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SAN FRANCISCO - The European Space Agency awarded AAC Clyde Space a 10.9 million euro ($12.6 million) contract to complete development and demonstrate VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) satellites for [] The post AAC Clyde ...

NASA-supported scientists have provided new information about how the early Earth may have acquired some elements necessary for the planet to become habitable. They also suggest a new role for Jupiter in the distribution...

NASA took an unconventional approach to informing the astronauts of Artemis 3 about their crew assignments.

TAMPA, Fla. - Avanti Communications is moving to close a chapter on the debt-fueled geostationary expansion that once defined the British satellite operator, with plans to sell the youngest payload [] The post Avanti tri...

Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket occurred at 8:27 a.m. ET, just over an hour before SpaceX went public on the NASDAQ stock market.

Japan successfully completed its first mission with its H3 rocket since a launch failure last year resulted in the loss of a payload.

To truly understand what an asteroid is made of, we need to send a probe to it. Remote sensing from ground-based telescopes, or even orbiting observatories, can only do so much. A new white paper submitted to the U.K. Sp...

The quasar existed 12.9 billion years ago and shows that supermassive black holes were able to age rapidly in the early universe.

As SpaceX gears up to start launching orbital data center spacecraft as soon as next year, astronomers warn those satellites could cause serious interference with their observations. The post Astronomers fear orbital dat...

Last year, a study sent a quiet tremor through the field of cosmology. A team of researchers claimed that the universe's expansion might be slowing down, not speeding up, suggesting that dark energy, the mysterious f...

Every so often, the Sun hurls billions of tonnes of charged particles toward Earth in what are called coronal mass ejections and if a big one hits at the wrong moment, the consequences for satellites, power grids, and co...

Every galaxy you've ever seen in a photograph is hiding something. Beyond the glowing disc of stars and gas that the camera captures lies a vast, ghostly outer region called a halo, too faint to see easily but packed...

Sensational performances and stunning cinematography just about cover for a predictable plot with nothing much to say.

Week in images: 08-12 June 2026 Discover our week through the lens

'I think its a really interesting environment to delve into. Ultimately, it's a culture of survival.'

A spacecraft was recently prepped for encapsulation inside of its rocket at one of NASA's launch facilities ahead of its launch to save another satellite.

This March 20, 2026, image of Messier 64, or the Black Eye Galaxy, is a composite view from NASAs Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope. It shows Messier 64 captured at near- and mid-infrared wavelengths ...

A part of Canadarm2 robotic arm on the ISS broke in May, requiring repairs by spacewalking astronauts no earlier than June 30. A spare is already on the station.

Chris Kemp thinks he could be the last person left working at Astra - but not for the reason most people might think. His company rode the SPAC boom five [] The post All in on AI at Astra appeared first on SpaceNews.

Japans H3 rocket launched June 11 on its first flight since a failure in December, placing six smallsats in orbit. The post H3 successfully returns to flight appeared first on SpaceNews.

From ruined photos to vanishing darkness, satellites are transforming the night sky - and not always for the better.

Video: 00:17:20 Step inside the Columbus Control Centre near Munich, Germany, and discover what it takes to keep ESA's Columbus laboratory running-24 hours a day, 365 days a year.Columbus Flight Director Tristan Herm...