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Pieces of rock from the asteroid Ryugu splashed down on Earth in 2020. Now, scientists studying the samples are revealing the asteroid's true nature.

An Arianespace Soyuz rocket launched 34 new broadband satellites for the OneWeb constellation to space today (Feb. 10).

Elon Musk's SpaceX has reassembled the world's tallest rocket ahead of a highly anticipated update on the company's Starship vehicle tonight (Feb. 10).

Using satellite data, scientists have mapped massive methane plumes caused by human activities around the world.

The Joint European Torus fusion experiment in the U.K. has set a new record for generating energy.

Astronomers have found evidence of a third planet circling Proxima Centauri, a red dwarf star that lies just 4.2 light-years from the sun.

Elon Musk will give a status update on SpaceX's huge Starship Mars rocket tonight (Feb. 10), and you can watch it live.

It's been a year since China's first-ever independent interplanetary mission reached Mars, and in that time, Tianwen 1 has made major achievements while also delivering a number of surprises.

The visible-light imagery will tell scientists more about the geology and minerals of Venus.

You can see 34 new satellites rocket to orbit at 1:09 p.m. EST (1809 GMT).

The obsession for nostalgia continues unabated.

SpaceX will lose 40 Starlink satellites to a geomagnetic storm as solar activity ramps up. But does this spell disaster for the future of satellites in space?

Disney/Pixar releases new full trailer and poster for their Buzz Lightyear backstory, “Lightyear”

A dramatic video serves as a memorial to a star-crossed Starlink satellite that lived fast and died very young.

The highest glacier on Mount Everest is losing ice at an alarming rate, new research finds.

Show the "Star Wars" lovers in your life how much you adore them with these Valentine’s Day gifts for everyone on your list.

Distant X-rays may be the most direct evidence yet of the remains of a disintegrated planet colliding with the corpse of a star, a new study finds.

It's been more than a year since scientists lost one of the most iconic telescopes ever built — and yet the collapse remains something of a mystery.

The temperature of Uranus averages minus 320 degrees Fahrenheit. Uranus holds the record for the coldest temperature ever measured in the solar system.

The addition of two southern hemisphere telescopes will enable ATLAS to do full sky scans.

Jupiter's auroras are caused by a cosmic game of "tug-of-war," fueled by volcanoes on the planet's innermost moon, Io.