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NASA is launching a study of UFOs as part of a new push toward high-risk, high-impact science

The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program fosters exploration by funding early-stage studies to evaluate technologies that could support future aeronautics and space missions.

China has successfully launched a new optical satellite into orbit for remote sensing of Earth's surface, the CNSA said on Sunday.

A Japanese billionaire, his producer, and a Russian cosmonaut safely returned to Earth on Monday after spending 12 days on the International Space Station.

The Hubble Space Telescope’s successor is a time-traveling wonder capable of peering back to within a hair’s breadth of the dawn of the universe.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson confirmed Friday that the James Webb Space Telescope will attempt to blast off on Dec. 24. A European Ariane rocket will provide the lift from South America’s French Guiana.

The Parker Solar Probe actually flew through the corona in April during the spacecraft’s eighth close approach to the sun. Scientists said it took a few months to get the data back and then several more months to confirm.