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China is looking to put its first astronauts around the end of the decade and we're now getting glimpses of how this plan may play out.

Launcher’s Orbiter SN1 transfer vehicle hosts multiple payloads on SpaceX’s Transporter 6 mission. Credit: Launcher / John Kraus

The 114 small satellites set for launch Tuesday on SpaceX’s first mission of the year include 36 spacecraft for Planet’s commercial remote sensing fleet, a space-based solar power experiment, and space tugs to piggyback payloads into different orbits.

NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket streaks into the night sky over Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 16. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography

The U.S. Space Force is preparing for as many as 87 launches from Florida’s Space Coast in 2023, including dozens more SpaceX missions and the expected debuts of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan and Relativity’s Terran 1 rockets.

Acclaimed astrophotographer Akira Fujii's wide-field views of the constellations, each with impeccable star images, have been a hallmark of Sky & Telescope magazine for nearly four decades.

A feeding supermassive black hole in the galactic cluster MS0735 is b is burping out huge amounts of energy clearing cosmic bubbles in its surroundings.

NASA’s new water surveying SWOT spacecraft can be seen unfurling its main antenna in a stunning new video shot in space.

A comet that hasn't visited Earth since the Neanderthals existed during the last ice age is set to blast past Earth in early 2023. The comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) could be so bright it is visible to the naked eye.

What lurks at the center of a black hole? Studying the space-time ripples from black hole collisions could reveal an answer.

The bright moon will interfere with the 2023 Quadrantid meteor shower this year, limiting the shooting star display.

SpaceX will ring in the New Year a little late with its first launch on Jan. 2 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, bringing to space several small satellites on the Transporter-6 mission.

Einstein toyed with the idea of faster-than-light-particles but found that such particles violated a central rule of the universe: causality.

The Hubble Space Telescope has collected a stunning image of the globular cluster NGC 6440 appearing almost like a cosmic bee hive surrounded by a swarm of stellar bees.

ESA is kicking off the new year by inviting you to create a unique juice mocktail to represent the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer – also known as Juice – launching in April. The winner of the most imaginative recipe will be invited to ESA’s Social Space launch event in Darmstadt, Germany, where our favourite space juices will be served!

Native American tribes each had their own full Moon names — we introduce the most commonly used ones and the traditions behind them.

The Expedition 68 crew rang in 2023 with holiday cheer, including Santa hats, stockings and ornaments in the United States and Russian segments.

A special type of supernova might be able to destroy a planet's ozone layer years after the initial explosion.

For those well north of the equator, January’s long nights provide lots of time to enjoy the starry sky — and the stars of winter are spectacular! This month’s celestial highlights include a close pass of Saturn and Venus, a strong meteor shower, and much more. Our fun and factual Sky Tour podcast provides all the details.

The barred spiral galaxy NGC 6956 isn't just pretty to look at in this new Hubble photo, it's an essential tool for understanding the universe.

Data from the NASA mission EMIT will help the new initiative Carbon Mapper track the greenhouse gas methane from waste sites.

NASA's Juno spacecraft is recovering its memory after a download disruption following its December flyby of Jupiter.