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A curated selection of the latest Space news from around the world.

NASA’s SOFIA Discovers Water on Sunlit Surface of Moon
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This discovery indicates that water may be distributed across the lunar surface.
Tuesday, November 3, 2020

NASA Takes Delivery of First All-Electric Experimental Aircraft
The first all-electric configuration of NASA’s X-57 Maxwell now is at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.
Friday, October 4, 2019

NASA's Dragonfly Drone Will Fly Around Titan
NASA has announced that our next destination in the solar system is the unique, richly organic world Titan.
Sunday, June 30, 2019

Israeli Space Tech Firm hiSky Expands to the UK
An innovative company looking to make satellite communications more accessible and affordable is set to create over 100 high-tech jobs in London and Oxfordshire.
Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Asteroid Mining not a Million Miles Away
Work by a team of University of Adelaide scientists to perfect metal and mineral extraction processes is bringing the possibility of mining the wealth contained within asteroids closer to reality.
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

NASA Opens International Space Station to New Commercial Opportunities and Private Astronauts
NASA is opening the International Space Station for commercial business so U.S. industry innovation and ingenuity can accelerate a thriving...
Saturday, June 8, 2019

Maxar Technologies Awarded Artemis Lunar Gateway Power and Propulsion Contract by NASA
In one of the first steps of the agency’s Artemis lunar exploration plans, NASA announced on Thursday the selection of Maxar Technologies...
Friday, May 25, 2019

Massive Martian Ice Deposit Discovered Under Red Planet's North Pole
Newly discovered layers of ice buried a mile beneath Mars' north pole are the remnants of ancient polar ice sheets and could be one of the largest...
Thursday, May 24, 2019

Spinning Black Hole Sprays Light-Speed Plasma Clouds into Space
Astronomers have discovered rapidly swinging jets coming from a black hole almost 8000 light-years from Earth.
Friday, May 3, 2019

Astronomers Capture First Image of a Black Hole
An international collaboration presents paradigm-shifting observations of the gargantuan black hole at the heart of distant galaxy Messier 87.
Thursday, April 11, 2019


NASA Administrator Statement on Return to Moon in Five Years
The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Tuesday’s announcement by Vice President Mike Pence, at the fifth meeting of the National Space Council, about putting American...
Saturday, March 30, 2019

NASA Selects Mission to Study Space Weather from Space Station
NASA has selected a new mission that will help scientists understand and, ultimately, forecast the vast space weather system around our planet. Space weather is important because it can have profound impacts – affecting...
Tuesday, February 26, 2019

NASA's Record-Setting Rover Mission on Mars Comes to End
One of the most successful and enduring feats of interplanetary exploration, NASA's Opportunity rover mission is at an end after almost 15 years exploring the surface of Mars and helping lay the groundwork for...
Saturday, February 16, 2019

2018 Was The Fourth Warmest Year Since Records Began
Earth's global surface temperatures in 2018 were the fourth warmest since 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Warming Seas May Increase Frequency of Extreme Storms
A new NASA study shows that warming of the tropical oceans due to climate change could lead to a substantial increase in the frequency of extreme rain storms by the end of the century.
Tuesday, January 29, 2019

The Coolest Experiment in the Universe
What's the coldest place you can think of? Temperatures on a winter day in Antarctica dip as low as -120ºF (-85ºC). On the dark side of the Moon, they hit -280ºF (-173ºC). But inside NASA's Cold Atom Laboratory on the...
Sunday, December 30, 2018

The Most Distant Solar System Object Ever Observed
A team of astronomers has discovered the most-distant body ever observed in our Solar System. It is the first known Solar System object that has been detected at a distance that is more than 100 times farther than Earth...
Tuesday, December 18, 2018

NASA’s Newly Arrived OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Already Discovers Water on Asteroid
Recently analyzed data from NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx)...
Tuesday, December 11, 2018

UK to tell EU it will no longer seek access to secure aspects of Galileo
The Prime Minister has confirmed the UK will not use Galileo for defence or critical national infrastructure after Brexit.
Sunday, December 2, 2018

NASA Announces Landing Site for Mars 2020 Rover
NASA has chosen Jezero Crater as the landing site for its upcoming Mars 2020 rover mission after a five year search.
Thursday, November 22, 2018

Landing Site Selected for UK Mars Rover
Due to land in 2021, the ExoMars rover will be the first of its kind to travel across the Martian surface and drill down to determine if evidence of life is buried underground.
Saturday, November 10, 2018

Astronomers Find Evidence of Moon Outside Our Solar System
Using NASA’s Hubble and Kepler space telescopes, astronomers have uncovered tantalizing evidence of what could be the first discovery of a moon orbiting a planet outside our solar system.
Friday, November 9, 2018

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NASA’s SOFIA Discovers Water on Sunlit Surface of Moon
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This discovery indicates that water may be distributed across the lunar surface.
Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Vice President’s Discussion with Higher Education Leaders
Vice President Mike Pence led a discussion with higher education leaders from across the country to discuss the all-of-America approach to respond to COVID-19 and drive America’s phased economic revival.
Thursday, May 14, 2020

Students Across Europe Learn Swift to Unlock New Opportunities
This month, in classrooms across Europe celebrating EU Code Week, students of all ages are living proof that coding opens doors to opportunities never before possible.
Friday, October 4, 2019

NASA Takes Delivery of First All-Electric Experimental Aircraft
The first all-electric configuration of NASA’s X-57 Maxwell now is at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.
Friday, October 4, 2019

Prime Minister Boris Johnson Launches Police Recruitment Drive
The recruitment of 20,000 new police officers will begin within weeks, confirming the commitment made by the Prime Minister as he entered Downing Street.
Friday, July 26, 2019

Jony Ive to Form Indi Design Company with Apple as Client
Apple announced that Sir Jony Ive, Apple’s chief design officer, will depart the company as an employee later this year to form an independent design company which will count Apple among its primary clients.
Monday, July 15, 2019