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Lately, there's been plenty of progress in 3D printing objects from the lunar regolith. We've reported on several projects that have attempted to do so, with varying degrees of success. However, most of them require some...

Satellite imagery reveals scope of damage from one of the largest fires New Jersey has seen in decades.

Peruvian remains of a ruler were unearthed at a former dump. The clothing and objects buried with the woman indicate high social status.

Seventy-year-old NASA astronaut Don Pettit looked pretty peaked shortly after returning to Earth from the ISS this month. And he was pretty peaked -- he'd just thrown up on the Kazakh steppe.

For the first time, astronomers located a molecular cloud by detecting hydrogen, its key component, rather than other molecules like carbon monoxide that not all such clouds contain.

How do robots feel in space? This is both a practical and possibly an existential question. Still, today, we'll focus on the practical side by looking at a review paper from Hadi Jahanshahi and Zheng Zhu of York Universi...

Analysis of single bone may tell us if the platypus is an evolutionary anomaly -- starting on land, then returning to water.

Ion drives are renowned for their efficiency. They're extremely efficient compared to chemical rockets, so they're preferred for deep space missions where propellant supplies are critical. New research shows how they cou...

A NASA-developed technology that recently proved its capabilities in the harsh environment of space will soon head back to the Moon to search for gases trapped under the lunar surface thanks to a new Cooperative Research...

How are we made of star stuff? Well, the important thing to understand about this question is that it’s not an analogy, it’s literally true. The elements in our bodies, the elements that make up our bones, the trees ...

The Meta Quest 3S costs as little as $299.99, and with performance to match its big sibling, the Quest 3, it's an absolute winner.

Space isn't safe from money-hungry corporations, and sci-fi RPG The Outer Worlds 2 will play with that idea in 2025. Here's everything we know about Obsidian's sci-fi sequel.

Since last fall, NASA scientists have flown an advanced 3D Doppler wind lidar instrument across the United States to collect nearly 100 hours of data -- including a flight through a hurricane. The goal? To demonstrate th...

A newly found, huge cloud near our solar system probably won't form stars, but will rather disperse as part of a feedback cycle that regulates star formation.

For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an asteroid and eventually concluded it was more like a planet with a crust, mantle and core. Now, Michi...

The Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES), ESA's state-of-the-art timekeeping facility, has been successfully installed on the International Space Station, marking the start of a new chapter in space-based precision scie...

Satellite operator Spire Global has closed the $241 million sale of its commercial maritime tracking business to Belgian analytics provider Kpler, ending a legal dispute over the stalled transaction. The post Spire Globa...

'This really digs into two of my favorite things: where I'm from in Oklahoma, and robots and science fiction'

'This really digs into two of my favorite things: where I'm from in Oklahoma, and robots and science fiction'

An astronomer at Columbia University is suggesting that because life emerged so soon on Earth after its formation, it may emerge rapidly on Earth-like planets after the right conditions arise in general.

As part of ESA/Hubble's 35th anniversary celebrations, the European Space Agency (ESA) shared new images that revisited stunning, previously released Hubble targets with the addition of the latest Hubble data and new pro...

The Cygnus Loop, also known as the Veil Nebula, is a supernova remnant - the remains of the explosive death of a massive star. Studying images like these leads to discovery, but NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory provides ...