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A roadside rocket display that has stood as a welcome sign for drivers entering the state of Alabama is no longer safe to be left standing, according to NASA and the museum charged with its care.

SpaceX fueled up a fully stacked Starship for the first time ever on Monday (Jan. 23), notching a huge milestone on the path toward the vehicle's debut orbital flight.

The first of a new generation of United Launch Alliance rockets has arrived at its Florida spaceport to prepare for a debut flight.

Satellite photos showing poop stains in the West Antarctic snow and ice have revealed a previously unknown breeding colony of emperor penguins.

This Bresser planetarium star projector, designed for kids, has true to life projections, a five year warranty and is simple to operate.

Solar activity increased on Jan. 13 as massive active regions of the sun rounded its east limb to face Earth.

Bad weather has pushed Rocket Lab's first-ever launch from U.S. soil back a day, to Tuesday (Jan. 24).

The three crew members of Shenzhou 15 decked out their in-space living quarters in red to celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Rabbit on Sunday (Jan. 22).

Look in the northern skies during the early morning hours and green comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) may be visible to the naked eye.

Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin married for the fourth time on Friday (Jan. 20) to Romanian chemical engineer Anca Faur, who is executive vice-president of one of Aldrin's companies.

Ask the average person to name the US politician who earned the title "Mr. Space," and Lyndon B. Johnson is not likely to be the first reply. A look back at LBJ's space legacy 50 years after his death.

The Earth's protective ozone layer is recovering thanks to the successful implementation of the Montreal Protocol. But new threats are emerging that might set back the efforts, scientists say.

Mercury will reach its highest altitude of its Jan.–Feb. 2023 morning apparition on Tuesday, Jan. 24. From New York City, it will reach 14 degrees above the horizon in the southeast sky.

Lucy is producing enough power to perform its mission despite undeployed slice of solar array.

Researchers can use vortices in protoplanetary disks to weigh and date exoplanets.

On Monday (Jan. 30), the moon will cross in front of Mars, causing an occultation or eclipse of the planet.

The European Space Agency (ESA) recently announced a new mission of its science program: a small telescope orbiting the Earth dubbed Arrakhis.

Can you build this 7541-piece behemoth in less than twelve parsecs? You can now jump to hyperspace with an $80 discount.

A new lunar new year is hopping off to a great start and Google is marking the occasion with a series of Google doodles.

As the Artemis program aims to return humanity to the moon and beyond, the Artemis Accords lay out a framework for nations collaborating in this effort.

Lunar New Year 2023 is celebrated this year on Sunday (Jan. 22) as the new lunar cycle turns over into the Year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese zodiac.