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SpaceX's 32nd robotic Dragon cargo mission is set to undock from the International Space Station today (May 22), and you can watch the departure live.

Blue Origin has revealed the identities of the six passengers who will fly on the company's 12th human spaceflight mission. A target date has not yet been announced.

The European Space Agency will request funding from member states for an Earth observation satellite system for security applications, blurring the line between its traditional civil focus and defense work. The post ESA ...

The United States participated in an international Artemis Accords workshop May 21-22 to advance the safe and responsible exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Hosted by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which was rep...

Dawn Aerospace announced May 22 that it has started taking orders for an uncrewed spaceplane capable of taking small payloads on suborbital flights. The post Dawn Aerospace begins sales of Aurora suborbital spaceplane ap...

Sloth size and habitat shifted multiple times over the past 35 million years, but human hunting likely drove the slower, larger species to extinction.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has told more than 1,000 telework employees that they must return to on-site work or resign.

Understanding historical bacteria evolution could lead to better infection control in the future.

Co-paired stars, or stars that travel together, can provide insights into processes that other stars can't. Differences in their brightness, orbits, and chemical composition can hint at different features, and scientists...

A team of international astronomers led by Richard Teague, the Kerr-McGee Career Development Professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), has gathered the most sensitive and detailed o...

A new NASA study reveals a surprising way planetary cores may have formed--one that could reshape how scientists understand the early evolution of rocky planets like Mars.

The Federal Aviation Administration has given final approval to SpaceX for the next Starship launch, now scheduled for no earlier than next week. The post FAA provides final approval for next Starship launch appeared fir...

Andy Weir's bestselling story "The Martian" predicts that by 2035 NASA will have landed humans on Mars three times, perfected return-to-Earth flight systems and collaborated with the China National Space Administration. ...

Superman's Kryptonian cousin is set to soar in DC Studios' 2026 solo superhero flick.

Multi-messenger astronomy has been all the rage lately. It involves capturing data on the gravitational and electromagnetic signals from catastrophic cosmic events. However, with that newfound interest comes required upd...

Our understanding of our Solar System is still evolving. As our telescopes have improved, they've brought the Solar System's deeper reaches into view. Pluto was disqualified as a planet because of it. Now, new research s...

Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University Earth planning date: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Monday's single-sol plan included a marathon 45-meter drive (about 148 feet), which put us in position for tw...

A NASA photographer took this picture of a flower called Borshchov's tulip near the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 7, 2025, ahead of NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov a...

Astronomers may have discovered a rare type of binary star system, where one star used to orbit inside its partner.

The FAA has greenlit Flight 9 of Starship's giant rocket after wrapping up a safety review of the mishap that occurred on the vehicle's most recent launch.

A small international team of astronomers has confirmed that a binary star system with an odd signal has a companion--a planet roughly twice the size of Jupiter, which may have emerged from a circumbinary orbit or from a...

A new NASA study reveals a surprising way planetary cores may have formed--one that could reshape how scientists understand the early evolution of rocky planets like Mars. Conducted by a team of early-career scientists a...