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Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026: Follow NASA's last major test of SLS before the launch of Artemis 2 and a crew of astronauts around the moon.

Rocket Lab will try again tonight (Jan. 29) to launch a South Korean disaster-monitoring satellite, and you can watch the action live.

Think Klingons are just loudmouthed louts with terrible table manners? Think again…

The National Reconnaissance Office just revealed the existence of its "JUMPSEAT" line of spy satellites, eight of which launched to Earth orbit between 1971 and 1987.

"What makes the event even more extraordinary is that it did not involve a single volcano, but multiple active sources."

The United States is no longer competing against a single rival in a largely symbolic race.

"It's like when you watch 'The Lord of the Rings.' It feels like it's drawing from such a deep well of history."

Using data gathered by NASA's Juno Jupiter orbiter, scientists estimate that Europa's ice shell is about 18 miles thick — which could make it hard for nutrients to get down to its buried ocean.

We've rounded up the best Lego NASA sets to suit a range of budgets and ages.

From "The X-Files" to "Farscape," drift back three decades with us as we reminisce over the last great run of science fiction on the small screen.

Along with this stunning image is the first-ever global estimate of river water discharge and overall sediment suspension.

Scientists may need to broaden their horizons in their search for alien life.

Recent James Webb Space Telescope data confirms a decade-old theory that the universe's earliest supermassive black holes formed without stars.

NASA and SpaceX are proceeding ahead of schedule with their next astronaut launch to the International Space Station, which is currently operating with a skeleton crew.

The interstellar visitor may still have a few things to tell us before it leaves our solar system.

To understand what Americans are experiencing with this winter blast, we need to look more than 20 miles above the surface of Earth, to the stratospheric polar vortex.

Deneb, Vega and Altair are among the brightest stars in the night sky.

SpaceX plans to launch the 12th test flight of its Starship megarocket in six weeks, according to Elon Musk. It will be the first mission of the bigger, more powerful Starship "V3."

"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly not the case."

The "hungry hippo" fairing for Rocket Lab's new Neutron launch vehicle has arrived for integration at the company's Virginia Spaceport facilities.

Space fans looking for a Lego Artemis set to build now have an interesting conundrum, as there are two Lego NASA Space Launch System Artemis 2 sets to choose from.