On Wednesday (Jan. 1), mission control at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland began receiving the Parker Solar Probe's first telemetry — or housekeepin…
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features Arp 72, a very selective galaxy group that only includes two galaxies interacting due to gravity: NGC 5996 (the large spiral gal…
European space consultancy firms Euroconsult and SpaceTec Partners announced merger plans on April 5 to expand their services globally. The combined group will be called Novaspace, marrying…
China launched its first Yaogan-42 satellite late Tuesday, adding to the country's growing military satellite reconnaissance capabilities. A Long March 2D rocket lifted off from Xicha…
NASA has selected three companies to work on lunar rover concepts that would be offered as a service for Artemis lunar landings and scientific activities. NASA announced on April 3 that it …
Two days after a rare last-second launch abort, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft blasted off Saturday on a flight to the International Space Station, carrying two short-duration crew members and …
NASA's BurstCube, a shoebox-sized satellite designed to study the universe's most powerful explosions, is on its way to the International Space Station. The spacecraft travels aboar…
Citizen scientists and artificial intelligence have come together to discover a staggering 430,000 galaxies scattered across the universe. The massive haul includes 30,000 ring galaxies, w…
China launched its Queqiao-2 relay satellite Tuesday to support upcoming lunar far side and south polar missions. A Long March 8 rocket lifted from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center at 8:31 …
The country has shortlisted four astronauts as it prepares for its first-ever crewed mission. India has revealed a shortlist of Air Force pilots who will fly on the country's first hum…
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered an "extremely red" supermassive black hole growing in the shadowy, early universe. The red hue of the sup…
France-based Unseenlabs has raised 85 million euros ($92 million) behind plans to double its maritime surveillance constellation to 25 nanosatellites for tracking vessels in near real-time…
Japan's space agency made contact with its SLIM moon lander Sunday, despite the spacecraft not being expected to function after lunar night. Contact with the Smart Lander for Investig…
Crew members in space will spend lots of time together during future missions to Mars. NASA via AP Within the next few decades, NASA aims to land humans on the Moon, set up a lunar colony…
Astronomers have discovered two tiny moons orbiting Neptune and one circling Uranus, bringing the number of their known moons to 16 and 28 respectively. Uranus' new moon, the first de…
For the first time since the Apollo era, an American spaceship has landed on the Moon: an uncrewed commercial robot, funded by NASA to pave the way for US astronauts to return to Earth…
WASHINGTON — Russia is developing a space-based nuclear weapon designed to target U.S. satellites, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The weapon isn’t yet operational, t…
A group leading China’s national low Earth orbit communications megaconstellation has founded two new firms to help develop the project, but overall plans remain vague. China Satellite Ne…
