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NASA has awarded the Mars Ascent Propulsion System (MAPS) contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation of Elkton, Maryland.

New findings from Hubble suggest the same processes that occurred on Betelgeuse are happening in red hypergiant VY Canis Majoris.

Mission controllers have made substantial progress as they prepare Perseverance for the unpaved road ahead.

Testing teams successfully completed two important milestones that move Webb closer to being ready to launch in October.

This Hubble image features NGC 4826 – a spiral galaxy located 17 million light-years away in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

Three sounding rocket missions to test a supersonic parachute proved their worth with the successful landing of Perseverance.

A wayward young comet-like object orbiting among the giant planets has found a temporary parking place along the way.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured stunning views of Venus during its close flyby of the planet in July 2020.

Perseverance got its first high-definition look around its new home in Jezero Crater on Feb. 21, after rotating its mast, or “head,” 360 degrees.

Since the explosion of a star on Feb. 24, 1987, researchers have been hunting the squashed stellar core that should have been left behind.

New video from NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover chronicles the final minutes of its entry, descent, and landing on the Red Planet on Feb. 18.

As astronomers discovered asteroids hiding in Jupiter’s Lagrange points, they began referring to them as “Trojan asteroids.”