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NASA is inviting you to put your name aboard its VIPER moon rover, which is scheduled to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket later this year.

ULA's new Vulcan Centaur rocket has arrived at the launch pad ahead of its debut mission, which will send a private lander toward the moon on Monday (Jan. 8).

A preview of Prime Video's adult animated series, "The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy," best described as 'Scrubs' in outer space.

Supernova remnant 30 Doradus B, or 30 Dor B, is the (former) star of this new image.

The 243rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society runs from Jan. 7 to Jan. 11, and we can't wait to see what amazing science announcements it bestows upon us.

ULA's new Vulcan Centaur rocket has been cleared to launch for the first time on Jan. 8, a mission that will send the private Peregrine lander toward the moon.

New observations of the Small Magellanic Cloud show that it might actually be two galaxies disguised as one.

The new weather forecasting method could one day be used on more Earth-like exoplanets.

A fresh analysis of Voyager 2's images of Uranus and Neptune reveal the two ice giants are similar shades of blue.

Get a detailed look at Perseverance's current location on Mars — the ancient Jezero Crater.

Pittsburgh-based company Astrobotic is gearing up for the Jan. 8 launch of its Peregrine lander, which will try to become the first private spacecraft to land on the moon.

It turns out the optimal space meal for male astronauts is a tasty vegetarian salad, using ingredients grown in space that offer micronutrients needed to compensate for extra calories burned.

A Very Large Telescope instrument designed to study exoplanets has turned its focus to our own cosmic neighborhood to measure Jupiter's wind speeds.

On Dec. 24 and Dec. 27, China launched clusters of small satellites to provide commercial meteorological data.

To stand the best chance of detecting technosignatures, SETI should survey exoplanets with atmospheres that are at least 18% oxygen.

Japan has postponed the launch of a mission seeking to bring samples of a Martian moon to Earth until 2026, due to problems with the nation's new H3 rocket.

NASA has responded to the Navajo Nation's objections over a private mission placing human remains on the moon alongside agency science payloads.

India sent its XPoSat X-ray observatory into orbit on New Year's Day to study black holes, supernovae and other cosmic phenomena.

Satellite images show major cities on the U.S. East Coast, including New York City, are sinking. This has caused concern among scientists.

NASA representatives responded to the Navajo Nation's request to delay a private mission carrying human remains to the moon alongside agency scientific payloads.

Observations have revealed the first-ever seismic waves seen in an ancient galaxy, offering new insight on the origins of our very own Milky Way.