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NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe is set to deliver its bounty of asteroid samples to Earth on Sunday (Sept. 24). What is the ultimate fate of this space-rock stuff?

These massive particles could shed light on dark matter by revealing how this mysterious substance interacts with "normal" matter.

NASA's first asteroid sample will return to Earth next week, and you can help create the soundtrack for the spacecraft's epic touchdown.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission will face one of the toughest parts of its journey: Protecting samples taken from asteroid Bennu as its capsule descends through Earth's atmosphere for recovery.

A European collaboration aims to break through some of the technological barriers to the exploration of icy moons like Jupiter's Europa, using Antarctica as a proving ground.

Namira Slim will become the first person from Pakistan to reach space on Virgin Galactic's 'Galactic 04' mission, which is slated to fly on Oct. 5.

Mikhail Ivanov, Oliver Philcox, and Marko Simonović won the New Horizons Award for their work on large scale structures — the strands and filaments of our universe which contain buried clues to its most fundamental properties.

Sierra Space's latest explosion with its LIFE module tested a metal plate inside an inflatable structure. The module will fly on a private successor to the International Space Station.

The sun-kissing spacecraft watched as dust particles were displaced across 6 million miles (9.7 million kilometers).

The star T CrB flares up every 80 years. A document from 1217 could help confirm its regularity.

A faint "bridge" of gas connects two colliding galaxies in a new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope.

The astronauts of the Shenzhou 16 mission have been cultivating vegetables as part of their science experiment workload aboard the Tiangong space station.

Comet Nishimura has surprised NASA by photobombing its STEREO spacecraft, revealing it seems to have held together after its brush with the sun on Sept. 17.

There may be less water ice trapped in the permanently shadowed regions on the moon than previously thought.

The return capsule of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to touch down in Utah on Sept. 24, bearing samples of asteroid Bennu. Here's how to watch the event live.

The sixth episode of Ahsoka expands the "Star Wars" universe with new bits of mythology and iconography that support long-awaited returns.

Supermassive black holes are even more fearsome eaters than scientists suspected, thanks to a "delivery system" that could help them feed over months rather than hundreds of years.

A strong geomagnetic storm sparked by a coronal mass ejection triggered impressive aurora light shows around the world. We take a look at some of the best photographs here.

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio spoke from the International Space Station on Sept. 19 just ahead of his record-breaking year in space mission date on Sept. 21. The Hispanic American told Space.com why role models are important to him.

The U.S. Department of Defense wants fresh ideas on how to maintain military superiority in space.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission taught astronomers how little they know about space rocks. They might be only a few hundreds of feet wide, but their geology appears surprisingly complex.