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Saturn is truly the lord of the rings in this latest snapshot from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, taken on July 4, 2020, when the opulent giant world was 839 million miles from Earth. This new Saturn image was taken duri...

Five astronauts living in space are preparing to welcome a new shipment of supplies after an evening launch from Kazakhstan of an uncrewed Progress cargo vehicle.

The Expedition 63 crew is turning its attention to Thursday's express cargo delivery mission following a successful spacewalk on Tuesday....

For only the second time ever, astrophysicists have spotted a spectacular flash of ultraviolet (UV) light accompanying a white dwarf explosion.

Low-mass probes propelled by directed energy from earth are an early option for exploration of nearby star systems. A challenging aspect of such technology is returning scientific observational data to earth....

U.S. Space Command says Russia on July 15 conducted a non-destructive test of a space-based anti-satellite weapon. SpaceNews

A new National Space Council report argues that the exploration and development of space must be an integrated effort that involves not just NASA but other government agencies, as well as international and commercial par...

Join Space.com for our free "Summer of Mars" webinar on Thursday, July 29, at 12 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT).

We've scanned the schedule and pulled out the essential panels and screenings that space lovers should make their top priority for San Diego Comic-Con 2020.

"Star Trek: Prodigy," the all-new animated series from CBS and Nickelodeon, was officially unveiled today (July 23.)

NASA has awarded the Human Space Flight Technical Integration Contract (HSFTIC) to Barrios Technology Ltd. of Houston to support multiple human spaceflight programs at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

An uncrewed Russian cargo ship lifted off Thursday to deliver a load of supplies to the International Space Station.

We’re getting better and better at detecting exoplanets. Using the transit method of detection, the Kepler Space Telescope examined over 530,000 stars and discovered over 2,600 explanets in nine years. TESS, the succes...

Dark energy is one of the greatest mysteries in science today. We know very little about it, other than it is invisible, it fills the whole universe, and it pushes galaxies away from each other. This is making our cosmos...

ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer has been training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, U.S. In this video, he walks us through training for a spacewalk with NASA colleagues in the 12 m deep Neutral Buoyancy Facility ...

China launched a rover to Mars on Thursday, a journey coinciding with a similar US mission as the powers take their rivalry into deep space.

The U.S. is the only (existing) nation to ever successfully land a mission on Mars. China plans to change that.

"This whole decision making process seems unusual and doesn't have the transparency that it requires," Jones said in a video posted to Twitter. "Therefore, my committee will be holding an inquiry to understand the decisi...

SpaceX achieved another milestone when the payload fairings used for the ANASIS-II mission were both caught by ships at sea with nets! The post SpaceX Finally Catches Both Halves of a Falcon 9 Fairing appeared first on U...

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NASA is inviting the public to take part in virtual activities and events ahead of the launch of the agency's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, which is targeted for 7:50 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 30, on a United Launch Allian...

If you could stand on the surface of Mars, what would you hear? While eight missions have returned stunning views from the surface of the Red Planet, none have returned any sound.