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SpaceX and NASA called off plans for Crew-4 astronauts to undock their Dragon capsule and return to Earth on Thursday (Oct. 13) due to weather concerns.

Can a newly found exoplanet help explain why Earth and Venus diverged so radically?

Shallow lakes of salty liquid water throughout the crust of Jupiter's moon Europa could cause cryovolcanic eruptions and plumes of icy material to burst from its surface.

The video game industry is hot for space video games at the moment. Here’s our list of the top 10 space games you should keep an eye on.

A Russian Proton rocket launched the Angosat-2 satellite to orbit for the government of Angola on Oct. 12, 2022.

NASA's TESS mission to spot exoplanets is in safe mode after a computer glitch hit the spacecraft on Monday (Oct. 10).

SpaceX has stacked a Starship vehicle on the launch pad at its Starbase facility in South Texas for the first time since March.

ESA’s Mars Express has captured the rare moment of Mars’ small moon Deimos passing in front of Jupiter and its four largest moons ­– the focus of ESA’s upcoming Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer launching next year. Celestial alignments like these enable a more precise determination of the martian moons’ orbits.

NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket inside the Vehicle Assembly Building. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

The next launch attempt for the NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket is scheduled just after midnight Nov. 14 after a hydrogen leak and Hurricane Ian thwarted tries to launch the unpiloted test flight to the moon in August and September, space agency officials announced this week.

Following its unanimous approval by ESA Council on 17 March, the Association Agreement between ESA and the Slovak Republic was signed on 14 June at ESA ESTEC in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

The Celestron Travel Scope 70DX offers high-quality optics at an entry-level price point of just $89 during Prime Day Early Access.

Lego's Star Wars Death Star Trench Run Diorama is $10 off for Prime Day Early Access at just $60.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Oct. 13 with weather delay.

Artist Ashley Zelinskie's "Unfolding the Universe: First Light" exhibit showcases a virtual reality experience, 3D-printed sculptures and more James Webb Space Telescope-inspired art.

SpaceX's newly announced tourist mission to the moon could help humanity extend its footprint far beyond Earth, company representatives say.

The Europe-led Solar Orbiter mission has captured a stunning sequence of the lively sun as it made an orbital approach amid intensifying solar activity.

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The Mars 3 MSLA 3D Resin Printer is marked down 22% at just $208 during Amazon Prime Day Early Access, making high-definition resin prints possible at a much lower price point.

NASA's iconic round insignia, nicknamed the 'meatball,' appeared to be oddly distorted on the Falcon 9 rocket that launched Crew-5 to the International Space Station.

Every time two giant stars swing around each other, they enrich the cosmos with complex organic molecules.

Artemis 1 will have a 69-minute launch window that opens at 12:07 a.m. EST (1707 GMT) on Nov. 14, during which it will attempt to send the Orion spacecraft to lunar orbit.