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These cosmic creators, powered by dark matter, could be responsible for our existence, along with the appearance of today's universe.

We've scoured Amazon and Lego for sets that are space or science-themed, as well as many science-fiction-themed sets.

A new batch of images from the recent Ingenuity flight is helping NASA scientists to refine science goals for the Perseverance rover as it searches for signs of life on the Red Planet.

Australian start-up Spiral Blue has launched two computers on small satellites to test in-orbit processing of Earth-observation images in hopes of making insights from space more accessible.

Usually confined to the pages of science fiction, astronomers are starting to think wormholes through space-time might be real after all.

Although the asteroid, Bennu, only has a 1-in-2700 chance of hitting Earth, scientists are taking the risk seriously.

The first all-civilian orbital flight crew, Inspiration4, flew in zero gravity for the first time this weekend as part of preparations to launch in September.

Given the highly successful and ongoing flights of NASA's Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, engineers are turning their attention to future aerial craft for the Red Planet.

Coastal flooding could quadruple in the US in the 2030s, a new study of the lunar cycle and sea level rise finds.

New Shepard is set to go to space July 20 carrying a crew including Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, and you can watch the whole thing live.

Robots may have to dig relatively deep on Jupiter's ocean moon Europa to have a shot of finding signs of alien life, a new study suggests.

Richard Branson apparently won't be the only space billionaire to fly with Virgin Galactic.

Richard Branson carried snapshots of his parents and kids with him to suborbital space Sunday (July 11) on the "Unity 22" test flight of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity vehicle.

You can win a scale model of NASA's space shuttle Endeavour or a sweet space t-shirt in Space.com Forum giveaway this month.

New camera views from the cockpit and carrier launch plane follow Richard Branson on his debut flight on a Virgin Galactic spaceship.

Russia's Nauka laboratory module is now slated to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) on July 21.

Isaac Asimov's seminal sci-fi saga, "Foundation," arrives on Apple TV+ with major stars, massive spaceships, and the tragic fall of a dynastic empire.

Astronomers have spotted more strange "free-floating" planets that could roam deep space untethered to any star.

Dark matter could be even weirder than anyone thought, say cosmologists who are suggesting this mysterious substance could interact with itself in a higher dimensional universe.

The best astronomy photos of 2021 invite the eye upward and outward, bringing stunning views such as auroras above Earth and visions of a stellar nursery

The universe is getting bigger and so too is the amount of information we have about it.