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The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-11 mission will discuss their shorter-than-expected stay aboard the International Space Station today (Jan. 21), and you can watch it live.

The fact that Crew-11 returned to Earth safely despite unprecedented circumstances bodes well for the success of future missions that go farther afield, astronauts said.

As America approaches its 250th anniversary of declaring independence, NASAs Artemis II mission will carry a host of mementos that reflect the nations long tradition of exploration, innovation, and leadership in its offi...

It may be one of the most iconic sights in the night sky, but astronomers have never seen the Helix Nebula like this before.

Blue Origin aims to start deploying more than 5,400 satellites from late next year for its own Starlink broadband competitor, targeting up to 6 Tbps capacity for enterprise, data center and government customers. The post...

The Hubble Mission Team has released another image of the space telescope's study of star formation. This image shows the dark cloud Lupus 3, a star-forming region about 500 light-years away. Lupus 3 contains bright ...

Great Scott! Legends of Tomorrow still rocks even 10 years later.

Astronaut Suni Williams left NASA late last month after 27 years of service. She spent a total of 608 days in space, more than all but one other American astronaut.

NASA will host two astronauts at 10 a.m. CST Friday, Jan. 23, for a media opportunity at the agencys Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration...

Blue Origin just announced "TeraWave," a planned satellite megaconstellation designed for customers who need super-high-throughput communication services.

In fall 2025, more than 50 educators and over 1,500 young people across Maine and New Hampshire participated in NASAs Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Green Down, a citizen science (also...

The goal of NASAs Universe of Learning (UoL) is to connect the public to the data, discoveries, and experts that span NASAs Astrophysics missions. To make this possible, the NASAs UoL team creates engaging STEM experienc...

"Dark matter can be red hot when it is born, but still have time to cool down before galaxies begin to form."

Artificial Intelligence, or AI, promises many benefits in all domains, and rocketry is no different. The European Space Agency's Future Launchers Preparatory Program (FLPP) is investigating the use of AI to develop b...

The Exploration Company is in talks to acquire Orbex, the U.K.-based small launch vehicle developer that has reportedly been in financial distress. The post The Exploration Company in talks to acquire Orbex appeared firs...

Bungie's next game returns with a new in-engine trailer and more details ahead of its long-awaited release.

This Jan. 17, 2026, image shows NASAs SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASAs massive Crawler-Transporter, upgraded for ...

With a host of exciting new Marvel and Star Wars releases landing this year, Disney Plus is the streaming subscription to have in 2026 and now it's a third cheaper with this UK-only deal.

Sweeping winds of vaporized metals have been found in a massive cloud that dimmed the light of a star for nearly nine months. This discovery, made with the Gemini South telescope in Chile, one half of the International G...

The photos were taken during a severe G4 geomagnetic storm, one of the strongest in years.

The resolution of the Event Horizon Telescope is limited by the diameter of Earth, and our observations of the black hole in M87 and in our own galaxy are at the edge of that limit. To observe other, more distant black h...

Astronomers have long sought evidence to explain why comets at the outskirts of our own solar system contain crystalline silicates, since crystals require intense heat to form and these dirty snowballs spend most of thei...