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Suborbital space tourism provider Virgin Galactic could build up to six spaceships a year at its newly announced Arizona facility.

NASA announced today (July 15) that it has signed a deal with Russia's federal space agency Roscosmos to exchange seats on craft traveling to and from the International Space Station.

NASA's Psyche asteroid mission is moving into a review after software testing issues forced an extended launch delay to at least July 2023. Its future remains uncertain.

Jupiter is starting to rise around midnight, and will even meet up with the moon on Tuesday (July 19).

Russia has dismissed its controversial space agency chief Dmitry Rogozin following multiple international controversies.

The James Webb Space Telescope is already confounding expectations, showing that we still have much to learn about the atmospheres of "hot Jupiters."

The largest full moon of 2022, the Buck Moon put on quite a show for moongazers all over the world yesterday (July 13).

Mysterious comet K2 made its closest approach to Earth yesterday and is continuing its journey toward the sun.

Gaia scientists are agog after finding out that the star-spotting spacecraft can double as a planet-hunter.

Researchers found that streams of cold gas could create 'seeds' of quasars — ultraluminous supermassive black holes — in the early universe, solving a decades-old mystery.

A new, limited edition wristwatch takes it cue, or rather hue, from the bright color of the launch and entry suits worn by NASA astronauts. Casio's latest G-Shock features an orange body and strap.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida this evening (July 14), sending a robotic Dragon resupply craft toward the International Space Station.

The Webb team released some tantalizing photos of Jupiter today (July 14), highlighting the $10 billion telescope's ability to study targets close to home.

The US and Russia reach Mars, but old tensions threaten to divide the historic mission in this exclusive clip for this week's sixth episode of "For All Mankind" on Apple TV+.

The buzz among professional astronomers has been electric since members of the Webb team shared tantalizing test images. And the real images are even better than anyone could have hoped for.

NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter is taking a break during the dust-filled Martian winter that makes it difficult for the helicopter to charge its batteries.

The first galaxies in the universe may be chaotic, faint, and small, but no one has seen a galaxy in the universe's first 400 million years. Webb will change that.

China has sent a new data relay satellite on its way to geostationary orbit to support the nation’s crewed space station project.

The moon commences its monthly tour of the planets by calling in on Saturn on Friday night. The duo will be close enough to share the view with a pair of binoculars.

If selected, a proposed Chinese mission to Venus could launch in 2026 and arrive at the scorching planet in 2027.

We countdown the best Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes from an ambitious and emotionally charged series.