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A new technique could help astronomers detect exoplanets that orbit exotic binary star systems called cataclysmic variables.

NASA photos show the agency's all-electric "Crew Transportation Vehicle" to drive Artemis astronauts to the launch pad.

Make ten men feel like a hundred as we run down everything we know about Andor, the Star Wars prequel to Rogue One.

SpaceX is fighting against a possible regulatory change, saying it could cripple the company's Starlink satellite-internet business.

The space broadband business is getting a new direction as OneWeb and Eutelsat agree to a merger plan, which requires approvals to proceed.

A concentrated clump of a rare mineral was discovered in the Gale crater in 2016 by the Curiosity rover. Now, researchers may finally know how it got there.

The origins of high-energy particles that bombard the Earth from deep space may have been revealed for the first time by new research.

Space Perspective's balloon-borne capsule won't have the gumdrop shape we typically associate with that aerospace term.

Even NASA's next-generation space observatory can't manage to see supermassive black holes directly, but that doesn't mean astronomers can't use its data to better understand the mysterious behemoths.

The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) called Danuri is the Republic of Korea's first space mission that will travel beyond Earth's orbit and study the moon.

Noctilucent clouds are the highest clouds in the atmosphere and are only visible under specific conditions. Here we explore the strange clouds in more detail.

Russia's announcement Tuesday (July 26) that it would leave the ISS after 2024 sounds definitive, but experts disagree on how far the country will go.

Titan Books expands the "Firefly" 'Verse with a seventh tie-in novel, "What Makes Us Mighty."

A jacket worn by Buzz Aldrin set a new record for the most-ever paid at auction for a flown-in-space artifact, while Aldrin's pen credited with saving the Apollo 11 mission failed to sell.

Ex-astronaut Dan Tani discusses his role in designing the new co-op board game, "Lunar Outpost."

The newest piece of big Chinese space junk will fall back to Earth around the end of the month, experts predict.

Cracks and fractures in Bennu's surface seem to have been caused by heat from the sun, stunning images from NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft have shown.

Radioactive decay is the strange and almost mystical ability for one element to naturally and spontaneously transmute into another one.

Launching an interstellar probe sounds exceedingly lofty, ambitious, and tough to do. But there's no need to wait for new technology, say advocates.

The Perseid meteor shower will peak between Aug. 11 and 12. Here we explore what the Perseids are, where they occur and how you can see them for yourself.

The head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos has announced that Russia will leave the International Space Station after 2024 following multiple controversies.