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The Arecibo Observatory collapsed in 2020, and a new report suggests a zinc decay was to blame for its death.

Astronauts on the International Space Station generate their share of garbage, filling up cargo ships that then deorbit and burn up in the atmosphere. Now Sierra Space has won a contract to build a trash compactor for th...

The speed of light gives astronomers a special trick when examining the tangled-up gravitational well around a black hole. Researchers have proposed that they can measure the spin of a black hole because of the bizarre p...

The three NASA astronauts who returned to Earth on the Crew-8 mission declined to discuss the medical issue that prompted a trip to the hospital after their return and, for one of them, an overnight stay. The post Crew-8...

On Episode 136 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with journalist and author Eric Berger about the rise of SpaceX and Elon Musk's future in US politics and the market.

A new battery plant under construction in South Carolina will supply BMW factories.

Fast radio bursts -- powerful and poorly understood cosmic eruptions -- tend to occur in massive galaxies that host long-dead stars known as magnetars, a new study suggests.

China has opened up the first round of applications for researchers who wish to use some of the Chang'e 6 lunar far side samples for research.

Gilmour Space has received Australia's first orbital launch license for the test flight of its Eris rocket

Earth planning date: Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 Sols 4357-4358: Turning West If you've ever driven down a road that's in need of repaving, you'll know that it can be an uncomfortable experience. The same is true on Mars: ev...

TIME Recognizes the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System In October, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System a project managed at NASA Ames, was recognized by TIME Magazine as a "Top Invention of 2024"! TIME Magazine al...

NASA is not yet providing details about what caused a SpaceX Crew-8 astronaut to be hospitalized late last month, citing medical privacy concerns.

Logos Space has early financial commitments needed to deploy 1,000 satellites for global broadband coverage, according to the former Google executive behind the one-year-old megaconstellation startup. The post Ex-Google ...