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The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter has captured a rare image of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft during a close flyby of Mars, marking a unique interagency observation in deep space.
India’s private space sector reached a milestone as Skyroot Aerospace successfully launched the Vikram-1 rocket, marking the country’s first private orbital mission and signaling a new era for commercial spaceflight …
NASA and Draper have terminated plans for a commercial lunar lander mission due to significant spacecraft development delays, marking a setback for the agency's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
A look back at the 1981 French-Japanese animated series «Ulysses 31», which transported the epic journey of Homer's Odyssey into a science-fiction setting, blending classical mythology with space-age adventure.
A new study reveals that the four sub-Earth exoplanets orbiting Barnard's Star are arid and geologically dead, with no atmospheres and limited internal activity, reshaping understanding of the system.
Astronomers have detected a helium-rich atmosphere around the rocky exoplanet LHS 1140b, located 48 light-years away in its star's habitable zone, marking the first confirmed atmosphere on a rocky world …
Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov was dismissed after failing to complete three priority tasks set by President Zelenskyy, including closing the sky to Russian attacks, reforming mobilization, and launching a …
SpaceX launched 21 York Space Systems satellites for the Space Development Agency, placing half of the planned Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation in orbit to enhance military data connectivity.
SpaceX has stacked its massive Starship rocket ahead of the Flight 13 test launch, marking another step in the development of the world's most powerful launch vehicle.
SpaceX is set to launch 21 satellites for the US Space Force's Transport Layer, a low-Earth orbit constellation designed to provide secure, high-speed data communications for military operations.
The Office of Space Commerce has outlined its proposal for a mission authorization framework for novel space activities, emphasizing regulatory certainty and minimal burden on commercial operators.
SpaceX is set to launch its Starship rocket on Flight 13, a critical test that will attempt to deploy Starlink V3 satellites for the first time, marking a major step …
New images from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal gas filaments funneling material into a spinning disk around a supermassive black hole in galaxy NGC 4696, providing unprecedented detail on …
NASA is accelerating preparations for the Artemis III mission, aiming to land astronauts near the lunar south pole by 2027. The agency reports significant progress on the Space Launch System …
A new study published in Nature suggests that the risks of severe geomagnetic storms may be underestimated due to measurement errors and a statistical phenomenon called regression toward the mean, …
Space agencies and private companies are advancing technologies and strategies to overcome the immense challenges of sending humans to Mars and returning them safely to Earth, marking a critical step …
SpaceX's Starlink satellites are each performing nearly one collision avoidance maneuver per week on average, raising concerns among experts about the sustainability of low Earth orbit and the potential for …
Icarus Robotics has chosen KULR Technology Group to provide batteries for its Joy free-flying robot platform, which is designed for mobile manipulation tasks on the International Space Station.
SpaceX is set to launch its Starship Flight 13 mission on July 16, marking another milestone in the development of the world's most powerful rocket. The launch window opens at …
Using ALMA, astronomers have detected two hot cores—warm molecular cocoons around newborn stars—inside the supernova remnant RX J1713.7−3946, showing that complex organic molecules can survive the intense feedback of a …
