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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.

Live coverage of the test flight of the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

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.

An unexpected total lunar eclipse surprises an amateur astrophotographer.

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.

The DJI Mini 3 delivers a more affordable beginner option with great image quality.

ESA’s Hera asteroid mission for planetary defence is about to gain its sight. Two complete and fully tested Asteroid Framing Cameras have reached OHB in Germany for integration aboard Hera’s payload module. This instrument will provide the very first star-like view of Hera’s target for the mission to steer towards the Dimorphos asteroid, which last year had its orbit altered by an impact with NASA’s DART mission.

In space, no one can hear you scream, but there is plenty to scream about when it comes to space horror.

Last week's season-three premiere of "Star Trek: Picard" would've undoubtedly benefited from being a two-parter combined with this episode.

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In the 1980s, scientists discovered a gaping hole in Earth's ozone layer, caused by humanmade chemicals. But thanks to the historical Montreal Protocol, the world came together to take bold action to save our planet. Decades later, we can see the steady recovery of the ozone hole. How did we do it? And what does space have to do with it? Join us as we explore the journey of the ozone hole, from its alarming discovery to the incredible strides made to fix it, and how satellites are helping us track its recovery.

Astronomers are observing the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy tearing apart a strange dust cloud in real time.

The James Webb Space Telescope has looked inside one of the oldest components of our Milky Way galaxy, the Messier 92 globular cluster located some 27,000 light-years away from Earth.