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Find out what's up in your night sky during May 2022 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

Our May night sky viewing guide tells you which planets are visible in May's night sky and how you can see them.

A new theory explains why Saturn's moon Titan looks a bit like Earth, though made of completely different stuff.

An unusual rock type spotted by two Mars rovers may indicate that the Martian landscape was shaped by cataclysmic volcanic eruptions.

Is time travel really possible in our universe, or is it just science fiction?

The view from the iconic Millennium Falcon of "Star Wars" during hyperdrive maneuvers would be far different than what science fiction portrays, scientists say.

SpaceX just set a new record for its fastest Dragon astronaut trip yet.

Skywatchers across parts of the Southern Hemisphere were treated to the first partial eclipse of the year today (April 30).

Author John Jackson Miller delivers the first companion novel for "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" this fall titled "The High Country."

Journalist Ryan Britt explores the ever-changing universe of "Star Trek" in "Phasers on Stun!"

AfterShock Comics delivers "Astronaut Down," a chilling new sci-fi title coming this June.

It's the moment skywatchers have been waiting for: The year's first solar eclipse has begun.

Elon Musk seems pretty proud of his company SpaceX's new rocket engines. Twitter fans fear they're Daleks.

The moon is leading a parade of four planets across the predawn sky this week.

In a new video, European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer shares what it's like getting ready for bed while living in space aboard the International Space Station.

China launched five satellites into orbit on a rocket that lifted from a platform at sea on Saturday (April 30), marking the country's farthest liftoff from shore yet.

A monstrous black hole lies at the center of a distant galaxy photographed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

An active sunspot on the sun turning away from Earth unleashed a powerful parting shot as it moved out of view on Saturday (April 30).

Tune into a Virtual Telescope Project livestream to watch live as Jupiter and Venus meet in the night sky.

Scientists with the United Arab Emirates' Mars mission have spotted a 'worm-like' aurora stretching halfway across the Red Planet.

A partial solar eclipse occurs today (April 30) over parts of South America, Antarctica and the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Here's what skywatchers can expect.