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Here are some of the wildest perennial space myths that just won't go away.

Astronomers are understandanly fascinated with the Epsilon Eridani system. For one, this star system is in close proximity to our own, at a distance of about 10.5 light years from the Solar System. Second, it has been kn...

"The exploration of lunar poles is a significant innovation in human history, which has drawn great attention from around the world. It will also lay a solid foundation for deeper and more accurate Moon probes in the fut...

The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission 4 (OTV-4), the Air Force's unmanned, reusable space plane, landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility May 7, 2017....

A secretive U.S. Air Force spaceplane landed in Florida early May 7 after spending nearly two years in orbit on a classified mission. SpaceNews.com

The record-breaking, hush-hush mission of the U.S. Air Force's robotic X-37B space plane is finally over.

The Mercury space capsule was the first American spacecraft built to carry astronauts. See photos of the space capsule's development leading up to the crewed flights in 1961 and beyond.

On May 5, 1961, NASA launched the Mercury Redstone 3 rocket to make Alan Shepard the first American in space on the historic Freedom 7 mission. See some amazing vintage photos from the from the historic mission here.

The moon and Jupiter will shine bright near each other in the night sky on Sunday (May 7). Here's how to see it.