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An upgrade to the communications system is delivering broadband internet speeds similar to those enjoyed by families on Earth.

The upcoming satellite experiment LiteBIRD is expected to probe the physics of the very early Universe if the primordial inflation happened at high energies. But now, a new paper in Physical Review Letters shows it can also test inflationary scenarios operating at lower energies.

Orbit Fab, the Gas Stations in Space refueling service provider and Astroscale U.S. Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc. and market leader in securing long-term orbital sustainability, has announced a commercial agreement to refuel Astroscale's Life Extension In-Orbit (LEXI) Servicer in geostationary orbit (GEO); LEXI is the first satellite designed to be refueled.

The first voyagers among the stars might not be people. Instead, they might be tiny creatures such as tardigrades (aka water bears).

A team of physicists has reported the accidental discovery of a real-world "warp bubble" whilst observing the structure of Casimir cavities – a small step towards building a potential warp drive.

A mission to one of the coldest and most remote places on earth will enable a new phase in the search for distant planetary...

China will complete the building of its space station in 2022, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The country will see 40-plus...

McGill University scientists have developed a new system for sharing the enormous amount of data being generated by the CHIME radio telescope in its search for fast radio bursts (FRBs), the puzzling extragalactic phenomenon that is one of the hottest topics in modern-day astronomy.

ANITA-2 has been developed by SINTEF in collaboration with ESA and OHB, and supported by the Norwegian Space Center. By Berit Ellingsen OSLO, Norway

Research suggests that artificial intelligence (AI) may be our best bet to explore exoplanets