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Image: Matthias returns to Cologne

Ever wonder what happened to all those collections of rocks and dust the Apollo astronauts brought back from the Moon? Some of those lunar samples were studied right away. Others made their way into a few museums and sci...

North Korea launched a new ballistic missile test from a submarine on Saturday (May 7).

A surprising new photo from the GOES East satellite has revealed what appears to be the word "Go" written in the clouds as seen from space.

Meteor streaks delighted skywatchers this weekend as the Earth passed through the dust trail of Halley's Comet in an annual meteor shower display.

Space coast residents got a treat early Friday (May 6) when SpaceX's the latest Starlink launch spawned an eerie glowing cloud in the sky.

Small launch vehicle developer Astra says it is ready to perform a series of launches for NASA once it receives a license for those missions. The post Astra prepares for TROPICS launch campaign appeared first on SpaceNew...

SpaceX's Crew-3 astronaut mission's return to Earth early Friday (May 6) was captured in epic photos.

For decades, scientists have observed dark landslides called slope streaks on Mars. First seen by the Viking orbiters in the 1970s, every orbiter mission since has observed them, but the mechanism behind the slope streak...

Tiny little bullets flood the solar system, each micrometeoroid a potential hazard. New research has found that the James Webb Space Telescope’s thin sunshields, and future inflatable spacecraft, may be at risk. Microm...

A Chinese launch startup sent a small rocket test stage up to an altitude of one kilometer Friday before a performing a powered descent and vertical landing. The post Deep Blue Aerospace completes kilometer-level rocket ...

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station....

A group of 18 space companies is banding together to raise funds in support of Ukraine amid Russia's invasion.