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The journey to Mars will subject astronauts to extended periods of exposure to radiation during their months-long travel through space. While NASA’s Artemis 1 mission lasted only a matter of weeks, it provided valuable...

Satellites often face a disappointing end: despite having fully working systems, they are often de-orbited after their propellant runs out. However, a breakthrough is on the cards with the launch of China’s Shijian-25 ...

Beach day on the Red Planet? Learn more about how Mars may have had a massive ocean that created unique beaches.

On Wednesday 26 February, a thermal imaging camera built by researchers at the University of Oxford's Department of Physics will blast off to the moon as part of NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission. This aims to map sources...

Elon Musk's SpaceX is preparing for the next test flight of its Starship megarocket on Friday, following a dramatic mid-air explosion over the Caribbean during its last trial.

NASA Ames’ Wayne Johnson Elected to 2025 Class of New Members of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Dr. Wayne R. Johnson, aerospace engineer at Ames Research Center, will be inducted as a new member of the prest...

Members of the fierce nomadic warrior force may have absorbed European DNA during their westward march.

NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida invites media to attend a prescribed fire campaign event hosted by the NASA FireSense Project, the Department of Defense (DOD), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Campaign acti...

A Chinese rover that landed on Mars in 2021 detected evidence of underground beach deposits in an area thought to have once been the site of an ancient sea, providing further evidence that the planet long ago had a large...

International Space Station researchers continue to share their new discoveries. Their recent findings include results in the pharmaceutical and astronaut health arenas.

In 2007, astronomers discovered the Cosmic Horseshoe, a gravitationally lensed system of galaxies about five-and-a-half billion light-years away. The foreground galaxy’s mass magnifies and distorts the image of a dista...

Speakers from Rolls-Royce, Thales Alenia, NOAA, Babcock, European Space Agency, UK Space Agency, and Egyptian Space Agency are the latest to join the growing programmes of the Farnborough International Space […] The po...

NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro announced Monday Vanessa Wyche will serve as the acting associate administrator for the agency at NASA Headquarters in Washington, effective immediately. Wyche, who had been the dire...

Have you ever wondered how astronomers manage to map out the Milky Way when it's so incredibly vast? One of the most powerful tools is something called 21 cm radiation.

SpaceX plans to launch the eighth test flight of its Starship megarocket on Friday (Feb. 28), company founder and CEO Elon Musk says.

The critically acclaimed Disney+ Star Wars series Andor is returning with a bang in April, and its long-awaited first trailer is just what we needed.

Martha Wells's award-winning 'The Murderbot Diaries' is getting a snarky adaptation with Alexander Skarsgård at the helm this spring.

A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal has introduced a new theoretical model that explains astrophysical outflow phenomena spanning 12 orders of magnitude, from protostars to supermassive black holes.

Media are invited to attend the 2025 Alabama Space Day from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CST on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, the U.S....

In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What's significant about this 100m-wide space rock is that it has a small chance of hitting Earth in 203...

The gold dots on Columbia Sportswear's new long-sleeve shirt forms more than just the silhouette of a lunar lander. It also represents the tech used to protect the craft and outdoor explorers.

The second of the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites and the first instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission are fully integrated and, having completed their functional and environmental tests, they are no...