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How do "For All Mankind"'s six decades of space exploration "history" compare with the real thing?

The size of waves on alien worlds will depend as much on the characteristics of the liquid as well as the gravity.

The new moon is the perfect time to spot faint constellations, galaxies and a quartet of planets in the dawn sky.

Two different ways to tell the same story.

Blue Origin's huge New Glenn rocket launched into space for the third time ever Sunday morning (April 19) — but, in a first for the company, it soared into orbit powered by a previously flown booster.

SpaceX will launch Europe's life-hunting Rosalind Franklin rover toward Mars in 2028 — but not aboard the company's Starship megarocket.

Look out for earthshine on the crescent moon as it shines near Venus and the 1,000-strong Pleiades star cluster.

On Episode 206 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Dr. Brianne Suldovsky of Portland State University to discuss what happens after the discovery of an alien life form.

For a few moments on April 6, the four Artemis 2 moon astronauts and the three crewmates aboard China's Tiangong space station were farther away from each other than any humans had ever been.

The Lyrids are back! Here's where to look and how to spot these shooting stars.

Capcom's new IP is a welcome throwback to simpler action games, but its story and themes are shockingly well-timed and refreshingly optimistic.

Scientists have used a synthetic universe to observe how the first galaxies evolved and grew. In fact, it is so close to the real thing that it's tricking some astronomers.

Watch the crescent moon cross the blue-white stars of the Pleiades on April 19 from the comfort of your home.

After months of quiet skies, the Lyrids return with fast, bright meteors and dark, moonless viewing conditions before dawn.

In space, no one can hear you ask for sun cream

Blue Origin, the space launch company founded by Jeff Bezos, achieved a successful recovery of its first reused orbital-class rocket, but the payload it put into space was left in the wrong location.

SpaceX will launch a new GPS satellite for the U.S. Space Force early Tuesday morning (April 21), and you can watch the action live.

A remote Antarctic research team became the only people on Earth to witness a rare annular solar eclipse — and one scientist had to improvise to capture it.

Our universe is full of mysteries, but few are as perplexing as the dark, tiny galaxies that hover around larger ones like the Milky Way.

The Lyrid meteor shower peak is almost here, and we may be in store for spectacular fireballs and shooting stars.

Comet C/2025 R3 PanSTARRS is days away from its close pass of the sun during an event known as perihelion.