Firefly Aerospace, a Cedar Park-based spacecraft manufacturer, has scored a nearly $22M deal with the Space Force to launch a ...

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Two bands of radiation called the Van Allen belts encircle Earth. After a May 2024 solar superstorm, two more showed up between those belts.

Research Fellow Dr. Babak Bakhit has encountered one of his most challenging projects to date—contributing to the European ...

In January 2025, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were all visible in the night sky. And in February, 2025, ...

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For most of history, the Moon was regarded as a mysterious and powerful object. Then scientists made it into a destination ...

NASA is making emergency preparations to deal with a ‘city-killing’ asteroid after the odds of it smashing into Earth ...

An annual safety report to NASA has both praise and also underscores a number of cautionary woes, including the space ...

A striking orange-red full moon known as the snow moon will peak out from below the horizon this week. The second full moon ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

Five of the brightest planets will be visible to the naked eye. With help, you may even spot Uranus and Neptune.