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Theres an active debate in the astrobiology community of where to use our best telescopes to look for our best chance of seeing alien life. That debate has been going on for decades, and will continue for some time to co...

Image: This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month features galaxies in great detail that have been warped and multiplied like theyve stepped into a house of mirrors. The brilliant golden galaxies s...

The Universe has been making fewer stars lately and astronomers want to know why. The obvious answer is: there hasn't been enough starbirth material. But, is that true? Is some other process at play? An international...

A new way to accurately measure the distance between quasar pairs is showing promise through University of Alberta research.

NASA has awarded a contract to Omitron Inc. for the acquisition of orbital safety analysis services, which provide for critical protection of NASA spaceflight assets and astronaut lives. This indefinite-delivery contract...

NASA will participate in the 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Antalya, Türkiye, from Monday, Oct. 5, to Friday, Oct. 9, highlighting Americas leadership in human exploration to the Moon and Mars, advan...

Paris, France | September 2026 - Novaspaces Satellite Communications for Defense and Security, 2nd Edition highlights a defense Satcom market poised for rapid growth. By 2035, commercial satellite service revenues [] The...

The standard model of cosmology predicts that the Universe is homogeneous. A new study tests this using the polarization of the cosmic microwave background and finds this isn't quite true. This study supports an earl...

In accordance with a contract on-ramp clause, NASA has added Blue Origins New Glenn 94 launch service to the NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract. The New Glenn 94 launch service will be available to NASAs Launch Servi...

NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch, launch, and docking activities for the agencys SpaceX Crew13 mission to the International Space Station. Live coverage will stream through a variety of platforms. Learn where...

IRVINE, Calif. - Sept. 29, 2026 - Terran Orbital, a Lockheed Martin company and a global leader in satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, today announced the [] The post Terran ...

Photos taken using a microscope reveal the colorful, kaleidoscope-like crystal structure of a new NASA-made material that could be used for manufacturing during future space missions. Developed at NASA's Glenn Resear...

Ahead of NASAs SpaceX Crew-13 mission launch, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft are vertical at the launch pad of Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida in this Sept. 27, 20...

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New research led by the University of Michigan is helping set the stage for future observatories to characterize rocky planets outside our solar system, planets that could prove life isn't confined to Earth. The new ...

SpaceX sent its Starship super-rocket on its first orbital flight-a shorter-than-planned test mission that put operational Starlink satellites into orbit for the first time.

Photos taken using a microscope reveal the colorful, kaleidoscope-like crystal structure of a new NASA-made material that could be used for manufacturing during future space missions. Developed at NASAs Glenn Research Ce...

Scientists have helped solve a longstanding mystery about how Earth remained habitable after oxygen first accumulated in its atmosphere more than 2 billion years ago, providing evidence that ancient ocean chemistry susta...

A commercial mission to boost NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory ended without raising the spacecraft's orbit, but the agency and Katalyst Space gained experience that will benefit future in-space servicing pr...

NASA announced Monday that it is planning new missions using Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, the first since a troubled test flight left two astronauts stranded at the International Space Station for months.

On September 9, 2026, Evan Hubinger, Anthropics alignment science lead, said on social media that he personally believed there was a greater than 10% chance that artificial intelligence could kill [] The post If AI canno...

NASA is throwing extra support and money behind Boeing's troubled astronaut capsule to get it fixed and flying again as soon as possible.