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A Falcon 9 launched a batch of Starlink satellites on Feb. 7 after SpaceX completed an investigation into an engine malfunction during the rockets previous launch five days earlier. The post Falcon 9 returns to flight af...

China launched its experimental reusable spacecraft for the fourth time late Friday, once again maintaining strict secrecy around the mission. The post China launches reusable spaceplane on fourth secretive orbital missi...

After losing about 20% of its civil servant workforce in the past year, NASAs administrator says the agency plans to bring more expertise in-house and reduce its reliance on contractors. The post NASA seeks to bolster wo...

I always say that one of the things that separates real science from pseudoscience is that while in both youre allowed to say whatever crazy idea pops into your mind, in real science youre obligated to take that idea ser...

An investor in two space companies that went public in the past year said an upcoming SpaceX IPO could generate new investor interest while also triggering a wave of consolidation. The post SpaceX IPO could drive investo...

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Starfishs Otter spacecraft will support relocation and life extension of military satellites The post Space Force awards $54.5 million contract to Starfish Space for GEO servicing vehicle appeared first on SpaceNews.

New research reveals the source of this carbon - and the driving forces behind it - are far more complex than previously thought.

For decades, astronomers have been watching WOH G64, an enormous heavyweight star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy visible with the naked eye from the Southern Hemisphere. This star is more than 1,500 times larger...

We're going deeper underground; there's too much panic in this town.

Astronomers from the University of Tokyo in Japan and elsewhere have employed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe a distant ultraviolet-luminous galaxy known as CEERS2-588. Results of the observational campa...

A group of US astronomers may have uncovered the first evidence for a dark matter sub-halo lurking just beyond our stellar neighborhood. Reporting their findings in Physical Review Letters, a team led by Sukanya Chakraba...

There are only three astronauts currently aboard the ISS, and two are Russian. Even so, NASA has plans to make sure the big game will be beamed up to orbit.

A dusting of white highlighted the Colorado Plateau around the deep gorge, while shadows created a visual illusion.

Four astronauts will blast off to re-staff the International Space Station (ISS) next week, NASA said Friday, after an emergency medical evacuation of the previous crew.

The combustible sedimentary rock, better known as coal, was not only crucial to the onset of advanced technology here on earth, but it should also be key to the development of advanced E.T.s residing on any given exoeart...