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A new U.K.-led satellite mission concept aims to strengthen the country's position in space weather observation and forecasting by deploying a suite of homegrown scientific instruments on a low-cost spacecraft in low-Ear...

Learn about the Moon-Rice project, which aims to create rice crops that can grow in space and help keep astronauts healthy.

Spaceport advocates won a tax break in the budget reconciliation bill that they hope will spur investment, but the provision has also generated a political backlash. The post Budget reconciliation bill includes tax break...

Scientists had assumed that the ice in space was purely amorphous, but new experiments show it can have a partly crystalline structure similar to ice on Earth.

With the recent first light milestone for the Vera Rubin Observatory, it's only a matter of time before one of astronomy's most long-awaited surveys begins. The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) is set to start on N...

"You can think of it as a cosmic pool game. We might miss the pocket if we don't consider all the variables."

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An international team, including astronomers from Keele University, has performed a unique cosmic test to measure the mass of an ancient star, which will help them learn more about the history of our galaxy.

In response to recent flooding near Kerrville, Texas, NASA deployed two aircraft to assist state and local authorities in ongoing recovery operations. The aircraft are part of the response from NASA's Disasters Response ...

India's space regulator has approved services from Starlink, although SpaceX's low Earth orbit network still needs spectrum and other clearances before it can provide broadband in the world's most populous nation. The po...

The search for habitable exoplanets boils down to the search for water. Exoplanet scientists lack the technological capability to detect surface water on exoplanets from great distances, so instead they can only search f...

This 2001 illustration labels important parts of a space shuttle orbiter. The orbiter was the heart and brains of the space shuttle and served as the crew transport vehicle that carried astronauts to and from space. The ...

As Hubble marks three and a half decades of scientific breakthroughs and technical resilience, the “Hubble at 35 Years” symposium offers a platform to reflect on the mission's historical, operational, and scientific ...

Students in Big Pine Key, Florida, will have the chance to have NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station answer their prerecorded questions. At 10:05 a.m. EDT on Monday, July 14, NASA astronaut Nicole Ayers...

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The letter warns that the proposed FY2026 budget would halt dozens of missions, gut future programs and threaten U.S. leadership in space science.

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Paul “Rusty” Thomas was tapped as chief executive of EnduroSat USA, as the company scales up operations. The post EnduroSat USA names former DARPA official as CEO to lead U.S. expansion appeared first on SpaceNews.

The ringed giant had previously risen in the early morning and predawn hours as a "morning star."

Space Rider is ESA's reusable spacecraft in development. It will be about the size of two minivans and will allow for many kinds of missions, ranging from pharmaceutical research to in-orbit manufacturing, visiting orbit...

The answer to whether tiny bacterial life-forms really do exist in the clouds of Venus could be revealed once and for all by a UK-backed mission.

If we're to land humans on Mars in the coming decades, we'll have to know what challenges await them when they get there.