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HELSINKI -- China launched the fourth batch of 18 satellites for the Thousand Sails megaconstellation early Thursday using a Long March 6A rocket. The Long March 6A lifted off at […] The post China launches fourth batc...

NASA is beginning to implement a White House order to terminate diversity programs at the agency that were once praised by its current acting administrator. The post NASA shutters diversity offices to comply with executi...

Learn about the archaeological discovery of the oldest European site occupied by ancient hominins, indicating their spread into the region 2 million years ago.

Learn more about how this rare find gives researchers a glimpse at the predator-prey relationship these prehistoric creatures had.

NASA issued study contracts to examine logistical issues for a long-term human presence on the moon despite uncertainty about the future of Artemis. The post NASA awards Artemis logistics studies appeared first on SpaceN...

Humanity is reaching the threshold of adulthood. It is time to grow up and go out -- beyond the cradle and into the cosmos.

Across cosmic history, powerful forces have acted on matter, reshaping the universe into an increasingly complex web of structures. Now, new research led by Joshua Kim and Mathew Madhavacheril at the University of Pennsy...

Modeling dinosaur evolution points researchers to potential fossil discoveries closer to the equator.

Space Capital says Boeing and Airbus are poised to exit space business The post Space venture firm predicts industry shakeup appeared first on SpaceNews.

Despite the tepid reception back in 2000, the Jedi Power Battles remaster is a fun return to simpler times when Star Wars video games were allowed to be weird.

AST SpaceMobile has raised $400 million through convertible debt to help ramp up manufacturing for its direct-to-smartphone constellation. The post AST SpaceMobile raises $400 million to accelerate direct-to-smartphone p...

"Star Trek" goes "Mission: Impossible" in a new TV movie - here's how to watch "Section 31" on Paramount Plus in the US, UK and Australia.

A spacecraft takes between about seven and nine months to reach Mars. The time depends on the spacecraft and the distance between the two planets, which changes as they follow their orbits around the Sun. NASA’s Persev...

GOLDEN, Colorado -- Interlune, a Seattle-based company of former Blue Origin technologists, has set its sights on the moon's supply of Helium-3 -- a rare heavy isotope deposited into lunar […] The post Interlune plans ...

Scientific and commercial activities on the moon could permanently change the lunar environment. These activities include sending vehicles to the moon, extracting its resources through mining the lunar surface, building ...

NASA employees received a memo from acting agency administrator Janet Petro, Wednesday, mandating the closure of all diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility initiatives and contracts.

Missions will study everything from water on the Moon to the transformation of our universe after the big bang and ongoing changes to Earth's surface. With 2024 receding into the distance, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laborator...

The space debris problem won't solve itself. We've been kicking the can down the road for years as we continue launching more rockets and payloads into space. In the last couple of years, organizations--especially the Eu...

Ahead of Blade Runner 2099 this year, the sequel/prequel is now available for free in the UK for a limited time only, with Blade Runner 2049 landing on the BBC.

Museum of Modern Art Opens Exhibition Featuring NASA Worm The iconic NASA logotype, commonly known as the worm and designed by Bruce Blackburn and Richard Danne in 1976, made its premiere Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2025 at the Mu...

Politico recently published an article entitled “A Musk-shaped question hangs over the National Space Council,” questioning whether President Trump will revitalize the National Space Council as it was under his […]...

In an article published in Physical Review Letters on Thursday, scientists carried out an innovative study testing the existence of mirror asymmetries in our universe by studying the handedness of the gravitational-wave ...