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Solar Cycle 25 remains in its maximum phase, and more powerful sun storms are likely to come over the next few months, experts say.

NASA research pilots are experts on how to achieve the right flight-test conditions for experiments and the tools needed for successful missions. It is that expertise that enables pilots to help researchers learn how an ...

A salute is widely recognized as a display of respect, but did you know it also means 'hello' in American Sign Language? It is one of the signs that Jesse Bazley, International Space Station/Commercial Low Earth Orbit De...

After 50 years of Landsat, discovery of new commercial and scientific uses is only accelerating

NASA announced Wednesday a new strategy review team will assess potential architecture adjustments for the agency's Mars Sample Return Program, which aims to bring back scientifically selected samples from Mars, and is a...

The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) has been shrouded in mystery since its maiden flight in 2011. Designed by Boeing and operated by the U.S. Space Force (USSF), this remotely operated, reusable space plane is designed ...

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided a dramatic and colorful close-up look at one of the most rambunctious stars in our galaxy, weaving a huge spiral pattern among the stars. Hubble's images capture its detai...

The restructuring aims to correct imbalances and restore financial stability to Airbus' defense and space division The post Airbus to cut up to 2,500 jobs amid space segment losses appeared first on SpaceNews.

Lee esta historia en Español aquí. Born and raised in Peru, Daniel Velasquez moved to the United States when he was 10 years old. While that decision was a big transition for his family, it also created many opportunit...

NASA is still unsure when it will next put astronauts on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, which experienced issues during its first crewed test flight this summer.

Liftoff! NASA's Europa Clipper Sails Toward Ocean Moon of Jupiter NASA's Europa Clipper has embarked on its long voyage to Jupiter, where it will investigate Europa, a moon with an enormous subsurface ocean that may have...

Astronomers observed that the two massive, gassy heavenly bodies orbit each other.

NASA and China will need to discuss exchanges of data and mission plans as the two sides move to build sustainable presences on the moon, according to NASA chief Bill Nelson.

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign developed an instrument to measure the density of the dust that kicks up when spacecraft thrusters interact with planetary surfaces as it lands. Because cameras ...

On Sept. 30, NASA's Perseverance rover turned its eyes toward the sky and photographed a solar eclipse from Mars, capturing the tiny moon Phobos as it transited the sun.

NASA's Curiosity rover has new insights into how Mars might have changed from a potentially habitable, water-rich planet to an absolutely uninhabitable desert.

NASA is announcing the relaunch of the NASA Acquisition Innovation Launchpad (NAIL), a framework to drive innovation and modernize acquisition processes across the agency, after piloting the program for a year. NASA spen...

NASA's $5.2 billion Europa Clipper mission to study Jupiter's fourth-largest moon--Europa--and assess its potential for harboring life will see the spacecraft travel through the most powerful radiation belt in the solar ...

Among its other notable achievements and puzzles, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found a larger number of bright galaxies in the distant universe than was expected. While scientists are still debating the exce...

EIRSAT-1, the student-built satellite from University College Dublin (UCD) that was launched into space last December, detected two separate gamma-ray bursts on 21 August. One of the gamma-ray bursts has been confirmed b...

Andor was a surprise Star Wars hit in 2022 and it's returning in the near future for a second season. Here's everything we know.

The first and most famous "failed star" discovered by humanity isn't one brown dwarf, but two! The duo comprising Gliese 229B are so tightly bound they orbit each other in 12 days.