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NASA is gearing up to launch a new Earth-observing satellite and you can watch the action live online.

The winning photographs for the 13th annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards have been announced, and the sun is the star of the show.

Set to be a female-led reimagining of the 1986 kids sci-fi adventure movie.

Here's a look at stunning astronomy images from the Royal Observatory Greenwich's Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.

The stars have provided inspiration for imaginative storytellers across the planet for millennia. This is the tale of two star-crossed lovers, Vega and Altair.

By diligently tracing dashcam footage from a particularly spectacular fireball seen over central Europe in February 2020, a team of scientists hit pay dirt on three fragments of space rock.

Love and sex need to happen in space if we hope to travel long distances and become an interplanetary species, but space organizations are not ready.

NASA has cleared its newest powerful Earth observation satellite for a launch into orbit on Monday (Sept. 27) from the California coast.

Titan Books and award-winning sci-fi scribe Pat Cadigan bring Gibson’s discarded "Alien 3" draft to life

It seems like every week, another rocket is launched into space carrying rovers to Mars, tourists or, most commonly, satellites.

Starlink may have a new capability beyond broadband Internet.

Falcon Heavy is now scheduled to loft Astranis' first commercial communications satellite to orbit next spring, the San Francisco-based company announced Thursday (Sept. 23).

Of all of the features associated with our sun, sunspots are by far the most conspicuous.

Flashing through the atmosphere, the rock exploded in a massive fireball about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) above the ground.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is confident the agency's human spaceflight future is bright, despite the inherent difficulty of the endeavor and some challenging international issues.

Ride along with veteran astronaut Chris Cassidy in this six-part, all-access trip into orbit

The gigantic impact that created the moon was actually a one-two punch, a new study suggests.

NASA's Perseverance rover has compiled a variety of photos since landing at its new home on Mars in February, offering a more comprehensive view of the Red Planet.

VR allows you to reach places and achieve things that most can only dream about, including floating around the International Space Station

A good pair of binoculars can help stargazers get the most out of the night sky. Find out which type of binoculars you need in our Buyer's Guide.

The water flowing from a medieval fountain in the Italian village of Fontecchio bubbles with extraterrestrial effervescence.