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The private spaceflight company launched the satellite for Japanese company SKY Perfect JSAT on Aug. 14, 2016. SpaceX successfully landed the first stage of the rocket on the company's drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

The private spaceflight is back in the business of successful drone ship landings, after their previous ocean landing failed. The Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched the JCSAT-16 communication satellite minutes prior.

The colliding black holes that generated the first detection of gravitational waves may have been primordial.

Late last week marked the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower, generally one of the most dependable shooting star shows of the year. You can usually spot about a meteor per minute streaking across the sky, leaving b...

"The universe is more than 13 billion years old. That means that even if there have been a thousand civilizations in our own galaxy, if they live only as long as we have been around--roughly ten thousand years--then all ...

SpaceX landed its Falcon 9 rocket for the sixth time in the last eight months early Sunday morning (Aug. 14), pulling off the feat during the successful launch of the JCSAT-16 commercial communications satellite.

The adventurous space explorer Jet Propulsion and his Earthling friends head into outer space to learn about Jupiter and Pluto in new episodes of the animated series "Ready Jet Go!" airing this week (Aug. 15-19).

On Aug. 14, 2016, SpaceX launched the JCSAT-16 communications satellite, and brought the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket down for a landing on a ship at sea. See images here.

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL -- Shortly after midnight today, Sunday, Aug. 14, and under near pristine Florida Space Coast skies, SpaceX dazzled its commercial customers and space enthusiasts alike worldwide with...