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The length of a second hasn't been updated in 70 years, but ultraprecise atomic optical clocks are on track to change that.

A supermoon occurs when the full moon coincides with the moon's closest approach to Earth in its orbit. 2022 will experience four supermoons.

China could soon begin its first space-based hunt for exoplanets.

The facts, the rumors, the questions, the cast; here’s everything we know about Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. It’s more than usual for the MCU.

A Long March 7 rocket carrying a robotic cargo ship rolled out to a pad at China's Wenchang Space Launch Site on Saturday (May 7).

Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin has apparently threatened Elon Musk, but the SpaceX founder and CEO doesn't seem too bothered.

AST SpaceMobile, which wants to provide satellite service directly to your cell phone, just took an important step toward that goal.

Zeiss binoculars deals are tough to spot... but we're keeping an eye out for them.

If the weather is clear, skywatchers across most of the Americas, Europe and Africa will have a view of one of nature's most beautiful spectacles: a total eclipse of the moon.

Here's how to watch the Super Blood Moon total lunar eclipse of May 15-16, 2022 live online.

It will be visible in parts of the Americas, Antarctica, Europe, Africa, the east Pacific, New Zealand, eastern Europe and the Middle East.

A fun video by SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts on the International Space Station reveals the lighter side of space travel.

The oldest documented observation of an aurora may be in an ancient Chinese text.

A black hole might have reversed its magnetic field right before our eyes.

Scientists suggest that one of the key characteristics of a life-supporting, rocky exoplanet is that it needs to be young enough to generate heat through radioactive decay.

Meteor streaks delighted skywatchers this weekend as the Earth passed through the dust trail of Halley's Comet in an annual meteor shower display.

Space coast residents got a treat early Friday (May 6) when SpaceX's the latest Starlink launch spawned an eerie glowing cloud in the sky.

SpaceX's Crew-3 astronaut mission's return to Earth early Friday (May 6) was captured in epic photos.

North Korea launched a new ballistic missile test from a submarine on Saturday (May 7).

A surprising new photo from the GOES East satellite has revealed what appears to be the word "Go" written in the clouds as seen from space.

A group of 18 space companies is banding together to raise funds in support of Ukraine amid Russia's invasion.