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Humanity moved an asteroid on purpose for the first time in history. Juno flies past Jupiter’s moon Europa. A possible mission to boost Hubble, and a mysterious blob is orbiting Milky Way's supermassive black hole. Her...

In a recent study published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, an international team of researchers led by Stanford University have produced the first computer-generated 3D model of the Cat's Eye Nebul...

We recently examined how and why Jupiter's moon, Europa, could answer the longstanding question: Are we alone? While this small icy world gives plenty of reasons to believe why we could--and should--find life within its ...

At the end of October and before Halloween the moon will pass between the Earth and the sun creating a partial solar eclipse, making the sun appear like a massive bite has been taken from it.

Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket aced a test flight today (Oct. 1), successfully delivering satellites to Earth orbit for the first time.

Mars exploration has been ongoing for decades at this point, and some regions of the planet have become more interesting than others. Of particular interest is a basin known as Utopia Planitia. It was the site of the Vik...

Kessler syndrome seems to be a growing fear for those interested in space exploration. The condition where numerous non-functional pieces of junk block access to orbit appears to be inching closer to reality, spurred on ...

A research team led by Cornell recently created a map of the Dragonfly's future landing site (the Selk Crater) using radar images taken by Cassini The post NASA's Dragonfly Helicopter Will be Exploring This Region of Tit...

The U.S. Space Systems Command announced Sept. 30 it selected Firefly Space Transport Services and Millennium Space Systems to conduct a demonstration of a rapid-response space mission to low Earth orbit in 2023. The pos...

In 2020, China's Chang'e 5 mission sampled more than a kilogram of moon rock and soil and brought it back to Earth. The samples contain countless tiny beads of glass, created when asteroids hit the moon and splashed out ...

Fingers crossed that "Andor" on Disney Plus will make other major studios realize that clever is cool, be it "Star Wars" or not.

October's full moon -- the Hunter's Moon -- becomes full on Oct. 9, the same day that Mercury reaches its highest altitude in the predawn sky.

Newly discovered records of solar eclipses seen in the Eastern Mediterranean reveal how Earth's motion has evolved.

NASA said Friday it would try to launch its Moon mega-rocket in November, without committing to a precise date for the much-delayed Artemis 1 mission.

The FCC's adoption of a new rule for disposal of low Earth orbit satellites is well-intentioned but pushing the limits of its authority, says the director of the Office of Space Commerce. The post Office of Space Commerc...