A Flagstaff-based space company has won a $30 million contract to raise the orbit of a space-based NASA observatory next year ...

For only the third time in history, an object from beyond our own solar system is making an unexpected, high-speed pass ...

In a breakthrough for exoplanet science, astronomers have discovered three Earth-sized planets orbiting both stars in a ...

Those social media and other reports that the Earth now has two moons appear to be off the mark by about a moon. Astronomers ...

There’s the infamous zoo hypothesis, which supposes that advanced aliens know about our planet but stay away to let us evolve ...

An international team of researchers has just revealed the existence of three Earth-sized planets in the binary stellar ...

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or the “Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has been selected by NASA to launch its Aspera mission, an ...

As the government shutdown drags on, scientists and advocates remain focused on the long-term effects of proposed budget cuts ...

The Moon landing was first envisioned to happen in 2024, then this year, and then it was postponed to next year. At the end ...

NASA has published its 30-year plan for astrophysics, and its first priority is to look for habitable planets and life on other worlds. It will also focus on learning more about the origins of life ...

Rochester Institute of Technology graduate student Chi Nguyen was selected for a NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship in Astrophysics Research. Nguyen, originally from Vietnam, is a Ph.D. student ...

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