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NASAs Magellan Mission to Venus is the gift the keeps on giving, providing Italian researchers with the first solid detection of a massive subsurface lava tube on Venus. They detail their findings in a new paper appearin...

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Young space companies are gaining more ways to cash out or raise larger pools of capital as the industry matures and investors grow more comfortable with the sector. The post Space startups find more paths to liquidity a...

In a new study, researchers say that non-biological sources they considered could not fully account for the abundance of organic compounds in a sample collected on Mars by NASAs Curiosity rover.

SpaceX will launch the latest batch of astronauts to the International Space Station early Friday morning (Feb. 13), and you can watch the action live.

The more powerful version of Europes Ariane 6 rocket successfully placed a group of Amazon Leo broadband satellites into orbit on the vehicles inaugural launch Feb. 12. The post First Ariane 64 launches Amazon Leo satell...

Video: 00:02:07 At 16:45 GMT/17:45 CET the first Ariane 6 rocket with four boosters lifted off from Europes Spaceport in French Guiana on 12 February, taking 32 Amazon Leo satellites to orbit.This is Ariane 6s most power...

NASA and Vast have signed an order for the sixth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than summer 2027 from Florida. This private astronaut mission marks the company...

A Vulcan Centaur rocket successfully launched two U.S. spy satellites on Feb. 12 despite suffering an anomaly with one of its solid rocket boosters, echoing the result of an October 2024 mission.

Several years ago, an automated sky survey spotted a distant supermassive black hole that tore apart a star. The star that got too close, and the resulting tidal disruption event released a lot of energy. But the SMBH is...

Astronomers have discovered a planetary system that appears to flip one of astronomy's most reliable rules on its head.

British company Skyrora, which designs and builds rockets to carry small satellites into space, announced Thursday it could acquire "select" assets from its stricken rival Orbex, including its spaceport in Scotla...

The contract will examine the performance of ThinKoms portable gateway for use by dismounted forces The post ThinKom gets military contract to supply portable ground stations for satellite communications appeared first o...

A meteor triggered a flurry of fireball sightings on Feb. 10

The next-generation spacesuit for NASAs Artemis III mission continues to advance by passing a contractor-led technical review, as the agency prepares to send humans to the Moons South Pole for the first time.Testing is a...

Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026: Updates on SpaceX and NASA's Crew-12 astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

Friday, Feb. 13, 2026: Updates on SpaceX and NASA's Crew-12 astronaut launch to the International Space Station.

Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026: Updates on SpaceX and NASA's Crew-12 astronaut launch to the International Space Station.

The most powerful version of Europe's Ariane 6 rocket flew for the first time ever on Thursday (Feb. 12), launching 32 of Amazon's internet satellites to orbit.

Researchers from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have conducted a new study on the temporal evolution of the afterglow from gamma-ray burst GRB 240825A. The study offers new evidence to better...

The full "Snow Moon" rose on Feb. 1 to flood the winter sky with icy moonlight.

This image from NASAsHubble Space Telescopereleased on Feb. 10, 2026, reveals a dramatic interplay of light and shadow in the Egg Nebula, sculpted by freshly ejected stardust. Located approximately 1,000 light-years away...