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Boeing's Starliner astronaut taxi has cleared a big hurdle on the road to its July 30 launch to the International Space Station.

Higher tides, bigger earthquakes, and more frequent volcanic eruptions would plague the planet.

A delay in the undocking events scheduled for tomorrow gave the crew of Expedition 65 aboard the International Space Station extra time to focus on training, science, and maintenance today....

Ingenuity's 10th flight on Mars could happen as early as Saturday (July 24).

"Who wants a Skittle?" With those words delivered from high above Earth, Jeff Bezos inspired a new, limited-edition variety of the colorful treats.

The first four "Star Trek" movies are getting an ultra-high-definition makeover for a new 4K box set to be released in September 2021.

Media accreditation is now open for SpaceX's 23rd cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff of the Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket is targeted for late August from Launch Complex 39A at Ke...

NASA has picked SpaceX's heavy-lift Falcon Heavy rocket to launch the Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter's icy moon.

Boeing is set to launch its Starliner spacecraft on a crucial uncrewed flight to the International Space Station on July 30. Here's how you can watch the weeklong mission live.

The entirely theoretical cloud of icy space debris marks the frontiers of our solar system.

The limited-edition toy designer has unveiled three new exclusive releases for Comic-Con.

NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for Earth's first mission to conduct detailed investigations of Jupiter's moon Europa.

The latest, and probably the last, trailer for the second season of "Star Trek: Lower Decks" has warped online and it's a feast of rich "Star Trek" references.

NASA's Juno spacecraft is "listening" in on radio emissions from Jupiter's volcanic moon Io, allowing researchers to discover what triggers the strange radio waves.

A federal appeals court denied a motion from satellite operator Viasat to stop SpaceX from enlarging its Starlink megaconstellation. SpaceNews

Space is full of hazards. The Earth, and it's atmosphere, does a great job of shielding us from most of them. But sometimes those hazards are more powerful than even those protections can withstand, and potentially catas...

Using data from the MUSE instrument, researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) succeeded in detecting extremely faint planetary nebulae in distant galaxies. The method used, a filter algorithm i...

Canberra is one step closer to being Australia's home to deep space laser communication, thanks to a government funding for researchers at The Australian National University (ANU).

It's been a momentous month for space-faring billionaires. On July 11, British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson's Unity "rocket-plane" flew him and five fellow passengers about 85 kilometers above Earth. And this week, A...

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Long-term studies of ozone and water vapor in the atmosphere of Mars could lead to better understanding of atmospheric chemistry for the Earth. A new analysis of data from ESA's Mars Express mission has revealed that our...

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