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The planetary nebula includes an intricate network of filaments and knots.

At first glance, the annual Geminid meteor shower appears to be on a collision course with a bright Moon. But a closer look reveals a happy window of dark skies.

A volcanic peak standing more than a mile high on Venus may still be active, new findings show.

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The James Webb Space Telescope was transferred to the final assembly building at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 7 December 2021, to meet its Ariane 5 launch vehicle.

If we were to terraform the solar system, would our world's look like they do in Destiny 2?

Here's everything you need to know about Blue Origin's launch of Laura Shepard Churchley and her crew on the New Shepard spacecraft on Dec. 11, 2021.

The asteroid impact that wiped out most dinosaurs may have taken place during the Northern Hemisphere's spring or early summer, according to new research on the infamous mass extinction.

Something strange is happening to skywatchers' most anticipated comet of the year.

Our Doctor Who streaming guide is here to guide you through a journey across time and space.

ESA is calling on industry to come forward with ideas for crew and cargo transportation, operations, payloads, research, living quarters and even astronaut training. All of this could develop into new services in an effort to enlarge the space ecosystem to the commercial sphere.

An Electron rocket fires off its launch pad in New Zealand at 7:02 p.m. EST (0002 GMT) with two BlackSky optical Earth imaging satellites. Credit: Rocket Lab

Two more BlackSky high-resolution optical remote sensing satellites rode a Rocket Lab Electron launcher into orbit Wednesday from New Zealand, the second mission for Rocket Lab in three weeks, and the third satellite delivery for BlackSky in the same period.

IXPE will probe the physics behind some of the universe's most dynamic objects: black holes and neutron stars.

Image: Blood disc for astronaut diagnosis

China's Shenzhou 13 astronauts are all set to present a science lesson live from the orbiting Chinese space station on Thursday, Dec. 9.

An Electron rocket topped with two commercial Earth-observation satellites lifted off Wednesday (Dec. 8) at 7:02 p.m. EST (0002 Dec. 9 GMT).

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket will launch NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.

United Launch Alliance’s 90th Atlas 5 rocket lifts off with the Space Force’s STP-3 mission. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now

United Launch Alliance deployed two U.S. Space Force technology demonstration satellites into an on-target orbit more than 22,000 miles over the equator Tuesday after a booming blastoff before dawn from Cape Canaveral on an Atlas 5 rocket.

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 on Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand carrying two small BlackSky Earth observation satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.

The weirdly cubic 'mystery hut' is far from the only intriguing object Yutu 2 has seen on the moon's little-explored far side.

Astronomers have imaged a giant planet around a massive pair of stars, a discovery that challenges our notions of how planets form.