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U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) plans to introduce legislation called the Securing Protections Against Carbon Emissions Tax Act, which would impose new excise taxes on space tourism trips.

NASA's Perseverance rover is preparing to collect its first samples on Mars, a milestone that could happen within the next two weeks, agency officials announced today (July 21).

What's the weather like at night on Venus? Scientists are finally finding out.

While we see Earth getting warmer as the effects of climate change continue to escalate, our planet's clouds make our planet hotter than ever, scientists worry.

Russia has launched its decades delayed Nauka module to the International Space Station, which will represent the largest addition to Russia’s segment of the orbital outpost in years.

Astrophysicists say our universe might be shaped like a three-dimensional donut, meaning you could point a spaceship in one direction and eventually return to where you started.

Even as NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has captured the imagination with flight after flight on the Red Planet, the chopper's rover companion has been hard at work doing science.

Seeing Earth from space apparently made a big impact on the planet's richest resident.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts on the International Space Station are preparing to relocate the Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour ahead of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft arrival next weekend.

After a six-decade wait to launch off the Earth, newly minted space traveler Wally Funk is ecstatic.

Earth is the only planet in the solar system with an atmosphere that can sustain life.

Russia is launching its Nauka science module, which includes a new European robotic arm, to the International Space Station on Wednesday (July 21).

Earth is the only planet known to support life. Learn about what Earth is made of and where it came from.

Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin took Amelia Earhart's goggles, Skittles and aviation artifacts to space on New Shepard's first crewed flight.

Blue Origin's first spaceflyers launched to space and back today (July 20) and loved it so much that some are already planning their return trips.

Blue Origin plans to fly two more flights with paying customers in 2021 after founder Jeff Bezos and three other crew members made a debut trip on New Shepard Tuesday (July 20).

The analog dials used to fly a 40-year-old NASA space shuttle have inspired the look of a new, avant-garde timepiece. The UR-100V P.02 wristwatch combines Urwerk's unique approach to displaying time with the aesthetics of Enterprise's flight deck.

Blue Origin sent its billionaire founder Jeff Bezos and three crewmates to suborbital space today (July 20) on the first crewed mission of its New Shepard vehicle.

For people who are disabled and have always dreamed of training to fly to space, the SciAccess Initiative has opened up applications to disabled crew participants for a Zero-G parabolic flight.

An amateur astronomer has discovered a previously unknown moon around Jupiter after poring over old telescope images, a major first.

The world's richest man, Jeff Bezos, will blast into space in his first-ever suborbital flight. But what does that mean, and does it even matter?