Artist’s illustration of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA announced Tuesday it awarded SpaceX a $255 million contract to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, the agency’s next flagship astronomy mission, on a Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in 2026.
A Tianzhou 3 cargo spacecraft has undocked from China’s Tiangong space station and is now ready to be deorbited in the near future.
China is all set to launch the Wentian module for its crewed space station after rolling out a Long March 5B heavy rocket to the pad at Wenchang spaceport.
Rocket Lab says its National Reconnaissance Office mission will stand down for now, with new launch date 'to come.'
The future can arrive in sudden bursts. What seems a long way off can suddenly jump into view, especially when technology is involved. That might be true of self-replicating machines. Will we combine 3D printing with in-situ resource utilization to build self-replicating space probes?
We also get our first look at the "builders" who originally constructed the Kaylon artificial lifeforms
Here's how to observe these solar system worlds overnight Wednesday (July 20) and Thursday (July 21).
Two major U.S. defense contractors announced the successful test flight of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, or HAWC, on Monday (July 18).
In space, no one wants to deal with the cleanup from liquids, flames or other messy science experiments.
The James Webb Space Telescope could reveal hints about exoplanet surfaces by studying the planets' atmospheric temperatures and moisture levels.
A Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft in the grip of the International Space Station’s Canadian-built robotic arm June 28, just prior to the cargo freighter’ departure. Credit: NASA
Northrop Grumman’s next resupply flight to the International Space Station has been delayed from mid-August to mid-October by supply chain issues, a company spokesperson said Tuesday.
New research motivated by string theory suggests possible, and equally strange, fates for evaporating black holes.
Two private companies, Relativity Space and Impulse Space, unveiled plans for the first commercial flight to Mars in 2024 using reusable rockets.
Astronomers have found a dormant black hole orbiting a massive blue star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
Smashed temperature records, wildfires and broiling soil are revealed in satellite data as Europe swelters in an extreme heatwave that is set to exacerbate a months-long drought.
One argument in favor of space exploration highlights benefits that help study, monitor and address serious concerns on Earth, like climate change and food production.
Scientists have observed pulses from a fast radio burst, suggesting the flash might have come from a neutron star.
NASA has delayed to launch of its VIPER moon rover to 2024, a one-year slip, due to the need for tests of its Astrobotic lunar lander.
On July 12, NASA revealed the deepest image of the universe ever taken, courtesy of the James Webb Space Telescope. But what's really happening in this historic image?
Sotheby's is set to auction items from Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 moon landing artifacts collection.
Chinese launch services company CAS Space has signed a cooperation agreement with a giant state-owned travel company in an apparent boost for fledgling space tourism efforts in China.
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