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"If an event is particularly bad, there are some places in the capsule, such as storage bays and down by the toilet, that the crew can go to."

Unistellar co-founder tells Space.com about how citizen scientists are using smart telescopes to engage in planetary defense.

Comet MAPS is about to face its ultimate test as it sweeps just 101,000 miles above the sun's surface.

NASA is hoping for a historic moon launch, not a punchline on April 1.

NASA's XRISM X-ray spacecraft has clocked 2 million mph winds ripping out of a distant galaxy bursting with star formation.

NASA plans to make history today (April 1) with the launch of Artemis 2, the first crewed moon mission since Apollo 17 in 1972.

"A better understanding of Saturn’s environment is especially urgent now as plans for our return to Saturn and its moon Enceladus start to be developed."

SpaceX Starlink spacecraft was seen prior to breaking up in orbit by a satellite.

The "Pink Moon" will rise on the same day Artemis 2 is due to launch a crew of 4 to lunar space.

Jeremy Hansen, the Canadian flying to the moon on board NASA's Artemis 2 mission, included Indigenous perspectives on his personal mission patch.

NASA's SLS moon rocket casts a striking silhouette against the rising sun ahead of the agency's Artemis 2 mission, currently scheduled for April 1.

The Artemis 2 astronauts will spend about 10 days flying to and from the moon, so they'll need to find creative ways to dine in a small space.

From 'Destination Moon' to 'Apollo 13,' here’s a full spectrum of lunar-set films to count down.

A lot of people are coming to Florida for the historic Artemis 2 moon launch, so they'll need to budget extra time to see the astronauts fly.

George Lucas had dreams of Darth Maul as the big bad of his sequel trilogy; here's why that would have been a bad idea.

Our solar system's famous "invader" might be as old as the Milky Way itself.

"You dare agree with me? Prepare to meet your horrible doom!"

Astronomers have spotted the most distant and brightest "space laser" ever seen, and it's blasting from a galaxy collision that occurred when the universe was half its current age.

A massive X1.4 solar flare won't endanger NASA's four Artemis 2 astronauts on their way to the moon.

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Wyoming tonight as Earth braces for impact from a speedy coronal mass ejection.

Artemis 2 will launch four astronauts around the moon no sooner than April 1. Why won't this quartet land on the lunar surface?