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UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi photographed Mecca, one of Islam's holiest cities, from the International Space Station during the annual pilgrimage, or Hajj.

The 90-minute flight will bring the first Virgin Galactic commercial crew to space as the company starts planned monthly flights.

United Launch Alliance has pushed back the debut launch of its new Vulcan Centaur rocket again, to make modifications to the vehicle's upper stage.

In the early 20th century, a team of women went far beyond their job descriptions, not to mention the societal norms of the time, to revolutionize astronomy.

The Virgo Cluster and 1,900 galaxies shine in an incredible image captured from a dark sky preserve in Portugal, by photographer Miguel Claro.

The next stage of human space exploration will involve longer missions off-Earth, and the Humanity in Deep Space initiative is considering what and how astronauts on these missions will eat.

Virgin Galactic has announced the crew of its upcoming first commercial spaceflight mission that is set to launch no earlier than June 29.

Why first officer Una Chin-Riley was on trial, and how it links all the way back to Khan Noonien Singh.

NASA has produced sounds from telescope data on five galaxies in Stephan's Quintet, a binary star system called R Aquarii, and a giant galaxy known as Messier 104.

SpaceX lit the six engines of its latest Starship prototype on Monday evening (June 26), checking a key box ahead of the vehicle's upcoming test flight.

An onboard anomaly sent space startup Launcher's Orbital SN3 vehicle into an uncontrollable spin following SpaceX's Transporter-8 launch June 12.

The Orion capsule that will fly NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission recently received an essential piece of mission hardware — a novel laser-communication module.

A house-size asteroid zoomed past Earth on June 25 at a staggering 2,000 mph and the Virtual Telescope Project was able to image the near-Earth object in real time.

SpaceX has made more than 1,000 changes to the design of its giant Starship vehicle ahead of its next test flight, company founder and CEO Elon Musk said over the weekend.

Space.com's review of director Wes Anderson's latest feature film, "Asteroid City," a heavily stylized tale of a close encounter during a high school science competition.

South Korean military authorities have salvaged North Korea's first spy satellite after its failed first launch last month, according to reports.

The tragedy of the Titan submersible might usher in a sea change in the tolerance of unclear hazard mitigation practices in space tourism companies.

Virgin Galactic is aiming for no earlier than Thursday (June 29) for the company's first commercial spaceflight aboard its reusable VSS Unity space plane.

The exoplanet LP 890-9c resides near the inner edge of its star's habitable zone, and if conditions are favorable it could potentially support liquid water and life.

An exotic, ultracold state of matter on Earth is helping scientists study the behavior of "fuzzy" dark matter.

The animations highlight emissions from different human and natural sources, with the main contribution coming from the burning of fossil fuels.