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SpaceX has made significant strides toward the planned first orbital test flight of its Starship system, installing engines on the giant first-stage booster known as Super Heavy.

Billions of years ago, a slowdown in Earth's rotation period lengthened days and offered photosynthesizing bacteria the chance to release more oxygen, transforming the planet.

China's upcoming exploration mission to the lunar south pole will carry one of more than 500 experiments designed and submitted by students across the country.

Starliner rolled out to Space Launch Complex 41 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for the second time this morning (Aug. 2).

Scientists already know the oceans are rapidly warming and sea levels are rising.

Bulova is launching the 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Lunar Pilot, a golden replica of its infamous watch.

This year, Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to launch the first private space mission into orbit with no professional astronauts.

Iceland may be the last exposed remnant of a nearly Texas-size continent — called Icelandia — that sank beneath the North Atlantic Ocean about 10 million years ago

A NASA satellite in space that shoots a laser beam down to Earth has spotted still more subsurface lakes sandwiched between Antarctica's land and ice.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is ready to cheer on the launch of Boeing's Starliner crew capsule on a vital uncrewed test flight this week.

Some of Hawking's theories revolutionized the way we view the universe, but others still leave scientists scratching their heads.

Starting Monday (Aug. 2), you can find Saturn shining in the sky as part of a celestial phenomenon called opposition.

Weather concerns continue as NASA and Boeing look to launch the Starliner capsule on a vital uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station on Tuesday (Aug. 3).

Three astronauts on China's new space station have performed the country's first spacewalk and are busy configuring the module for future crews.

The growing problem of space junk poses a risk to future space missions, but the solution isn't going to be easy.

A staple of mythology, the hero Hercules has a strange celestial story.

See photos of Boeing's Orbital Flight Test 2 mission, the second uncrewed test flight of its Starliner astronaut taxi.

Blue Origin's protest against NASA's decision to not hire the company to build its next human moon lander has been shut down by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Europe's Ariane 5 heavy-lift rocket roared back into action today (July 30) after nearly a year-long hiatus, launching two telecommunications satellites to orbit.

Boeing's Starliner capsule has left the launch pad, just 24 hours after it got there.

It's been quite an eventful year for NASA's Perseverance Mars rover.