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Astronomers recently identified an unusual star that most likely formed from the hypernova remains of one of the universe's first stars.

An intriguing candidate signal picked up last year by the Breakthrough Listen project has been subjected to intensive analysis that suggests it is unlikely to originate from the Proxima Centauri system. Instead, it appea...

SpaceX remains on track to launch its spooky space station mission this weekend -- as long as a toilet issue gets cleared up in time.

The elements around some giant black holes may be subtly different from the cosmic average, retaining a relic memory of the young universe.

An amazing new image shows one of the youngest alien worlds yet found, giving scientists more clues about how planets form.

Potential evidence of extraterrestrial radio signals from Proxima Centauri, the closest star to Earth, were likely just interference from human technology, researchers say.

An overview of the Earth-observing fleet of Sentinel satellites that are part of the Copernicus program.

Our otherwise quiet sun had a stormy five-hour fiesta during the early hours of Tuesday (Oct. 26).

Verizon Communications is working with Amazon to develop solutions for its proposed Project Kuiper megaconstellation, with the aim of using the satellites to extend connectivity services to more rural and remote communit...

Life science and spacewalk preparations are just part of the busy schedule aboard the International Space Station today....

SpaceX's newest Crew Dragon capsule will test out some tweaked toilet tech when it lifts off for the first time this weekend.

Winter Solstice has long marked a time of rebirth, behind it are fascinating astronomical events.

Russian cosmonauts will be allowed to fly to the International Space Station on SpaceX's Crew Dragon space capsule in the future as the technology has now proved to be sufficiently safe and reliable.

The UK Space Agency has awarded study contracts for a mission to remove two spacecraft from low Earth orbit by 2025. SpaceNews

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 1:30 p.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 29 to share information about the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE), a campaign to study small ocean whirlpools, eddies, and currents.

Members of the public can now help teach an artificial intelligence algorithm to recognize scientific features in images taken by NASA's Perseverance rover.

You can now "get your kicks" and Marvel comic book fix with a new mission patch for the International Space Station crew.

SpaceX's valuation has topped $100 billion, making the company even more of a rich rarity in a fast-growing industry.

SpaceX's Endurance spacecraft has arrived at the hangar, ready for launch.

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SpaceX is taming some toilet troubles in its capsules before it launches four more astronauts.

A joint NASA-U.S. Naval Research Laboratory experiment dedicated to studying the origins of solar energetic particles--the Sun's most dangerous form of radiation--is ready for launch.