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The Golden Dome program represents one of the most ambitious missile defense initiatives in U.S. history. The post Trump taps Space Force general to lead $175 billion Golden Dome missile defense program appeared first on...

Observations show a stronger galaxy piercing a weaker one with a lance of radiation, reducing its star-making ability.

Although there is no exact comparison to any known bacterium on Earth, the space bacteria shares some key genetic similarities with a terrestrial cousin.

This is a bonus edition of Space Minds by SpaceNews. Our guest today is Devin Brande, Director, Commercial Operations, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The post Connecting GEOINT innovation to the front lines app...

Blue Origin revealed new details about its development of an Artemis lunar lander as the company nears the first launch of a smaller lander. The post Blue Origin updates work on 'transporter' for Blue Moon lunar lander a...

Learn why both human teeth and an ancient fish contain a key sensory substance -- but in different locations.

Members of the space exploration community are always coming up with novel ideas to solve problems that they view as holding back humanity's expansion into the cosmos. One such problem that has become more noticeable of ...

Axiom Space has completed the Flight Readiness Review for its upcoming launch of private astronauts to the International Space Station on June 8.

As the number of space travelers is increasing through commercial missions, it becomes more important to understand how space affects the human body.

ST. LOUIS — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency announced awards May 21 to Palantir Technologies, the University of Illinois and Ursa Space Systems at the GEOINT Symposium 2025. Through a $13.8 […] The post U...

The latest selfie by NASA's Perseverance rover at Mars has captured an unexpected guest: a Martian dust devil.

Some 13,000 years ago, the Sun emitted a huge belch of radiation that bombarded Earth and left its imprint in ancient tree rings. That solar storm was the most powerful one ever recorded. The next strongest was the 1839 ...

This article is for students grades 5-8. The surface of the Moon is covered in a thick layer of boulders, rocks, and dust. This dusty, rocky layer is called lunar regolith.  It was created a long time ago when meteorit...

'We signed a piece of paper that explains the roles and responsibilities of each organization' The post Space Force and NGA move to end turf disputes with new intelligence agreement appeared first on SpaceNews.

Southwest Research Institute scientists have discovered how solar activity affects the velocity distribution and evolution of helium pickup ions.

The U.S. military test launched an intercontinental ballistic missile on May 21 to demonstrate the readiness of its nuclear weapons arsenal.

A newly discovered bacterial species aboard China's Tiangong space station may offer insights into how life can survive and potentially thrive in space.

NASA flight director, Gene Kranz, now 91 years old, is seen posing with his lifetime achievement award from the American Astronautical Society at his restored console in Apollo mission control.

In a first, researchers from NASA and Virginia Tech used satellite data to measure the height and speed of potentially hazardous flood waves traveling down U.S. rivers. The three waves they tracked were likely caused by ...

This is a bonus edition of Space Minds by SpaceNews. Our guest today is Keith Masback, Principal Consultant of Plum Run, LLC. The post Straight talk from GEOINT: Keith Masback on the road ahead appeared first on SpaceNew...

Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) second year Ph.D. scholarship student Sebenele (Sebe) Thwala, working with supervisors Dr. Chris Stevens and Prof Jörg Frauendiener, has been modeling how grav...

ST. LOUIS - Artificial intelligence combined with human insight promises to transform geospatial intelligence, experts said at the GEOINT Symposium 2025. But it will require standards, data verification and monitoring [�...