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NASA and the European Space Agency signed an agreement on cooperation on lunar exploration activities that could open the door to additional ESA roles in the NASA-led Artemis effort. The post NASA and ESA sign lunar coop...

Scientists have discovered that aircraft sometimes fly through powerful but unexplained radiation bursts. Now they think they know what is going on.

Experts think the Terracotta Army was meant to protect Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi in the afterlife and they also think there are still Terracotta Warriors left to be found.

It will take days to weeks for astronomers to confirm whether or not NASA's asteroid smasher DART changed the orbit of its target, asteroid Dimorphos.

A NASA spacecraft closed in on an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth.

About 2 billion years ago, an impactor hurtled toward Earth, crashing into the planet in an area near present-day Johannesburg, South Africa. The impactor--most likely an asteroid--formed what is today the biggest crater...

SpaceX's launch of 52 more Starlink satellites was visible all along the East Coast of the United States, generating footage of Saturday's sunset launch.

The UK Space Agency said Sept. 26 it has shortlisted groups led by startups Astroscale and ClearSpace for a mission to remove two spacecraft from low Earth orbit in 2026. The post UK shortlists Astroscale and ClearSpace ...

The massive United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket put on a show in its last flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

China just launched two missions less than 40 hours apart, sending three satellites to Earth orbit.

The DART spacecraft's tiny companion is ready to photograph a brand-new impact site Monday night (Sept. 26).

There is water in many places on Mars, including most of both polar ice caps--all in the frozen form.

Photosynthesis is probably the most important chemical reaction for life on Earth. It is the process plants use to transform sunlight into energy it can use. Through it, plants can produce carbohydrates they can use (and...

Does the existence of life on Earth tell us anything about the probability of abiogenesis--the origin of life from inorganic substances--arising elsewhere? That's a question that has confounded scientists, and anyone els...

The Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 6 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope is a very handy telescope and you can now save £50.

Artemis 1 will begin rolling back from the launch pad on Monday (Aug. 26) to seek out shelter in NASA's nearby Vehicle Assembly Building in Florida.

NASA's DART mission to test deflecting an asteroid using "kinetic impact" with a spaceship is just one way to defend planet Earth from an approaching object --and for now, the only method possible with current technology...

NASA will on Monday attempt a feat humanity has never before accomplished: deliberately smacking a spacecraft into an asteroid to slightly deflect its orbit, in a key test of our ability to stop cosmic objects from devas...

Hurricane Ian is prompting NASA to move its moon rocket off the launch pad and into shelter, adding weeks of delay to the lunar-orbiting test flight.

There's a new addition to the Lego Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series line: the biggest ever Razor Crest model - as seen in The Mandalorian.

NASA will move the Space Launch System rocket from its launch pad back the Vehicle Assembly Building as a precaution for an approaching hurricane, a decision that may delay the Artemis 1 mission until November. The post ...

An astronaut's photo of Mount Ruapehu, the real-life "Mount Doom" volcano shows the contrast between the hydrothermal lake at its summit and the snow surrounding its peak.