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NASA's Artemis 2 crew marked the United States' 250th anniversary with a special tribute, highlighting the mission's role in lunar exploration and national pride.
A key component of the Artemis 3 lunar landing system, resembling a classic flying saucer, has arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, marking a major milestone for the mission scheduled …
Isar Aerospace has secured a contract to launch a German-built imaging satellite for Planet's subsidiary, marking a milestone for Germany's domestic space capabilities.
A fossil collected on an Antarctic island over 40 years ago has been identified as the tail vertebra of a titanosaurian sauropod, dating back 83 million years and rewriting the …
SpaceX launched 24 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, continuing the expansion of its broadband internet constellation.
Verde Technologies is shifting its focus from rooftop solar panels to space-based applications for its perovskite thin-film technology, aiming to power orbital data centers and large satellite constellations.
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed a distant exoplanet orbiting a white dwarf, offering a glimpse into the possible future of our solar system after the Sun’s death.
The European Space Agency has contracted Spanish company EMXYS to build Don Quijote, a shoebox-sized CubeSat that will be deployed onto the Apophis asteroid by the Ramses mission before its …
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket successfully launched 29 Amazon Project Kuiper broadband satellites into low Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida, marking the final Atlas V mission dedicated …
A private rocket mission aims to boost NASA's Swift telescope before its orbit decays, extending its hunt for gamma-ray bursts.
Researchers are outlining the feasibility of a human mission to Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, citing its dense atmosphere and liquid methane lakes as potential resources for exploration.
An Italian-led survey to conduct the first complete census of stars in key globular clusters has been selected as one of five General Astrophysics Surveys for the first cycle of …
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed the Jupiter-sized exoplanet WD 1856 b transiting a white dwarf, measuring its mass, temperature, and atmosphere. The planet is unexpectedly warm, offering clues …
NASA has awarded nearly $600 million to three companies for four lunar lander missions, advancing its plans for a sustained human presence on the Moon. The agency is also considering …
