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New research from the International Space Station reveals that in near weightless conditions, both bacteriophages and their E. coli hosts mutate in ways not seen on Earth. This unexpected finding not only deepens our und...

SpaceX will launch an advanced, jam-resistant GPS satellite for the U.S. Space Force from Florida tonight (Jan. 26), and you can watch the action live.

"This is one of the most exciting results from Solar Orbiter so far."

As the Dark Energy Survey (DES) releases its final results, we caught up with two physicists who've been involved in the project from its early days. In this Q&A, Josh Frieman, DES co-founder and associate laboratory...

To an untrained eye, theaircraft engine sitting outside of a Cincinnati facility in December might have looked like standard hardware. But NASA and GE Aerospace researchers watching the unit fire up fora demonstrationkne...

"A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet."

The Sultanate of Oman signed the Artemis Accords during a ceremony in Muscat attended by NASA on Monday, becoming the 61st nation to commit to responsible space exploration for the benefit of all humanity. Omans accessio...

The four astronauts of NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission went into quarantine on Jan. 23, keeping everything on track for a possible launch in early February.

Some galaxies in the early universe were absolute powerhouses, churning out stars at rates that would dwarf the Milky Way's modest stellar production. These "monster galaxies," buried deep in dust between 10 ...

Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, and Darth Vader are coming to Batuu!

As NASA fosters technologies needed to live and work farther away from home than ever before, the agencys Technology Transfer program has the sole mission of getting those innovations into the hands of companies, entrepr...

Icy comets contain common crystals that can only be formed in extreme heat. But comets reside in the frigid outer reaches of the Solar System. How did these materials form, and how did they find their way into the Solar ...

Earth's radiation budget is a core process of the Earth-atmosphere system, closely linked to global climate and environmental changes. While current satellite observations have greatly advanced our understanding of E...

Space-based technology could help track plastic and other flotsam by its fingerprints. In late 2025, scientists reported that, for the first time, they were able to detect concentrations of plastic pollution on land usin...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a young star flinging heat-formed crystals outward on a cosmic conveyor belt, offering a new clue to how comets evolve.

Oman-based industrial conglomerate MB Group has ordered a small geostationary broadband satellite from Astranis that is slated to launch this summer. The post Astranis adds Oman customer to summer GEO launch lineup appea...

While this eerie NASAHubble Space Telescopeimage may look ghostly, its actually full of new life. Lupus 3 is a star-forming cloud about 500 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. White wisps of gas swirl through...

With the Webb telescopes unprecedented sensitivity, scientists are learning more about dark matters influence on stars, galaxies, and even planets like Earth. Scientists using data from NASAs James Webb Space Telescope h...

The Artemis 2 moon mission will send a swatch from the famous Wright Flyer, along with a number of other aerospace artifacts, when it launches in the coming weeks.

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have completed a spaceflight biology investigation aboard the International Space Station (ISS) that reveals how microgravity fundamentally alters microbial metaboli...

Water exists across Mars in underground ice, soil moisture, and atmospheric vapour, yet most of it remains frustratingly beyond practical reach for future explorers. A new comparative study from the University of Strathc...

Sometimes astronomers don't need giant telescopes to observe the wonders of the cosmos; they just need to look up at the night sky.