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Chinese officials filed a note with the United Nations stating that Starlink spacecraft had two close encounters with Tianhe this year, both of them occurring when astronauts were aboard the module.

This guide will tell you the best times to see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in 2022, and clue you in about planetary meetups, conjunctions and more.

The magnetosphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede sounds like a dial-up modem in a newly-released audio clip from NASA.

As COVID-19 infection rates rise once again, the leaders of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) have canceled the major conference scheduled for early January.

China has formally approved three missions targeting the south pole of the moon, with the first to launch around 2024.

Save $14 on the Lego Star Wars Imperial Probe Droid building toy, available at Target and Walmart.

Hopefully, we get to see exactly how Boba escaped from the Great Pit of Carkoon.

The James Webb Space Telescope is one step closer to finishing the deployment of its massive sunshield.

Lego is launching a new series of building toys themed around NASA's Artemis program. The Rocket Launch Center and Lunar Research Base are scheduled for a release on March 1, 2022.

If you're hoping to get a head start on stargazing in 2022, this deal on Celestron's Skymaster Giant 15x70 binoculars may be for you.

The Starship SN20 vehicle performed a "static fire" test today (Dec. 29) at the company's South Texas site, briefly igniting its Raptor engines while remaining anchored to the ground.

SpaceX had been aiming to launch Starship on its first orbital test flight in January or February, but a required FAA review won't be done until Feb. 28.

If you're hoping to get a head start on stargazing in 2022, this deal on Celestron's Skymaster Giant 15x70 binoculars may be for you.

NASA's new space observatory should have enough fuel to keep at science work for significantly longer than mission designs required, according to an agency update.

"Star Wars" returns to Dark Horse Comics after seven years with new all-ages titles arriving spring of 2022.

The year 2021 was one of major scientific expansion.

Michael "Rich" Clifford, who as a NASA astronaut flew on three space shuttle missions, including one after his diagnosis with Parkinson's Disease, has died at the age of 69.

A book about cats and "Star Trek" – what's not to love?! "Star Trek: Discovery – The Book of Grudge" is available for pre-order meow.

The first two seats of the sixth full-fledged NASA crew mission launched by SpaceX have been filled.

Titan Publishing offers up a fresh "Firefly" novel written by Una McCormack with "Firefly: Carnival."

NASA's new $10 billion observatory is completing a nerve-wracking sequence of steps to reach its final configuration and location. Here's how to follow the process.