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Using NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope, astronomers witnessed a massive black hole jet slam into an unknown object in space.

NASA has released a new document that highlights planned programmatic paradigm shifts in Mars exploration over the next 20 years.

A "plug-and-play" satellite interface developed by The Aerospace Corporation will be used to build a small satellite for a tactically responsive space mission The post Space Force to test modular satellite technology in ...

NASA has selected FedSync-BFS, LLC of Alexandria, Virginia, to provide administrative services for multiple NASA centers. The Multi-Center Administrative Support Services Contract is a firm-fixed-price and indefinite-del...

HELSINKI -- China launched a set of satellites likely intended to test inter-satellite laser links early Thursday as the country moves ahead with major constellation projects. A Long March 2D […] The post China launche...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit's latest photography from the International Space Station showcases not only his visual prowess, but also his engineering skills.

On Oct. 22, 2024, the latest iteration of an atmospheric probe developed by researchers at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, successfully completed a test flight. Building on NASA 1960s rese...

Read this story in English here. La NASA pronto pondrá a prueba los avances realizados en una herramienta clave para medir los singulares 'golpes sónicos' que su avión supersónico silencioso de investigación X-59 p...

SpaceX has readied its next Starship vehicle for testing ahead of the megarocket's 7th test flight.

Here's the full rundown of new space-related game titles from The Game Awards 2024.

During the flight test with Blue Origin, seven technologies developed by NASA's Game Changing Development (GCD) program will study regolith mechanics and lunar dust transport in a simulated lunar gravity environment.

SpaceX plans to launch the RRT-1 mission --perhaps an advanced GPS satellite -- from Florida's Space Coast tonight (Dec. 13).

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has successfully observed a site of planet formation by detecting a high concentration of dust grains, a planet-forming material, outside the orbits of just-formed ...

When a massive star dies as a supernova, it can leave behind a pulsar, a rapidly spinning neutron star. The fastest pulsars can spin upwards of 700 times a second, blasting out regular pulses of energy. In a new paper, r...

SpaceX plans to launch 22 more of its Starlink internet satellites from California's central coast on Friday (Dec. 13).

As the next administration takes shape, countless voices are vying for influence over the future of America's space program. I'd wager one in particular -- someone apparently very close to […] The post Mars Next and �...

Despite the nearly full moon illuminating the skies, the Geminid meteor shower could still put on a great show tonight.

As NASA develops a blueprint for space exploration throughout the solar system for the benefit of humanity, the agency released several new documents Friday updating its Moon to Mars architecture. The roadmap sets NASA o...

Also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, M87 is the brightest object in the Virgo cluster of galaxies, the largest gravitationally bound type of structure in the universe. It came to fame in April 2019 after scientists from EH...

After a heated and polarized presidential campaign, both parties have shifted their focus to the 2026 midterm elections and the 2028 presidential race -- the Republicans aiming to solidify their […] The post Trump's se...

We have only one example of biology forming in the universe - life on Earth. But what if life can form in other ways?

How do you find a comet that could pose a threat to Earth but hasn't passed our planet in the last 200 years or more? You look for its footprint.