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A high-altitude balloon mission would investigate a controversial way to reduce global temperatures.

The search for extraterrestrial technology is "daring to look through new telescopes."

An asteroid about as long as the Great Pyramid of Giza is tall made a "close" approach with Earth on Sunday (July 25), according to NASA calculations.

Scientists have used computer models to predict the size of minuscule deformations, or mountains, on the surfaces of neutron stars, which are responsible for causing gravitational waves as they spin.

For nearly 20 years, Russia's Pirs docking compartment served as one of the primary ports for vehicles arriving and departing from the International Space Station.

You may have heard about the "cosmology crisis:" Different methods of measuring the age of the universe are giving different results, and cosmologists have no idea why.

Scientists worry that growing numbers of rocket flights and the arrival of space tourism could harm Earth's atmosphere and contribute to climate change.

The Mars helicopter Ingenuity flew its 10th flight on Saturday (July 24) to pass its first 1-mile marker.

A meteorite found nestled in a horseshoe imprint in England was formed in the early days of the solar system and may contain the building blocks of life.

A seismic image of central Louisiana reveals gigantic megaripple marks dating to the end of the dinosaur age.

The billionaire's flight has opened up a debate about what "astronauts' and "space' even are.

The earliest and most momentous epoch in the history of the universe released a flood of gravitational waves, tiny ripples in the fabric of space-time.

Are we alone in the universe?

Read live updates of Boeing's second uncrewed test flight of its Starliner spacecraft, scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on July 30.

As wildfires currently devastate western North America, a new airborne project team hopes to develop a space solution to stop conflagrations before they get out of control.

NASA has released striking satellite images of wildfire smoke clouds covering vast swaths of the U.S., from the West Coast all the way to the Atlantic Ocean.

Slam dunk or airball? Here's how "Space Jam 2" measures up to Michael Jordan's original.

A British astrophotographer captured a stunning view of the Nauka science module, just hours after its launch into orbit on Wednesday (July 21).

Paramount Pictures has tapped "WandaVision" showrunner Matt Shakman as director of a new "Star Trek" movie slated for 2023.

The first four "Star Trek" movies are getting an ultra-high-definition makeover for a new 4K box set to be released in September 2021.