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Rochester, N.Y./Ontario, N.Y. Eoptic Inc. and Starris: Optimax Space Systems announce a partnering agreement to build end-to-end satellite imaging payloads that leverage the knowledge and space heritage of both [] The po...

Skyrora has become the first British company to secure a launch license from the U.K.s Civil Aviation Authority, though a lack of available launch pads could push its first suborbital flight from SaxaVord Spaceport into ...

NASA has formally ended a lunar orbiter smallsat mission more than five months after losing contact with it, another blow to the agencys efforts at low-cost planetary missions. The post NASA writes off Lunar Trailblazer ...

The image reveals over 2,500 galaxies, many of which are seen as they were during the first billion years of cosmic history.

Learn how some smaller theropods likely had a stronger bite force than larger ones.

A brutal alien planet isn't quite the same as future Earth, but Predator: Concrete Jungle has more than a few things in common with Predator: Badlands.

Whats in the middle of the Milky Way? In our neck of the cosmos, everything revolves around a supermassive black hole.

Whats in the middle of the Milky Way? In our neck of the cosmos, everything revolves around a supermassive black hole.

Written by Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK Earth planning date: Wednesday, July 30, 2025 The day started with a little celebration of NISAR, a new Earth observation sate...

NASA is calling on the public to help shape the future of lunar exploration by designing the next generation of wheels capable of navigating the moon's harsh terrain.

Many objects in the outer Solar System contain large amounts of water ice, leading to a thick icy shell surrounding an ocean of liquid water. This water behaves like lava on Earth, reshaping their surfaces through a proc...

Professional learning experiences are integral to the enhancement of classroom instruction. Teachers, at the forefront of Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) education, play a key role in the advanceme...

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft successfully tested its ice-penetrating radar system during a close flyby of Mars earlier this year.

Manchester Military space operators worldwide need to more quickly identify aggressive actions on orbit and be more closely integrated with their counterparts in the air, land and sea domains if they hope to deter threat...

China completed a third launch of Guowang megaconstellation satellites in eight days Monday, marking the first such mission to involve a commercial satellite manufacturer. The post Long March 12 launches first Guowang sa...

As NASA prepares for its second year-long Mars simulated mission, media are invited to visit the ground-based habitat where the mission will take place, on Friday, Aug. 22, at the agencys Johnson Space Center in Houston....

New capabilities allow the rover to do science with less energy from its batteries. Thirteen years since Curiosity landed on Mars, engineers are finding ways to make the NASA rover even more productive. The six-wheeled r...

New research suggests moonquakes rooted in ancient fault systems could threaten modern moon missions.

In this 30 second exposure photograph, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid and Alpha Capricornids meteor showers, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in Spruce Knob, West Virginia. The Perseids meteor shower, whi...

Thirteen years after Curiosity landed on Mars, engineers are finding ways to make the NASA rover even more productive. The six-wheeled robot has been given more autonomy and the ability to multitaskimprovements designed ...

Space weather forecasters are watching for faint CMEs that could reach Earth later this week.

Explore the space between the stars from the safety of a virtual cockpit with the best space flight simulation games.