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Last year was a very busy one in the final frontier. Here's a rundown of some highlights, from Starship's debut to NASA's first asteroid sample-return.

Lego is blasting off into 2024 with a slew of new space-related sets that for the first time span several of its most popular themes.

On Dec. 30, 2023, NASA's Juno spacecraft came closer to the volcanic moon Io than any other mission has in 20 years. In the process, Juno was able to grab some incredible images.

A coronal mass ejection from an X-5 class flare that erupted on New Year's Eve, the strongest flare of solar cycle 25, will likely trigger geomagnetic storms when it hits Earth today (Jan. 2).

With millions of people flocking to see the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, we take a look at some of the predicted most crowded places.

Astronomers have discovered a new gas cloud created by winds blown from a rapidly spinning neutron star, naming it "Potoroo" after a small Australian marsupial.

The United Arab Emirates' Hope spacecraft spotted a lot of dust moving around on Mars after a regional storm in January 2022.

The International Space Station will continue to see launching crews mixed with American and Russian astronauts, according to media reports based on a Roscosmos press release.

Up to 120 shooting stars per hour could be visible during a brief peak of the Quadrantid meteor shower — the year's first meteor shower, coming to North America Jan. 3 and 4.

Canadian Space Agency Artemis 2 astronaut Jeremy Hansen has never been in space before. But he is getting ready for his 1st launch on NASA's Space Launch System in 2024.

Earth and other terrestrial planets probably use their gravitational forces to tear apart asteroids ― but this creates more streams of smaller asteroids.

Over 31 million people in North America will experience a total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. Here we have listed 10 of the biggest cities in the path of totality.

With the end of 2023 comes the end of an endeavor — or rather Endeavour — as the retired NASA space shuttle goes off public view at the California Science Center for the next few years.

A sea of migrating methane discovered below the permafrost in Svalbard may eventually escape its icy prison if the permafrost continues to thaw due to climate change.

Here we've rounded up some of the best eclipse-themed places that lie on the path of totality for the upcoming solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.

SpaceX closed out 2023 with a fiery double test of its next Starship megarocket booster and spacecraft on Friday (Sept. 29).

Dev gets "Oceans Eleven"-shaped delusions of grandeur, while an old friend of Margo returns to deliver an ominous message.

NASA 'sCuriosity Rover filmed footage from dawn to dusk, capturing half a day on Mars as it sat waiting for contact with ground control Nov. 8.

The Resilience lander for ispace's 2nd moon mission is under construction, as it aims to send a mini-rover to the lunar surface after a winter 2024 launch.

A research expedition in the Southern Ocean has mapped a string of seamounts that help to shape an ocean current that flows clockwise around Antarctica.

'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis will make a flyby like no other in recorded history in 2029 as it becomes visible with the naked eye, and NASA's OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft will be on hand to supervise.