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Jupiter always shines, even when seen sideways in unprocessed data.

The core stage of a Chinese Long March 5B rocket is set to tumble uncontrollably back to Earth today in a reentry that China is tracking closely.

This luminescent image features multiple galaxies, perhaps most noticeably LEDA 58109, the lone galaxy in the upper right. LEDA 58109 is flanked by two further galactic objects to its lower left--a galaxy with an active ...

Two asteroids, 2016 CZ31 and 2013 CU83, are headed toward Earth for back-to-back flybys this weekend.

More than half a billion years ago, Earth experienced an almost-complete collapse of its magnetic field. It began in the early Cambrian period. Then, after a period of about 15 million years, the field began to grow agai...

A Chinese Long March 5B rocket first stage made an uncontrolled, fiery reentry through Earth's atmosphere over Southeast Asia today (Saturday), six days it launched a new science module to China's Tiangong space station....

Faced within increasing costs, the European Space Agency is looking for ways to revise the design of a large X-ray space telescope, an effort that could have implications for NASA's own astrophysics programs. The post ES...

Venus has almost been "the forgotten planet," with only one space mission going there in the past 30 years. But the recent resurgence of interest in Earth's closest neighbor has NASA and ESA committing to three new missi...

A recent study examined why Jupiter doesn't have highly-visible (and beautiful) rings like Saturn, and puts the blame on its moons! The post Jupiter's Giant Moons Prevent it From Having Rings Like Saturn appeared first o...

The 25-ton (22.5 metric tons) core stage of a Long March 5B rocket reentered Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean this afternoon (July 30), ending its brief but controversial orbital stay.

NASA Administrator Statement on Chinese Space Debris

Wreckage from a Chinese Long March 5B rocket first stage made a fiery reentry into Earth's atmosphere over Southeast Asia Saturday, six days after launching a space station module into orbit. The post Long March 5B rocke...

NASA has completed the next steps in the Artemis 1 mission -- installing the data-gathering mannequin Commander Moonikin Campos inside the Orion spacecraft.

Mars will begin to approach Uranus early Sunday morning (July 31). The pair will be close enough to share the same field of view as seen through binoculars.

NASA's upcoming Mars Sample Return mission plan just received a glow-up: it will now carry a pair of twin helicopters, each capable of retrieving samples and delivering them to the ascent vehicle for return to Earth. The...