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South Korea just laid out its long-term space exploration road map, which features the planned construction of a moon base two decades from now.

Astronomers have seen exoplanetary systems at almost every stage, from extremely young to older than the Solar System. But now, they've spotted the exact moment when planet formation is initiated around a young star. Met...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system.

Find the locations of the five landing zones considered as the setting for humanity's first steps on another world.

Scientists have achieved a breakthrough that could revolutionise space exploration with a "smart" metal alloy that remembers its shape even in the bone chilling cold of outer space. This remarkable copper based material ...

America once led the world to the stars. Today, Congress is propping up pork barrel rocket programs while China builds the future. Here’s how we fix it -- before it’s too late. The post How China will own the moon --...

Supernovas, kilonovas, gamma-ray bursts... oh my! The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will uncover 100,000 of these explosions and many more powerful and violent cosmic events.