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The International Space Station dodged a fragment of a decades-old rocket body early Friday morning, continuing a stretch of space debris threats to the orbiting laboratory.

Before NASA deploys its Artemis Gateway in orbit around the moon, the agency will launch a different, but related "Gateway" at its Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

Giving aliens directions to Earth might be tricky, but scientists have some ideas for how to do it.

What would humanity do if a giant space rock were hurtling directly towards Earth? According to director Adam McKay ("The Big Short," "Anchorman," "Step Brothers"), we might not even care.

Three companies snagged a total of $415 million to develop their private space station designs.

There were 48 Starlink satellites on board, plus two Earth observation satellites for BlackSky Global.

Antarctica will see nearly two minutes of totality at most, with surrounding regions getting a partial view.

A newfound alien world could shed some light on one of the darkest and strangest corners of the exoplanet family tree.

A live webcast will track a newly found bright Comet Leonard star cluster in the Earth's sky and you can watch it live.

Two NASA astronauts on a spacewalk replaced a faulty antenna outside the International Space Station Thursday (Dec. 2), restoring one of the ways the orbiting outpost communicates with Earth.

SpaceX will launch its next stack of Starlink satellites from the East Coast tonight (Dec. 2) as part of a rideshare mission, and you can watch the action live online.

RocketLab's next-generation reusable Neutron rocket will operate like an aircraft.

An Arianespace Soyuz rocket is scheduled to lift off Thursday night to grow the Galileo constellation.

NASA's Curiosity rover snapped a stunning new selfie surrounded by expansive, rocky terrain on Mars.

Sky Tonight, from the people behind Star Walk, gives an AR look at the best bits of the night sky you can see tonight

A little density is effective in fighting back.

Cyber Monday and Black Friday have come and gone, but there are still good VR headset deals at Amazon.

A NASA spacecraft the size of a golf cart has been directed to smash into an asteroid, with the intention of knocking it slightly off course.

Using space assets to monitor and help mitigate climate change, investing in STEM education and helping to establish and uphold rules for space behavior will be priorities going forward.

The mission will investigate a mysterious lunar swirl that could be rich in mining resources.

Little space lovers can have hours of fun pretending to be astronauts exploring the cosmos with this circuit-learning set.