Few are as delighted by the pending market debut as the vibrant community of space enthusiasts who want to push discovery of ...

Since humanity first gazed up at the night sky, we’ve been driven by an insatiable curiosity to understand what lies beyond our pale blue dot. The past six decades of space exploration have delivered ...

This study is based on work supported by Grant FA9550-19-1-0330 with the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Grant DE-SC0019513 with the Department of Energy, Contract NNH17CB02B with the ...

Discovery has been on display at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum for more than a decade. Now, Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn want to bring it to Texas. Reading time 3 minutes The ...

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A sliver of space where scientists found Segue 1, a faint dwarf galaxy about 75,000 light-years away, in 2006. Credit: Marla Geha / W.M. Keck Observatory It started with a homework assignment: A ...

The newest generation of compact research freezers is performing well in space and have already boosted the scientific capacity of the International Space Station (ISS), said engineers at the ...

A new front has opened in the battle over space shuttle Discovery, and the fight has made its way to the Justice Department. The two Texas Senators trying to mandate the relocation of Discovery from ...

Lawmakers pushing to move the iconic spacecraft from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum to Texas just got the Department of Justice involved. Reading time 3 minutes Texas Senators have launched an ...