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Earthquake sensors can detect sonic booms generated by reentering space debris to help track the potentially dangerous objects in near real time.

"Stars like the sun don’t just stop shining for no reason."

Artemis 2 is at the launch pad, but several big tests must be performed before it launches as soon as Feb. 6.

Blue Origin will use a flight-proven booster on the next launch of its New Glenn rocket. The liftoff, which is targeted for late February, will be just the third for New Glenn to date.

Learn how to spot Sirius, Procyon and their canine constellations, and discover the myths and science behind the dog stars.

Spawned by Mattel's classic 1980s toy line, this summer spectacle arrives June 5, 2026.

The findings are a big clue as to why the far and near hemispheres of the moon look so different.

'For the look of the Athena, our ship has wings, and that was very intentional.'

Leaders from NASA's Johnson Space Center and NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins helped turn a Texans home game into a pop-up space expo.

Here's why a pair of binoculars is your best option for stargazing as a beginner.

Tiny Mars might have an outsize effect on Earth's climate over hundreds of thousands of years.

Bikers on Mars, but no mice in sight.

A new study suggests that an early version of Mars’s smaller moon Deimos was pulverized by its own debris, explaining the moon's oddities.

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ESA project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski captured these stunning timelapse videos during his 20-day stay aboard the International Space Station as part of Axiom Mission 4, known as Ignis. Filmed from the Cupola – the Space Station’s iconic seven-windowed observation module – the footage showcases breathtaking views of Earth and the Moon from orbit.

Rocket Lab's first Neutron rocket buckled under pressure when its main stage tank ruptured during an overnight test in Wallops, Virginia.

"Most excitingly, this new idea addresses one of the longstanding habitability problems on Europa and is a good sign for the prospects of extraterrestrial life in its ocean."

The waxing Moon marches east across the evening sky. It says hello to binary Gamma Arietis on Saturday, then occults some of the Pleiades for Europe on Tuesday. But it's past them by nightfall in North America.