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Learn how researchers analyzed Neanderthals' inner ears to understand their genetic history.

NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has awarded a delivery order to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. of Boulder, Colorado, to build spacecraft for the Lagrange 1 Series ...

Blue Origin is targeting next Tuesday (Feb. 25) for its 10th space tourism launch, which will send six people to the final frontier. You'll be able to watch the action live.

The universe is a dusty place, as this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image featuring swirling clouds of gas and dust near the Tarantula Nebula reveals. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud about 160,000 light-years ...

Carrying NASA science and technology to the Moon as part of the agency's CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, the Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission is targeted to launch no earlier than...

Some exoplanets have characteristics totally alien to our Solar System. Hot Jupiters are one such type. They can have orbital periods of less than 10 days and surface temperatures that can climb to well over 4,000 K (3,7...

NASA and its international partners are making progress on Gateway - the lunar space station that will orbit the Moon as a centerpiece of the agency's Moon to Mars architecture.

European Space Agency astronaut John McFall is cleared to be the first person with a physical disability to fly to the space station.

The Seattle-based startup will attempt to demonstrate metasurface antenna technology for space-based radar The post Kapta Space exits stealth mode with bold plans for space-based target tracking appeared first on SpaceNe...

Spanish company PLD Space plans to conduct launches of its Miura 5 small launch vehicle from a new spaceport in Oman starting as soon as 2027. The post PLD Space signs agreement to launch from spaceport in Oman appeared ...

Stars form in Giant Molecular Clouds (GMCs), vast clouds of mostly hydrogen that can span tens of light years. These stellar nurseries can form thousands of stars. Astronomers know this because they observe these regions...

The United States Space Force released the first public photo taken by X-37B space plane in orbit, showing the vehicle high above Earth.

NASA has announced the retirement of Associate Administrator Jim Free, the agency's chief operating officer for more than 18,000 employees across the United States.

Earth is immersed in material streaming from the Sun. This stream, called the solar wind, is washing over our planet, causing breathtaking auroras, impacting satellites and astronauts in space, and even affecting ground-...

A mysterious flash of X-ray emission from outside the Milky Way has left astronomers puzzled.

Week in images: 17-21 February 2025 Discover our week through the lens

Let's dive into one of those cosmic curiosities that’s bound to blow your mind: how we might chat with aliens. And no, I’m not talking about elaborate coded messages or flashy signals. We’re talking about something...

The majority of the universe remains unmapped, but we have a potential window into it through a peculiar light emitted by nothing other than neutral hydrogen. Before stars and galaxies lit up the universe, the cosmos was...

How does a compass work in space? From the moon to Venus, here's how a compass would work beyond Earth's magnetic field.

The sparkling spiral galaxy gracing this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is UGC 5460, which sits about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. This image combines four different wavelengths of ...

HELSINKI -- Researchers are examining how artificial intelligence technologies could support a planned Chinese mission to the boundaries of the solar system, according to a new paper. Artificial intelligence can […] Th...

Such a dramatic cut to a flagship space telescope still in its prime will be felt across the mission's entire operations, affecting science.