Three weeks ago, NASA revealed that a shipping container protecting a Cygnus spacecraft sustained "damage" while traveling to the launch site in Florida. Built by Northrop Grumman, Cygnus is one ...

"The International Space Station Program will continue working with Northrop Grumman to assess whether the Cygnus cargo module is able to safely fly to the space station on a future flight.

which are both part of the North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. This region is photographed often, especially ...

Stellar-mass black holes, like Cygnus X-1, feed by ripping gas from their companion stars. Meanwhile, supermassive black ...

This week’s small-telescope target is globular cluster NGC 2808 in the southern constellation Carina the Keel. It shines at magnitude 6.2 and has a diameter of 13.8′. That means it covers 20 ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Astronomers have examined the hot gaseous halo of the spiral galaxy NGC 7793 using data from Spektr-RG and Chandra observatories. They identified extraplanar X ...

Northrop Grumman's NG-21 Cygnus cargo spacecraft is seen held by the International Space Station's robotic arm. . | Credit: NASA NASA has called off a planned cargo mission to the International ...