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Video: 00:01:35 Aeolus's mission is over, but weather forecasting is improved forever, and a new precedent has been set for safe satellite reentries. The trailblazing Earth Explorer returned through our atmosphere on 28 ...

The able predators developed painful joint ailments at a high rate, according to a new study by a veterinary surgeon who examined hundreds of fossils.

The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) said Aug. 3 he is launching an investigation into the Biden administration's decision to keep U.S. Space Command's headquarters in Colorado. Th...

The James Webb Space Telescope has imaged the Ring Nebula in vibrant color, presenting one of the most well-known objects in astronomy as it has never been seen before.

Step 337 in assembling Lego's NASA Mars Rover Perseverance Technic model is to you install your name -- assuming you were one of the nearly 11 million people who signed up to fly on the real rover.

A new study cross-references supernova from the Gaia observatory's third data release with possible alien transmissions. The post Variable Stars can Tell us Where and When to Search for Extraterrestrials appeared first o...

SES needs to conduct extra tests before launching its next pair of O3b mPower satellites, the operator said Aug. 3, to investigate a glitch that is sporadically tripping off power modules on its first four in medium Eart...

Sometimes, the best place to hide a secret is in broad daylight. Just ask the sun.

The Psyche mission is speeding toward its Oct. 5 launch date, preparing for the last of its launch-preparation milestones.

An excerpt from Variety's new interview with "Star Trek" royalty Jonathan Frakes on directing the "Strange New Worlds"/"Lower Decks" crossover episode.

Swapna Krishna, author of the new book "Stargazing: Contemplating the Cosmos to Find Inner Peace," writes a guide to getting the most out of the night sky wherever you are.

The Cygnus cargo spacecraft SS Laurel Clark will dock at the International Space Station on Friday, Aug. 4, after a two-day flight. Watch it live here courtesy of NASA TV.

NASA and Axiom Space have signed an order for the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than August 2024 from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has recorded breathtaking new images of the iconic Ring Nebula, also known as Messier 57.

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Legendary guitarist Brian May talks to Space.com about his collaboration with NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission and a new book about asteroid Bennu written with the mission's science lead Dante Lauretta.

A distant cosmic object that has puzzled astronomers since 2005 has turned out to be the remains of a dying star that lost its outer layers in a massive supernova explosion.

Most Americans (69%) believe it is essential that the United States continue to be a world leader in space. But only a subsection of that group believes NASA should prioritize sending people to the moon, according to a n...

A recent discovery in Thailand shows what many herbivores looked like 150 million years ago, a time when the spry animals coexisted with much larger predators.

Last week, scientists announced that for the first time on record, Antarctic ice has failed to "substantially recover" over winter, in a "once in 7.5-million-year event." Climate change is the most likely culprit.

At the heart of our galaxy, there is a monster black hole. Known as Sagittarius A*, it has a mass of 4.2 million suns, and it's only about 27,000 light-years from Earth. Sag A* is the closest supermassive black hole, and...

"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" season 2, episode 8 serves up a plot twist that is up there with legends like "The Sixth Sense."