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it’s the game's 17th free expansion.

Astronomers think they have established a new way to calculate the size of supermassive black holes: by studying the feeding patterns of these invisible giants.

You'll have to wait two more years for a great "shooting star" show in August.

The annual Perseid meteor shower, one of the best displays of "shooting stars" this year, put on a spectacular show for skywatchers around the world.

The close Venus flyby provided the perfect opportunity to test some BepiColombo's instruments before its first encounter with Mercury in October.

Hyperspacial hijinks, cosmic crises and insane interstellar adventure, "Star Trek: Lower Decks" is back on Paramount+.

With Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson both flying to space in craft made by their own private companies, July 2021 was perhaps the highest-profile month for space in years.

SpaceX plans to launch a Canadian advertisement-beaming satellite into space that will eventually accept payments in Dogecoin, according to a media report.

A Northrop Grumman-built Cygnus cargo ship just made its biggest delivery yet for NASA at the International Space Station.

An Indian rocket carrying a new Earth-observation satellite for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) suffered a catastrophic failure shortly after launching early Thursday (Aug. 12).

If the possibility of an asteroid called Bennu slamming into Earth a lifetime from now was keeping you up at night, NASA scientists think you can rest a little easier.

Clouds and smoke could foil the view for some skywatchers.

Nigeria has sponsored or co-sponsored six satellites, of which only two are currently operational.

Mercury-bound spacecraft BepiColombo has zoomed past Venus at a distance of only 340 miles, taking a bunch of selfies and a lot of scientific measurements of the planet’s atmosphere.

While NASA has yet to launch an Artemis mission to the moon, the agency is already doing engine testing for far-future missions.

It's aurora season on the International Space Station and astronauts living and working in orbit are sharing some of their finest views of the stunning phenomenon with those of us on the ground.

India will send a new Earth observation satellite to space tonight (Aug. 11) to keep an eye on natural disasters, agriculture and forestry regions.

The record-breaking 2021 wildfire season has seen widespread destruction on three continents. Here is what satellites could see from space.

The stunning Perseid meteor shower will peak tonight (Aug. 11) in what could well be the most brilliant "shooting star" display of the year.

SpaceX remains the sole winner of NASA's Human Landing System (HLS) contract, despite ongoing protests from Blue Origin and Dynetics.

SpaceX's next Starship prototype got the black-and-white treatment in a suave photo posted on founder Elon Musk's Twitter feed.