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Astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured a stunning time-lapse video of solar flares dancing across the sun from the Dark Sky Alqueva site in Portugal.

While there are hints that dark energy may be 'phantom,' its true nature remains frustratingly elusive, a new study reports.

NASA brought a small group of reporters to its Kennedy Space Center to see three spacecraft, including the Orion for Artemis 2. A Canadian reporter was there to see it.

SpaceX plans to launch two Starlink missions less than seven hours apart late Wednesday (Aug. 16) and early Thursday (Aug. 17), and you can watch them live.

NASA is emphasizing a seamless transition to future private space stations in low-Earth orbit, but officials say the shift will not be easy.

Astronomers have discovered a failed star that can't sustain nuclear fusion in its core, but is 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than the sun.

Intuitive Machines is targeting a mid-November launch for what could be the first private commercial venture to safely reach the moon's surface.

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a distant galaxy cloaked in a ghostly haze some 44 million light-years from Earth in the Pavo, or "peacock" constellation.

Interstellar Technologies Inc. says it is now aiming to launch its Zero Rocket in 2025, with static fire tests due later this year as part of its test program.

A recently released video gives us an astronaut's-eye view of Virgin Galactic's second-ever commercial spaceflight, which the company aced last week.

"It's why we never throw anything away – you don't know what secrets are being stored in the data beamed down from space."

The Mars Society continues its series of simulated Red Planet analog missions in the remote Canadian Arctic with its 15th expedition to the remote Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station.

NASA astronaut Drew Feustel just joined a Canadian space mining company to map out strategy. It's the richest time we've seen in decades for space projects, he says.

Canada's Jeremy Hansen is gearing up for his first spaceflight — the Artemis 2 moon mission. Here's what he's learning from his three veteran NASA crewmates.

Megastorms that rage across Saturn and last for centuries, shaking up the gas giant's deep atmosphere and driving ammonia rains that enrich lower layers.

On one hand, this so-called race has no discernable prize — but on the other, it could set the stage for a rich future of lunar exploration.

Space.com spoke with veteran Hollywood creature designer Neville Page on his legacy designing "Star Trek" aliens and Titan's new tribute book to his work.

The enormous waves are the result of gravitational tides dragging around stellar material.

The new moon on Aug. 15 will offer dark skies perfect for skywatchers to hunt out stunning Messier objects like the globular cluster M2, the Butterfly Cluster and the Wild Duck Cluster.

Physicists like me don't fully understand what makes up "dark matter." Deep beneath South Dakota, we're trying to change that.

How humanity responds to the first contact with intelligent alien life could determine the very fate of our species. Here's what we can learn from history.