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Two Chinese astronauts installed more debris shielding on the Tiangong space station during a six-hour spacewalk on Friday (Sept. 26). It was the fourth EVA of the Shenzhou 20 mission.

Researchers Uncover True Source of KOI-1755 Transit Signal Using Kepler Space Telescope kerryhensley45577 Mon, 09/08/2025 - 10:36 Researchers Uncover True Source of KOI-1755 Transit Signal Using Kepler Space Telescope ht...

Most people are familiar with the fact that the Earth spins on its axis once every day. The spin however, isnt as steady as you might think. Like a spinning top slowing down, Earths axis wobbles, scribing out a circle on...

The algorithm has already been tested on images from the Subaru telescope and will now be used on the Vera C. Rubin Observatory once science results begin to flood in.

At a major space congress in Sydney, leaders from NASA, ESA, ISRO, CNSA, and more shared visions for humanity's return to the moon, journeys to Mars and the tech shaping the future of space.

Firefly Aerospace's seventh Alpha rocket exploded on Monday (Sept. 29) during preflight testing. The vehicle was destroyed, and Firefly is assessing the damage to its test stand.

International Space Station astronauts can breathe easy - other NASA missions not so much.

'Foundation' actress Cherry Jones discusses her character's tempestuous relationship with Brother Dusk.

A recent update to the PSI database improves how large dataset downloads are handled, resulting in more efficient processing for users. Download requests larger than 1GB are now delivered via email, rather than downloadi...

From twinkling constellations to stellar life cycles, this starry skywatching quiz will test your cosmic knowledge.

Death to the Chig! We take a look back at this pioneering TV show on its 30th birthday.

Caltech researchers have developed a new simulation of the hydrological cycle on Jupiter, modeling how water vapor condenses into clouds and falls as rain throughout the giant planet's swirled, turbulent atmosphere. ...

This NASA/ESAHubble Space Telescopeimage released on Sept. 12, 2025, features a cloudy starscape from an impressive star cluster. This scene is in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy situated about 160,000 light-y...

SpaceX's Falcon 9 lit up the evening sky Sept. 28, when the expanding 'jellyfish' plume from the rocket's ascent could be seen for hundreds of miles.

What new methods can be employed to help astronomers distinguish the light from an exoplanet and its host star so the former's atmosphere can be better explored? This is what a recent study accepted to Astronomy & As...

Johns Hopkins applied mathematicians and astronomers have developed a new method to render images from ground-based telescopes as clear as those taken from space, a process that stands to expand the benefits of Earth-bas...

NASA announced its newest class of astronaut candidates on Sept. 22, 2025, at the agencys Johnson Space Center in Houston. After the welcome ceremony, the 10 highly qualified individuals rolled up their sleeves and prepa...

Despite being just outside Tucson, Arizona, Biosphere 2 looks almost like a colony on another planet.

Video: 00:14:08 Watch the one-to-one interview with Josef Aschbacher, Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), extracted from Plenary 1 of the 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2025). In this ses...

Young asteroids-which formed much later than those that were created during the formation of our solar system-are typically created when larger asteroids, planetesimals, or comets collide and break up into smaller pieces...

Ancient iron-metabolizing microbes may have turned toxic oxygen into an energy source.

Targeted at content creators, the Canon EOS R50 V may not be the obvious choice for budding astrophotographers. But do the features and brand name make it an affordable option for capturing the night sky?