technologies Inc. of Livermore, California, to perform capability studies with the goal of advancing space communications and exploration technologies. These st...

Measuring the Hubble constant, the rate at which the universe is expanding, is an active area of research among astronomers around the world who analyze data from both ground- and space- based observatories. NASA's James...

To shape NASA's path of exploration forward, Dr. Gioia Rau unravels stars and worlds beyond our solar system. Name: Dr. Gioia RauTitle: AstrophysicistOrganization: Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory, Astrophy...

EchoStar plans to aggressively expand its satellite and terrestrial mobile broadband services after shedding debt and its video distribution business. The post EchoStar plots direct-to-device satellite push after sheddin...

Report: The U.S. continues to excel in radar imaging but must keep pace with China's rapid advances in electro-optical imaging The post U.S. faces stiff competition from China in satellite remote sensing appeared first o...

The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros is captured in all its glory, revealing the sites of star formation and the feedback effects of stars that have already coalesced out of the nebula's molecular gases.

Impulse Space has raised $150 million to advance develop of two lines of high-energy orbital transfer vehicles focused on "disrupting space transportation." The post Impulse Space raises $150 million appeared first on Sp...

Researchers are still unsure how genes create shared facial features. Genetics play a significant role, but environmental factors matter too.

The "ring of fire" duration depends on where you are watching it from.

NASA's Webb Space Telescope has identified new clues about the surface of Pluto's largest moon.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide at the surface of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, potentially shedding light on its origins.

NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Jeanette Epps and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin are returning to Earth after months aboard the International Space Station conducting scientific experiment...

Some of Uranus' moons show signs of having subsurface liquid oceans where life might be possible. A mission to the Uranian moon system could help planetary scientists learn more about the habitability of these worlds.

From Aug. 19-20, ESA's (European Space Agency's) Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission made history with a daring lunar-Earth flyby and double gravity assist maneuver, a spaceflight first. As the spacecraft zipped p...

Building 30 at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, is hallowed ground to people who are part of the civil space industry. At approximately 3:18 p.m. on July 20, […] The post Ground Game: Raytheon's Mission Ope...