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A 3,700-mile-long cloud bank on Venus forms through the same phenomenon that describes how water spreads out in your kitchen sink, scientists say.

M51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, looks incredible in this new snap by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Scientists are using a new technique to study incoming space debris and its effects on Earth's atmosphere.

Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's non-canonical Superman!

A mockup of Blue Origin's Blue Moon Mark 2 lunar lander has been assembled at the Johnson Space Center, and is ready for Artemis astronauts to come aboard to begin training.

The string of galaxies is just a small part of the colossal Virgo Galaxy Cluster

High-energy cosmic rays, 10 million times more powerful than particles accelerated in Earth's strongest atom smasher, may hide a superheavy secret that is the key to unlocking a 60-year-old puzzle.

SpaceX just revealed that it's on the hunt for additional launch sites for its Starship megarocket, eyeing locations both inside and beyond the United States.

The 1980's kids classic 'Space and Beyond' is back as a stunning interactive comic.

Scientists say amino acids produced by life are distributed differently and more diversely than amino acids produced by non-living chemical reactions, thereby providing a truer signature of life.

NASA just revealed some new details about its upcoming Artemis 3 astronaut mission to Earth orbit, which is targeted to launch in late 2027.

The James Webb Space Telescope has helped scientists peek into the secrets of galactic evolution — and the view is stunning, too.

While making history on the first human moon mission in more than 50 years, the Artemis 2 astronauts captured incredible pictures of our home planet.

The world's first space-based neutrino detector launched to space this month to study elusive neutrino particles that constantly bombard Earth.

An M5.7 solar flare triggered radio blackouts over the Atlantic.

It's the tiniest Mars test we've seen yet.

SpaceX launched a batch of spy satellites for the U.S. government this evening (May 11) from California's foggy central coast.

The astronauts aboard NASA's Artemis 2 mission that flew around the moon had to learn to describe their observations using language that would help lunar scientists gain a deeper understanding of the lunar environment. What they saw was a surprise to everyone.

The Tianzhou 10 freighter delivered nearly seven tons of supplies to China's Tiangong space station early Monday morning (May 10), about five hours after launching atop a Long March 7 rocket.

Fresh satellite images reveal volcanic heat melting snow around Russia's relentless Shiveluch volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Dury captured shooting stars glowing with the Milky Way from the remote Scottish Island of Skye.