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SAN FRANCISCO — Spectrum Advanced Manufacturing Technologies announced an agreement Nov. 26 to manufacture satellites and components for D-Orbit USA. D-Orbit USA, formed by Italian space logistics company D-Orbit, sele...

SpaceX plans to launch yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from NASA's Kennedy Space Center early Tuesday morning (Nov. 26).

The company won a $5.3 million contract with options for four additional years, bringing the potential total value to $13.3 million The post Slingshot selected to design user experience for U.S. space traffic system appe...

On November 18th, 2022, shortly before midnight, the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) in Arizona and other observatories worldwide detected a small object (now designated 2022 WJ1) heading toward Earth. For the next three hours...

A paper published in Gravitational and Space Research unveils insights gained from International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory-sponsored research on transport phenomena, fundamental physical processes involving...

In 1936 astronomers watched as FU Orionis, a dim star in the Orion constellation, brightened dramatically. The star’s brightness increased by a factor of 100 in a matter of months. When it peaked, it was 100 times more...

NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory of Laurel, Maryland, to build the Suprathermal Ion Sensors for the Lagrang...

We revisit the Star Wars RPG sequel that subverted the expectations of fans and gained a cult following, despite a troubled development.

Getting a mission to the point of officially being accepted for launch is an ordeal. However, even when they aren't selected for implementation, their ideas, and in some cases, their technologies, can live on in other mi...

A study that sheds new light on how pulsar signals--the spinning remnants of massive stars--distort as they travel through space, published in The Astrophysical Journal, was led by Dr. Sofia Sheikh, SETI Institute resear...

A Neptune-sized planet, TOI-3261 b, makes a scorchingly close orbit around its host star. Only the fourth object of its kind ever found, the planet could reveal clues as to how planets such as these form.

Employees at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and NASA astronaut Victor Glover (right) happily snap a photo of themselves during a visit on Nov. 8, 2024. The employees are part of the agency's Exploration Ground Sy...

By Lauren Perkins When you think of NASA, disasters such as hurricanes may not be the first thing to come to mind, but several NASA programs are building tools and advancing science to help communities make more informed...

While NASA's NEOWISE telescope ended its journey through space on Nov. 1, 2024, the team at IPAC, a science center at Caltech, was working on one further gift from the prolific mission.

An engine hot fire test for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's new Epsilon S rocket ended prematurely when the engine caught fire and exploded.

In the Age of Dinosaurs, survival often came down to endurance rather than speed. Find out who the fastest dinosaurs would have been.

Cargo is finally being unloaded from a docked Russian Progress spacecraft at the ISS. A delay occurred after astronauts reported an unexpected smell on Nov. 23.

By Grace Jacobs Corban The Discovery A Neptune-sized planet, TOI-3261 b, makes a scorchingly close orbit around its host star. Only the fourth object of its kind ever found, the planet could reveal clues as to how planet...

Departing on Monday (Nov. 25), Earth's recent "mini-moon" asteroid 2024 PT5 didn't stick around for Thanksgiving, but don't be sad. It will be back... but will it ever be a second moon again?

Research scientist Alfonso Delgado Bonal makes important discoveries about patterns in cloud movements while thriving within the NASA Goddard family. Name: Alfonso Delgado BonalFormal Job Classification: Research scienti...

Inflatable space modules are not a new concept, NASA have been exploring the possibility since the 1960's. The Chinese Space Agency is now getting in on the act and is testing its new inflatable module which is part of i...

Instruments aboard robotic landers have measured seismicity on the moon and Mars, helping researchers learn about the inner workings of those celestial bodies. But the internal makeup of Venus is still not known, in part...