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Interest in icy moons has been growing steadily as they become more and more interesting to astrobiologists. Some take the majority of the attention, like Enceladus with its spectacular geysers. But there are interesting...

In February 2023, a United States Air Force fighter jet shot down a Chinese high-altitude balloon flying at about 60,000-65,000 feet (18-20 km) altitude in sovereign U.S. airspace. After the event, some commentary sugges...

Todd Harrison demonstrates the Defense Futures Simulator that calculated eye-watering missile defense costs - and invites critics to prove him wrong with their own numbers. The post The spreadsheet behind the Golden Dome...

Astronomers using JWST have captured the sharpest infrared view yet of the supermassive black hole jet in M87, offering new insights into its structure and physics.

China's Tianwen 2 spacecraft took a picture of itself, as well as the Earth, while en route to a mysterious asteroid that may tell us more about the moon's history.

Scientists have unveiled a new approach to detecting gravitational waves in the milli-Hertz frequency range, providing access to astrophysical and cosmological phenomena that are not detectable with current instruments.

ESA is making use of spacecraft originally dedicated to its Mars and Jupiter missions to track comet 3I/ATLAS as it continues its journey through our solar system

Enceladus ice continues to get more and more intriguing as researchers continue to unlock more secrets taken from a probe over ten years ago. When Cassini crashed into Saturn in 2017, it ended a 13 year sojourn that is s...

Paying tribute to the 'Star Trek' creator's posthumous space adventure that still resonates with fans today.

How Ridley Scott's third sci-fi masterpiece proved there is life on Mars after all, by telling a deeply human, and oddly familiar story.

Video: 00:03:16 ESAsMars Expresstakes us on another mesmerising flight over curving channels carved by water, islands that have resisted erosion, and a maze of hilly terrain.Central to the tour is a 1300 km-long outflow ...

In this weeks episode of Space Minds, host David Aireosto speaks with Steve Kitay- former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, former head of Microsofts space initiatives, and now Senior Vice President...

Phosphorus is one of six key elements necessary for life on Earth. When combined with hydrogen, phosphorus forms the molecule phosphine (PH3), an explosive, highly toxic gas.

Astronomers have identified an enormous growth spurt in a so-called rogue planet. Unlike the planets in our Solar System, these objects do not orbit stars, free-floating on their own instead. The new observations, made w...

A new rainbow spectrum from the STELES instrument on Chile's SOAR Telescope captures Eta Carinae in unprecedented detail.

Beyond the race for scientific, commercial and military purposes, there is another space race of a more curious sort. A race to be the first to send various objects up there. But why?

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to New York as geomagnetic storm conditions are predicted to continue tonight.

Astronomers used the Very Large Telescope to find exoplanet Cha 1107-7627 which is consuming gas and dust at an incredibly fast rate.

Preparations for the second launch of Blue Origins New Glenn rocket, carrying a NASA Mars mission, remain on track for liftoff in the next few weeks. The post Preparations on track for second New Glenn launch appeared fi...

A mix of executive orders, new contracting approaches and closer ties between defense leaders and investors has some experts believing this latest reform drive may be different from the past. The post Will Pentagon procu...

A comet from another star system will swing by Mars on Friday as a fleet of spacecraft trains its sights on the interstellar visitor.

Port Canaveral has had such a busy year supporting SpaceX's rocket recovery efforts, it brought in a new crane to assist in the launch parade on the Space Coast.