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Mercury-bound spacecraft BepiColombo has zoomed past Venus at a distance of only 340 miles, taking a bunch of selfies and a lot of scientific measurements of the planet’s atmosphere.

While NASA has yet to launch an Artemis mission to the moon, the agency is already doing engine testing for far-future missions.

It's aurora season on the International Space Station and astronauts living and working in orbit are sharing some of their finest views of the stunning phenomenon with those of us on the ground.

India will send a new Earth observation satellite to space tonight (Aug. 11) to keep an eye on natural disasters, agriculture and forestry regions.

The record-breaking 2021 wildfire season has seen widespread destruction on three continents. Here is what satellites could see from space.

The stunning Perseid meteor shower will peak tonight (Aug. 11) in what could well be the most brilliant "shooting star" display of the year.

SpaceX remains the sole winner of NASA's Human Landing System (HLS) contract, despite ongoing protests from Blue Origin and Dynetics.

Nora AlMatrooshi's first spaceflight equipment was made of paper and cardboard boxes, but she'll soon spend two years at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas training to use the real thing in orbit.

SpaceX's next Starship prototype got the black-and-white treatment in a suave photo posted on founder Elon Musk's Twitter feed.

The Northrop Grumman rocket and spacecraft are packed with more than 4 tons of supplies.

Because of anticipated delays in spacesuit development, it is "not feasible" for NASA to land humans on the moon by the agency's hopeful deadline of 2024, a report has found.

Weather conditions are 80% "GO" for liftoff tonight at 5:56 p.m. EDT (2156 GMT).

There are plenty of opportunities to see the Perseid meteor shower at its peak this week, even if you can't see any "shooting stars" in person.

SpaceX plans to acquire one of its competitors for broadband satellites — Swarm Technologies — as it continues to grow its Starlink megaconstellation.

Astronauts on the International Space Station held their own summer Olympics in orbit over the weekend with weightless synchronized swimming and more.

Scientists are using infrared to better explore Jupiter's moon Ganymede, the largest moon in our solar system.

Playmobil is launching an epic new replica of the USS Enterprise from "Star Trek" on Sept. 8 to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the sci-fi franchise's TV debut.

There’s even a world first coming to the tabletop game.

The Astro Restoration Project is now well underway towards its goal of bringing the STS-35 (and STS-67) mission hardware back to its as-flown condition.

Concentric ripples in galactic dust clouds triggered by a powerful black-hole X-ray burst can be seen in a new image released by NASA.