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On Aug. 4, 2008, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope began full science operations, scanning the entire sky through the highest-energy form of light.

Perseid meteors are already beginning to fall in a display that promises to dazzle skywatchers this month.

From his perch on the International Space Station, a French astronaut watched a long-running Russian space module break into pieces in a shower of fireworks.

Where should you go to get the best look at the dancing, dazzling display known as the aurora borealis?

Boeing needs more time to figure out a possible issue with the valves in Starliner's propulsion system.

"The Ascent," a new sci-fi action-shooter role-playing game (RPG) from game developer Neon Giant and publishers Curve digital, is now available.

Cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov gave a video tour of the new Russian "Nauka" module that docked at the International Space Station last week.

The giant, 29-engine Super Heavy vehicle known as Booster 4 rolled out to its South Texas launch site today (Aug. 3) to begin testing ahead of a planned orbital trial.

The latest failure of a Chinese commercial rocket may point to growing pains as the country opens its space sector to more private participation, according to a news report.

A weather satellite has recovered from a brief anomaly and is back to studying Earth and its ongoing wildfires.

Astronomers have imaged an extraordinary black hole picnic of cosmic proportions.

At 27 inches in length and 500 Galactic Credits ($350) in price, this would make the ultimate "Star Wars" shrine.

Boeing's Starliner astronaut taxi will have to wait to launch ... again.

If Earth abruptly stopped spinning, what would happen to everything on it?

Globally, nights are becoming ever brighter.

Madness, mayhem, heroics and hijinks — fans of "Lower Decks" have plenty to look forward to.

One estimate suggests that 13 billion tons (12 metric tons) of ice made its way into the ocean on a single day.

Astronauts are eager to see Boeing's Starliner spacecraft launch to space today (Aug. 3), despite issues with the capsule's previous uncrewed spaceflight.

MTV celebrated its 40th year on the air by revealing a new look for its iconic Video Music Awards (VMA) trophy at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

Last week, two companies teamed up to beam a recording of Debussy's piano masterpiece "Clair de Lune" to and from the International Space Station, then minted the file as a non-fungible token (NFT).