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Jupiter's auroras are caused by a cosmic game of "tug-of-war," fueled by volcanoes on the planet's innermost moon, Io.

The Apollo 16 capsule is dusty all these decades after it carried three astronauts to the moon. Cobwebs cling to the spacecraft. Business cards, a pencil, money, a spoon and even a tube of lip balm litter the floor of th...

Destinus SA, the Swiss startup founded by serial entrepreneur Mikhail Kokorich, has raised 26.8 million Swiss francs ($29 million) for its campaign to offer hydrogen-powered supersonic flight. The post Destinus raises $2...

A dramatic video serves as a memorial to a star-crossed Starlink satellite that lived fast and died very young.

The highest glacier on Mount Everest is losing ice at an alarming rate, new research finds.

From body language to training tips, here's how to build better bonds with feline pals.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has taken its first visible light images of the surface of Venus from space.

Viasat plans to deploy an antenna in Sweden in April to give its ground station-as-a-service business polar coverage for the first time, the California-based satellite operator said Feb. 9. The post Viasat adds polar cov...

Distant X-rays may be the most direct evidence yet of the remains of a disintegrated planet colliding with the corpse of a star, a new study finds.

It's been more than a year since scientists lost one of the most iconic telescopes ever built -- and yet the collapse remains something of a mystery.

Spacex's newest fleet of satellites is tumbling out of orbit after being struck by a solar storm.

Earth's core, the deepest part of our planet, is characterized by extremely high pressure and temperature. It is composed of a liquid outer core and solid inner core.

The moment that debris from destroyed planets impacts the surface of a white dwarf star has been observed for the first time by astronomers at the University of Warwick.

In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You won’t ever stop reading about today’s topic: event horizons! An event horizon is the ultimate wall. It's a boundary that separat...

The International Space Station is orbiting slightly higher today placing it in position for a crew swap taking place in March....

The addition of two southern hemisphere telescopes will enable ATLAS to do full sky scans.

The Expedition 66 crew kicked off the week today exploring how living in space affects psychology and ways to manipulate objects with sound....

Scientists have deployed a network of seismometers onto Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf in an experiment that will test the instrument's ability to operate on icy moons in the solar system.

Innovative mini instruments on the International Space Station have produced their first maps of global humidity and ocean winds.

China's main space contractor aims to launch at least 140 spacecraft across more than 50 launches in 2022 following its busiest year in space so far. The post China plans more than 50 space launches in 2022 appeared firs...

Up to 80% of the Starlink satellites launched by SpaceX last week will soon reenter, or have already done so, because a geomagnetic storm kept the spacecraft from raising their orbits. The post Dozens of Starlink satelli...

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk will have a nice visual aid to point to during his highly anticipated presentation on Thursday (Feb. 10).