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A large wildfire in Arizona is seriously threatening a key site for astronomy.

Stratolaunch's enormous Roc carrier aircraft aced its seventh test flight yesterday (June 16), flying higher than it ever has before.

SpaceX has fired some of the employees involved in drafting and distributing within the company a letter criticizing the behavior of founder and CEO Elon Musk, according to media reports.

A new NASA documentary featuring the achievements of numerous Black astronauts will premiere Sunday (June 19), during Juneteenth.

Despite the false alarm, SETI researchers are still pretty sure we're not alone in the universe.

The moon will join Saturn in the predawn sky on Saturday (June 18). The pair will be visible to the naked eye and through a pair of binoculars.

A fast-burning wildfire shut down all operations at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, home to one of the largest collections of astronomical instruments in the United States.

Tom Marshburn may not be the real-life Buzz Lightyear, but the space ranger — at least as he appears in the new movie "Lightyear" — would not be the same without the NASA astronaut.

SpaceX plans to launch one of its Falcon 9 rockets for a record-setting 13th time today (June 17), and you can watch the action live.

All the best 3D printers for engineers, hobbyists, miniature gamers, and cosplayers.

Researchers have published the most detailed map of Antarctica's frigid Southern Ocean to date, including the ocean's new deepest point, the "Factorian Deep."

Hubble's cameras captured a fresh cosmic image of the spiral galaxy NGC 7496.

SpaceX aims to launch three rockets from three different launch pads in three days starting on Friday (June 17).

Academy Award-winning VFX artist Phil Tippett discusses his epic sci-fi horror project, "Mad God," which arrived on Shudder on June 16.

A rare parade of planets is coming into better view in the second half of June, and even the moon will join the show.

NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Suni Williams will fly on Crew Flight Test, Starliner's first crewed mission to the International Space Station.

Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier is losing ice at its fastest rate in 5,500 years, raising concerns about the ice sheet's future.

A group of anonymous SpaceX employees say that founder and CEO Elon Musk's recent behavior reflects badly on the company as a whole.

China's Chang'e 5 lunar landing and sampling mission found water on the moon both through on-site analysis and in materials delivered to Earth.

The destination for NASA's Artemis 1 mission looks big and bright in stunning new photos from the agency taken Tuesday (June 14).

According Einstein's Theory of Relativity, the speed of light operates as a universal speed limit on anything with mass.