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Sophia Space says it will begin deploying edge compute nodes on Kepler Communications satellites in late 2026, pairing orbital processing with optical relay links in a bid to prove distributed computing infrastructure in

China’s Chang’e-7 spacecraft has arrived at Wenchang spaceport for launch preparations ahead of a planned 2026 mission to the lunar south pole, where it will search for evidence of water-ice in permanently shadowed crat

A new explainer revisits one of physics’ strangest asymmetries: the weak nuclear force only interacts with left-handed particles, a quirk that helps make radioactive decay, fusion, and stars possible.

NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific on April 10, successfully ending Artemis 2, the first human mission beyond Earth orbit in more than 50 years.

Rocket Lab has secured three additional Electron missions for Japanese radar satellite company iQPS, extending a launch relationship that already spans seven completed flights and multiple future missions.

NASA’s Artemis II mission ended with a successful splashdown, marking the first return of astronauts from the moon since the Apollo era and Orion’s first crewed deep-space landing.

With Artemis II back on Earth, NASA is shifting from proving it can send astronauts around the Moon again to the harder task of landing crews and building a longer-term lunar presence

NASA’s Artemis II crew has splashed down safely after a 10-day mission around the moon, closing a major test flight and setting up the next phase of the agency’s return-to-the-moon campaign.

A newly released NASA timelapse from Artemis 2 captures the moon fully covering the sun during the crew’s far-side lunar flyby, creating one of the rarest eclipse views in human spaceflight.

NASA has highlighted indoor testing assets at its Unmanned Autonomy Research Complex, including a programmable WindShaper fan wall and a mobile WindProbe system tied to motion capture.

NASA says the Deep Space Network has taken over Artemis II communications after launch, marking the first time in more than half a century that the network has communicated with a crewed spacecraft traveling through deep

NASA’s Artemis 2 mission is approaching its most hazardous phase as Orion returns from a lunar flyby for a planned Pacific splashdown off California.

Satellite and ground-based measurements indicate that Florida’s escalating drought has dried shallow groundwater in northern and central parts of the state, extending the crisis beyond surface conditions.

A SpaceNews event focused on orbital data centers highlights how quickly on-orbit computing has shifted from a hypothetical concept to an active investment and infrastructure debate.

Astroscale has cleared a critical design review for the Orpheus mission, a British military-backed pair of cubesats intended to track low Earth orbit objects and study space weather effects on communications and signals.

Researchers using a machine-learning pipeline called RAVEN report more than 100 newly validated planets and over 2,000 vetted candidates from TESS data, highlighting how AI is reshaping the search for worlds beyond the太阳

Using Keck Observatory data and historical measurements, astronomers found that giant planets spin faster than more massive brown dwarf counterparts when mass, size, and age are taken into account.

A new study of more than 1 million galaxies and over 8,000 actively growing supermassive black holes points to a simple explanation for the modern slowdown in black hole growth: not enough cold gas.

NASA’s Artemis 2 crew has sent back high-resolution images from its lunar flyby, including a new Earthset view and eclipse scenes not seen from humans in decades.

As Artemis 2 pushed farther from Earth than any humans before, the crew paused to honor a member of their astronaut family by naming features on the moon's surface.