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Learn how the excessive cleanliness of the International Space Station poses health problems for astronauts and why scientists are looking to microbes for solutions.

While inspired by Israel's Iron Dome air-defense system, the American version is designed to operate on a much larger scale The post Golden Dome replaces Iron Dome: Pentagon renames missile defense initiative appeared fi...

A family portrait of the Andromeda galaxy and its orbiting dwarf satellites raises questions about how galaxies evolve.

Skylo has raised $30 million to enable standard smartphones to connect to partner geostationary satellites in more areas worldwide. The post Skylo raises $30 million to fuel direct-to-smartphone expansion appeared first ...

SpaceX has received approval from the U.S Federal Aviation Administration for Flight 8 of its Starship megarocket, which is targeted for Monday (March 3).

Astronauts in isolated space habitats could benefit from the intentional fostering of diverse microbes from humanity's evolutionary past, a new study suggests.

The effects of Climate Change on Earth’s living systems have led to a shift in biological studies, with attention now being focused on the boundaries within which life can survive. Studying life forms that can thrive i...

Layoffs of staff at NOAA have included its Office of Space Commerce, potentially affecting work on space traffic coordination and remote sensing licensing. The post Office of Space Commerce hit by layoffs appeared first ...

Space mining company AstroForge launched its Odin asteroid probe this week, but the mission is suffering from unknown issues.

Neutrinos generated through solar fusion reactions travel effortlessly through the Sun’s dense core. Each specific fusion process creates neutrinos with distinctive signatures, potentially providing a method to examine...

Innovation is a history of someone trying to build a better mouse trap – or at least that’s how it’s described in business school. But what happens if someone tries to build a better version of something that isn�...

The FCC formally kicked off a process to explore new uses for upper C-band satellite spectrum , potentially paving the way for another windfall for incumbent operators. The post FCC mulls C-band options, raising prospect...

"On the ground, it mainly rolls by shifting its center of gravity."

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Researchers are creating advanced simulations that will provide a deeper understanding of Mars's climatic history and help to determine whether it was once able to sustain life.

An apprentice at Langley Laboratory (now NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia) inspects wind tunnel components in this image from May 15, 1943. During World War II, the National Advisory Committee for Aero...

The seven other planets in our solar system will line up in the night sky on Friday evening for a rare alignment called a "planetary parade" that will not happen again until 2040.

If you've ever looked at Mars through a telescope, you probably noticed its two polar ice caps. The northern one is made largely of water ice--the most obvious sign that Mars was once a wetter, warmer world. A team of re...

NASA's water-hunting Lunar Trailblazer probe is experiencing communication and power issues while it makes its way to the moon following a Feb. 26 launch.

Today, the European Space Agency's gamma-ray telescope ends its observations. During its 22 years in space, Integral has reshaped our view of the most dramatic events in the universe. The high-energy observatory played a...

Scientists have used the wobble of the Milky Way and what are known as "cosmic lighthouses" to shine a light on the mystery of dark matter.

When the sun hurled enormous amounts of radiation into space in an explosive eruption on February 22, 2024, the Indian space probe Aditya-L1, launched a few months earlier, was watching closely--and thus captured the fir...