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The White House has issued a widely anticipated executive order addressing several commercial space regulatory issues, from launch licensing reform to mission authorization. The post White House issues executive order to...

A supermassive black hole in the act of awakening from slumber haas been detected by a team of astronomers. Using powerful radio telescopes, they observed this sleeping giant as it began to stir for the first time, offer...

This summer, NASAs Glenn Research Center in Cleveland hosted the NASA Glenn High School Engineering Institute, a free, work-based learning experience designed to prepare rising high school juniors and seniors for careers...

When black holes are disrupted by things like infalling matter or gravitational waves, they vibrate like a bell struck with a clapper. The vibrations decay over time as the black hole returns to an equilibrium state. Ast...

New research shows how the 'dancing' behaviour of dwarf satellite galaxies can predict mergers between their hosts. A distant pair of galaxies is undergoing the same type of merger that Milky Way/Andromeda will u...

A Long March 5B rocket launched the eighth batch of satellites for China's Guowang broadband network on Wednesday (Aug. 13). It was the fourth Guowang launch in less than three weeks.

Norways Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace is preparing to expand its small satellite footprint over the Arctic amid rising surveillance and communications needs in the increasingly strategic region. The post Kongsberg gearin...

NASA is calling on the next generation of collegiate innovators to imagine bold new concepts pushing the boundaries of human exploration on the Moon, Mars, and beyond through the 2026 NASA Revolutionary Aerospace Systems...

NASA is calling on the next generation of collegiate innovators to imagine bold new concepts l pushing the boundaries of human exploration on the Moon, Mars, and beyond through the agencys 2026 NASA Revolutionary Aerospa...

Dr. Compton J. Tucker a senior researcher at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) joins 149 newly elected members to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) see Photo. NAS is one of the highest honors in American scie...

NASA's Orion spacecraft for the crewed Artemis 2 mission to fly astronauts around the moon is all fueled up and going through final preparations to ready the vehicle for stacking with its SLS rocket.

A year after announcing plans to offer rideshare missions to geostationary orbit, Impulse Space says the demand has been strong enough to plan an annual series of them. The post Impulse Space sees strong demand for GEO r...

Artificial intelligence helps astronomers observe what may be the first known case of a star exploding while interacting with a black hole.

In this episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss speaks with Gabe Zimmerman, Director, In-Space at Ursa Major. The post Gabe Zimmerman on customer needs and scaling SmallSat production appeared first on SpaceNews.

Combining 25 years of space-based data with ocean sampling, scientists have uncovered a change in the microscopic organisms that underpin the Southern Oceans food chain and carbon storage.

A stunning new image of a cosmic jet has helped astronomers unlock the mystery behind the unusually bright emission of high-energy gamma rays and neutrinos from a peculiar celestial object. The source is a blazar-a type ...

Any material used as a light sail is bound by very restrictive physical requirements. It has to be extremely light , cant melt from the energy applied to it, and must bend, but not break, from that pressure. Various rese...

The exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d intrigues astronomers looking for possibly habitable worlds beyond our solar system because it is similar in size to Earth, rocky, and resides in an area around its star where liquid water on i...

The medieval-looking "helmet" is the latest addition to Mars' gallery of odd-shaped rocks.

Commercial mission concept could give the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory a new lease on life, preserving its search for the universes most powerful explosions The post Cambrian Works Selects Astroscale U.S. as its Missio...

Lt. Gen. DeAnna Burt, deputy chief of space operations, is retiring after 33 years of service. She reflects on the progress achieved, and the challenges ahead for the military space branch The post Burts parting thoughts...

Five years into its program to provide smallsat rideshare launch services, SpaceX is emphasizing flexibility to accommodate growing demand. SpaceXs rideshare program has now launched more than 1,400 satellites across mor...