17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet ... Combination of Cosmic ...

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Discover the best Lego space sets in the known universe with sets suitable for kids and adults alike, covering all budgets, including NASA-branded builds. We've rounded up the best Lego space sets ...

Gayle King launched into the defense of her all-female space expedition, acknowledging that, yes, it might have been an expensive trip, but real work was being done up there. “I think it’s ...

A composite false-color image of fire in space. The bright yellow traces the path of a drop of fuel, shrinking as it burns, producing green soot. Paul Ferkul / NASA Recent tests aboard the ...

Apr. 16, 2025 — Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these 'polar ...

This essentially means that if there is some rapidly developing threat in space—say an adversary takes out a key national defense satellite—the military would like the capability to rapidly ...

After 286 Days in Space, NASA Astronauts Return to Earth with a Splash NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams had been “stuck” at the International Space Station since June 6 ...

The Air Force may cancel the development of hundreds of Space Development Agency satellites and give the work to SpaceX, one senator said Thursday—a move that would shut out other companies ...

Having them there already—or so goes the thinking behind a new $60 million Space Force contract to develop an “orbital carrier.” The carrier will be able to “pre-position multiple ...

In a week where most Americans are trying to figure out whether they can retire before 87—given the latest implosion of their 401(k)s—Lauren Sánchez and her sisterhood of the traveling space ...