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Uncontrolled space debris reentries are of growing concern for air traffic, as SpaceX's recent Starship Flight 7 showed.

NASA has directed a set of science committees to pause their work, citing recent Trump administration executive orders, a move that canceled one meeting and put others on hold. The post NASA pauses work of science groups...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch 21 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early Monday morning (Feb. 3)

To advance plans of securing a public/private partnership and land and operate NASA's VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) mission on the Moon in collaboration with industry the agency announced Monday...

Seeds survive space Researchers found that plant seeds exposed to space germinated at the same rate as those kept on the ground. This finding shows that plant seeds can remain viable during long-term space travel and pla...

An Indian navigation satellite has suffered a problem with its propulsion systems just four days after launch, preventing it from reaching its intended orbit.

NASA's iconic "worm" insignia stands out in this photo taken on Jan. 24, 2025, as engineers and technicians prepared to lift the left center center booster segment for the agency's SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. The b...

We live in a golden age for space exploration. Scientists are gathering massive amounts of new information and scientific evidence at a record pace. Yet the age-old question remains unanswered: Are we alone?

A research team led by Dr. Sofia Sheikh of the SETI Institute, in collaboration with the Characterizing Atmospheric Technosignatures project and the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center, set out to answer a si...

We can’t help ourselves but wonder about life elsewhere in the Universe. Any hint of a biosignature or even a faint, technosignature-like event wrests our attention away from our tumultuous daily affairs. In 1984, our ...

The proposed "Iron Dome for America" system is heavily reliant on space-based sensors and potentially controversial space-based interceptors The post Top Pentagon contractors poised for gains as Trump pushes missile shie...

The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Michael Flynn, Ross Beyer, and Matt Johnson. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the entrepreneurial spir...

WASP-121b is like nothing in the solar system, raining liquid metal and being puffy like a marshmallow. The origins of these "toasted marshmallow" planets could be more complicated than thought.

Wrinkle ridges that formed in the past 160 million years suggest recent geological activity on the moon.

The space agency's planetary science analysis groups must pause while NASA checks if they comply with Trump's orders.

Private citizens and companies may one day begin to permanently settle outer space and celestial bodies. But if we don't enact governing laws in the meantime, space settlers may face legal chaos.

Wyvern is publicly sharing 25 images from its Dragonette hyperspectral satellites. The post Wyvern unveils free hyperspectral datasets appeared first on SpaceNews.

Expected to launch no earlier than Thursday, Feb. 27, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, NASA's SPHEREx space observatory will provide astronomers with a big-picture view of the cosmos like never before.

Mining ocean resources needed for electric cars and other devices is currently a hot issue of dispute. Final resolution of how or whether the seabed should be exploited is pending. Outcomes in this contentious area could...

A crane lowers the 112-foot-wide (34-meter-wide) steel framework for the Deep Space Station 23 (DSS-23) reflector dish into position on Dec. 18, 2024, at the Deep Space Network's (DSN) Goldstone Space Communications Comp...

The subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is a supernova-hosting galaxy located about 600 million light-years away in the constellation Gemini. Hubble captured this image roughly two months after a supern...

In the more than 60 years in which scientists have engaged in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), several potential examples of technological activity ("technosignatures") have been considered.