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Dark matter is a mysterious and captivating subject. It's a strange concept and we don't really have a handle on what it actually is. One of the strongest pieces of evidence that dark matter is a particle comes from cosm...

Johannes Kepler is probably most well known for developing the laws of planetary motion. He was also a keen solar observer and in 1607 made some wonderful observations of our nearest star using a camera obscura. His draw...

New research hints that plate tectonics began earlier than 4 billion years ago -- not long after Earth had formed.

The first teaser for Paramount+'s all-original "Star Trek" movie, "Section 31" had landed at San Diego Comic-Con.

A Senate appropriations bill closely follows the administration's request for NASA in fiscal year 2025 but with provisions about several missions the agency is seeking to cancel or curtail. The post Senate spending bill ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image treats viewers to a wonderfully detailed snapshot of the spiral galaxy NGC 3430 that lies 100 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo Minor.

SpaceX launched two Starlink satellite missions less than five hours apart in the early hours of Sunday morning (July 28).

Sierra Space has conducted its second full-scale burst test of an inflatable space station module as it looks towards building the Orbital Reef commercial outpost.

SpaceX will move Dragon spacecraft splashdowns from off the coast of Florida to the West Coast starting in 2025, a move the company says is intended to reduce risks from reentering debris from the spacecraft's trunk sect...

Using NASA's Fermi telescope, astronomers have discovered a hidden "annihilation feature" in the gamma-ray burst known as the "BOAT," or the "brightest of all time."

Planetary scientists have been searching the cosmos for liquid water. Here are the most promising water worlds in the solar system and beyond.