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The new findings strengthen the "RNA world" hypothesis that describes how the first life on Earth could have used RNA instead of DNA.

The first results on the iconic active galactic nucleus MCG-6-30-15 captured with the XRISM mission show the most precise signatures yet of its supermassive black holes extreme gravity and the outflows that shape its gal...

Spain's latest military communications satellite suffered a debris impact while headed to its orbital destination. The extent of the damage is still unknown.

NASA announced Monday the selection of industry proposals to advance technologies for the agencys Habitable Worlds Observatory concept - the first mission that would directly image Earth-like planets around stars like ou...

Jupiter is at its biggest and brightest all year, the Moon and Saturn pair up, and the Beehive Cluster buzzes into view.

Using new observations from NASAs Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories, astronomers tracked the influence of a recently discovered companion star, Siwarha, on the gas around Betelgeuse. The research, fro...

Without a better grasp of stellar flaring, our understanding of exoplanet habitability is at an impasse. Red dwarfs are the most numerous type of star in the galaxy, and they host many rocky exoplanets in their habitable...

Listen to this audio excerpt from Jacki Mahaffey, Artemis II chief training officer: When the Artemis II crew travels around the Moon aboard the Orion spacecraft, they will have spent countless hours training for their l...

The Department of Defense is taking administrative action against former NASA astronaut and current U.S. Senator Mark Kelly over remarks he made in a 90-second video in November.

Startup aims to mass-produce radar hardware and deploy formation-flying satellites The post Array Labs raises $20 million to scale production of radar satellites for 3D Earth mapping appeared first on SpaceNews.

NASA astronauts will conduct two spacewalks Thursday, Jan. 8, and Thursday, Jan. 15, outside the International Space Station, and the agency will provide comprehensive coverage. The first spacewalk is scheduled to begin ...

"If this interaction between dark matter and neutrinos is confirmed, it would be a fundamental breakthrough."

A team using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new type of astronomical object -a starless, gas-rich, dark-matter cloud that is considered a 'relic' or remnant of early galaxy formation. Nicknam...

A team using NASAs Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new type of astronomical object - a starless, gas-rich, dark-matter cloud considered a relic or remnant of early galaxy formation. Nicknamed Cloud-9, this is the ...

There is a strong relation between the size of a galaxy's black hole and the motion of stars in the galaxy's core, known as the M-sigma relation. It turns out this relation doesn't work well for galaxies with...

The shape of the universe is not something we often think about.

Small lakes on ancient Mars may have remained liquid for decades, even with average air temperatures well below freezing.

A scientific balloon starts its ascent into the air as it prepares to launch carrying NASAs Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) mission. The mission lifted off from Antarctica at 5:56 a.m. NZST, Saturday, De...

House and Senate appropriators have released the text of a final appropriations bill for fiscal 2026 that largely rejects the steep cuts the Trump administration proposed for NASA. The post Minibus provides $24.4 billion...

Using new observations from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories, astronomers have tracked the influence of a recently discovered companion star, Siwarha, on the gas around Betelgeuse. The res...

Dubai / Male November 18, 2025 - ARCHE ORBITAL SYSTEMS, a global space-technology company specializing in advanced mission design and in-orbit services operations, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) [] The po...

Astronomers are gathering in Phoenix this week for the 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS 247), where the latest discoveries from exoplanets, JWST and upcoming space missions will take center stage.