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How a cancelled TV show got a short-lived reprieve on the big screen.

The JWST has studied the chemical composition of a moon-forming disk circling a giant planet 625 light-years away.

Firefly Aerospace's seventh Alpha rocket exploded on Monday (Sept. 29) during preflight testing. The vehicle was destroyed, and Firefly is assessing the damage to its test stand.

At a major space congress in Sydney, leaders from NASA, ESA, ISRO, CNSA, and more shared visions for humanity's return to the moon, journeys to Mars and the tech shaping the future of space.

The algorithm has already been tested on images from the Subaru telescope and will now be used on the Vera C. Rubin Observatory once science results begin to flood in.

SpaceX is targeting Oct. 13 for the 11th test flight of Starship, which will be the final launch of the megarocket's current "Version 2" iteration.

Two Chinese astronauts installed more debris shielding on the Tiangong space station during a six-hour spacewalk on Friday (Sept. 26). It was the fourth EVA of the Shenzhou 20 mission.

Ancient iron-metabolizing microbes may have turned toxic oxygen into an energy source.

Targeted at content creators, the Canon EOS R50 V may not be the obvious choice for budding astrophotographers. But do the features and brand name make it an affordable option for capturing the night sky?

Despite being just outside Tucson, Arizona, Biosphere 2 looks almost like a colony on another planet.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 lit up the evening sky Sept. 28, when the expanding 'jellyfish' plume from the rocket's ascent could be seen for hundreds of miles.

Death to the Chig! We take a look back at this pioneering TV show on its 30th birthday.

From twinkling constellations to stellar life cycles, this starry skywatching quiz will test your cosmic knowledge.

'Foundation' actress Cherry Jones discusses her character's tempestuous relationship with Brother Dusk.

International Space Station astronauts can breathe easy — other NASA missions not so much.

Scientists have proposed a new explanation for Venus' giant, crown-shaped geological features, known as coronae.

The Hubble Space Telescope saw a galaxy that has features of both elliptical and spiral galaxies, puzzling experts.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Station in California on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025.

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected methane gas on the dwarf planet Makemake, indicating that the distant body is a dynamic icy world.

The Milky Way's closest neighbor shines in a spectacular new astrophotography portrait.

Expedition 73 crewmembers sequenced DNA and worked with virtual reality glasses this week, while also continuing to unpack cargo vehicles and congratulating NASA's 24th group of astronaut candidates.