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Two major U.S. defense contractors announced the successful test flight of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, or HAWC, on Monday (July 18).

In space, no one wants to deal with the cleanup from liquids, flames or other messy science experiments.

The James Webb Space Telescope could reveal hints about exoplanet surfaces by studying the planets' atmospheric temperatures and moisture levels.

New research motivated by string theory suggests possible, and equally strange, fates for evaporating black holes.

Two private companies, Relativity Space and Impulse Space, unveiled plans for the first commercial flight to Mars in 2024 using reusable rockets.

Smashed temperature records, wildfires and broiling soil are revealed in satellite data as Europe swelters in an extreme heatwave that is set to exacerbate a months-long drought.

One argument in favor of space exploration highlights benefits that help study, monitor and address serious concerns on Earth, like climate change and food production.

NASA has delayed to launch of its VIPER moon rover to 2024, a one-year slip, due to the need for tests of its Astrobotic lunar lander.

On July 12, NASA revealed the deepest image of the universe ever taken, courtesy of the James Webb Space Telescope. But what's really happening in this historic image?

Sotheby's is set to auction items from Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 moon landing artifacts collection.

Chinese launch services company CAS Space has signed a cooperation agreement with a giant state-owned travel company in an apparent boost for fledgling space tourism efforts in China.

Massive binary star systems in the galaxy form at the edges of open clusters or the leading edge of a spiral arm, a team of astronomers found.

Among the most spectacular sights in the sky, nebula come in a range of different types.

It's only a matter of time before someone is killed by falling space junk.

Astronomers have found a binary system containing a massive blue star and a dormant stellar-mass black hole in the star-forming Tarantula Nebula of the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Ignore Obi-Wan's hand waving, this is the Star Wars movies ranked, worst to best list you’ve been looking for.

See the moon approach Jupiter on Tuesday (July 19) between midnight and dawn. The duo will be close enough to share the view with a pair of binoculars.

A small space rock has proven to have a big effect on NASA's newly operational deep-space telescope.

A European satellite that has been scrambling to escape premature death in Earth's atmosphere due to bad space weather has narrowly avoided a collision with a random piece of space junk.

Ready to tour the Universe? Find the perfect companion with our guide to the best telescopes for deep space.

China wants to change the trajectory of asteroid 2020 PN1 as part of planetary defense programs.