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Intense geomagnetic storms are possible in the coming days as Earth's magnetic field is bombarded by a solar storm cloud.

Pioneering new telescope surveys that use only the 10 minutes before sunrise and after sunset are searching for eccentric asteroids. They're finding some strange things.

The nearly full moon will likely spoil views of the Perseids this year. Here are six minor meteor showers that might give you the chance to spot "shooting stars."

A new technique relying on the detection of faint radio signals might reveal the oldest stars that emerged amid thick hydrogen clouds in the ancient universe shortly after the Big Bang.

The deadline for a month of free access the home of all things Star Trek has been extended until July 27.

Valles Marineris, the Grand Canyon of Mars, is ripe for human exploration that can uncover the planet's history and its capacity to sustain microbial life.

A fresh image based on brand-new deep-space data appears to show a wormhole spinning before our very eyes.

Liftoff is scheduled for 1:39 p.m. EDT (1739 GMT), after launch was scrubbed Thursday (July 21) at T-46 seconds.

Astronomers have detected a new triple star system that is unlike any similar system seen before. Computer simulations revealed that the strange system likely used to contain a fourth star.

A Russian cosmonaut and an Italian astronaut worked outside the International Space Station Thursday (July 21), marking the first time in almost a quarter century that a European took part in a Russian spacewalk.

NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have new details to share on how they will bring pieces of Mars to Earth, and they'll share their plans next week.

SpaceX's next Dragon passengers will need to wait a little longer to get off the ground.

SpaceX aborted the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of the company's Starlink internet satellites just before liftoff on Thursday (July 21).

Writer/director David A. Weiner presents another plunge into the past in his new sci-fi movie salute to the '80s, "In Search of Tomorrow."

NASA's telescope-carrying jet has been damaged in a storm in Christchurch, New Zealand.

The Department of Defense has created a new office to track unidentified objects in space and air, under water, or that appear to travel between these domains.

Astronomers have spotted two candidates for the most distant galaxies ever, thanks to the power of a massive gravitational lens.

Find out what's going on at the International Space Station.

Jupiter is the biggest planet in the solar system and has 79 moons. Learn more about the gas giant in our ultimate guide.

Watch Italy's Samantha Cristoforetti and Russia's Oleg Artemyev deploy nanosatellites and do maintenance work during their spacewalk Thursday (July 21).

The Comedy Central host talks about how the new images from NASA's deep-space telescope blew his mind.