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The meteoroid was traveling about 27,000 mph (43,452 kph) when it struck the atmosphere, exploding into smaller pieces — some of which hit the ground.

The meteoroid was traveling about 27,000 mph (43,452 kph) when it struck the atmosphere, exploding into smaller pieces — some of which hit the ground.

Kerbal Space Program 2, released today (Feb. 24), brings a new set of opportunities to blow up rockets and break things while building a fictional space program for your Kerbonauts.

SpaceX's rocket ride fired up its engines today (Feb. 24) ahead of launching its next NASA astronaut mission from Florida.

Buzz Aldrin, the second person on the moon, paid tribute to people carrying the "torch of deep space exploration" with NASA's Artemis that may put humans on the lunar surface in 2025.

A newly discovered "forbidden" Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a tiny star only four times its size could challenge theories of how gas giants are born.

The moon makes a close approach to Mars on Monday (Feb. 27) with the pair of celestial objects also sharing the same right ascension in the night sky in an arrangement known as a conjunction.

The 3D-printed Terran 1 rocket from Relativity Space will fly from Florida's space coast, and will also mark the first natural liquid natural gas booster in space if all goes to plan.

A replacement Soyuz is on the way for three crew members with a leaky craft docked to the International Space Station.

SpaceX's rocket ride for its next NASA astronaut launch from Florida is on the pad and ready for flight.

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed China's Zhurong rover in the same location for five months, indicating the rover has not yet awoken from hibernation.

The SpaceX Polaris Dawn private space mission that will see a crew of astronauts attempt to reach the highest Earth orbit ever flown is now targeting a summer 2023 launch.

The Department of Defense released an image taken from the cockpit of a U-2 spy plane of the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that floated over the United States earlier this month.

Space shuttle Endeavour is about to get its 'boom' back. The California Science Center has reopened the orbiter's payload bay to complete outfitting the vehicle's cargo hold.

PBS Nova's "New Eye on the Universe" returns to the James Webb Space Telescope for more fantastic discoveries.

Come on you apes, you want to live forever? It's time to enlist as a new trailer for Starship Troopers: Extermination is here.

The sun recently spat out an X-class solar flare, one of the most powerful it can emit, which triggered a rare shockwave across the sun's surface and caused radio blackouts on Earth.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has accepted Amazon's updated orbital debris mitigation plan and approved the company's 3,000-satellite Kuiper constellation.

Jupiter's moon Europa is crisscrossed with red streaks that have chemical compositions like nothing on Earth. The discovery of a new type of salt ice may finally solve this mystery.

The mysterious Planet Nine may have up to 20 moons that could be superheated by the hypothetical planet's gravitational pull, making them easy to spot.

Climate change will be raised with VP Kamala Harris after the debut meeting of a group advising the Harris-run National Space Council on government policy direction.