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European astronaut Andreas Mogensen captured incredible footage of lightning strikes during just 10 days in space in 2015. He plans a deeper study during his new six-month stay on the International Space Station, with a ...

India's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander and rover are facing their first lunar night. Their chances of waking up at dawn whittle down to luck.

Astronomers have discovered the first "bubble of galaxies," an almost unimaginably huge cosmic structure thought to be a fossilized remnant from just after the Big Bang sitting in our galactic backyard.

The Hyades cluster is the closest open star cluster to Earth, located at a distance of about 150 light-years. Although black holes haven't been directly seen in the cluster, it's an excellent place to search for them bec...

On Sept. 6, a new satellite left Earth; its mission is to tell us about the motions of hot plasma flows in the universe.

Felix & Paul Studios announces the release of the VR space trilogy, "Space Explorers: Blue Marble"

Prehistoric marine reptiles were a diverse group of creatures. Learn how these five adapted to live, move and feed in an aquatic environment.

A National Reconnaissance Office mission flew to geostationary Earth orbit Sept. 10 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. The post ULA's Atlas 5 launches National Reconnaissance Office mission appeared first on...

A new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a glittering globular cluster deep in our Milky Way galaxy.