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Arp 184 or NGC 1961, a skewed or "peculiar" spiral galaxy, is still stunning in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

Crewmembers on upcoming Artemis missions could potentially return samples from the moon's mantle back to Earth, providing insight into the final stages of lunar formation.

Crack out the deck chairs, we're going Eta Aquarid meteor hunting. Here's when and where to look.

Time moves faster on the moon, and now we're one step closer to getting a lunar time zone to keep track of it.

A dramatic aircraft chase of a falling spacecraft has provided new insights into the fiery processes that accompany the atmospheric demise of retired satellites.

On 20 April, 2025, the African Space Agency (AfSA) was formally launched at an inauguration ceremony in Cairo, Egypt. The decision to create AfSA was made by the African Union (AU) in 2016 to coordinate the continent's approach to space, and enact the African Space Policy and Strategy. AfSA will coordinate African space cooperation with Europe and other international partners.

Save up your credits and make room on your shelves for these tempting new 'Star Wars' titles.

Deep-pocket collectors can try to score this rare artifact from 'The Empire Strikes Back'.

Living up to its Star Wars' namesake, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took flight again, delivering 29 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit on Sunday, May 4th, 2025 —Star Wars Day.

There's no lightsabers or planet-killing super-weapons (yet), but the latest season of the 'Rogue One' prequel shows what the Rebels are fighting against.

Luke found life on Tatooine to be boring, but he should be glad, because as we have seen, binary stars have the potential to play all kinds of havoc on their orbiting circumbinary planets.

Lego has launched the first new Lego Star Wars set of 2025, and it's an absolute beauty, packed with details and 2,970-pieces, Star Wars fans and collectors will need to use the Force to grab this one.

The 2314-piece collectible Lego Star Wars R2-D2 is 30% off at its lowest-ever price for Star Wars Day this May 4th!

On Episode 159 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by David Bell to talk about the current and future potential for AI to revolutionize space exploration.

File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands at pad 39A for its planned launch with 21 Starlink satellites. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now.

SpaceX is preparing to launch its largest batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites to date.

Astrophotographer Riste Spiroski has captured a striking view of the moon and Jupiter in the sky over Lake Ohrid, one of Europe's deepest and most ancient lakes.

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch the Starlink 7-14 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Image: SpaceX

Update May 3, 1:35 p.m. EDT: SpaceX scrubbed the launch attempt on Saturday and is now targeting Sunday

The Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C. Image: NASA

The White House released its proposed federal spending budget for Fiscal Year 2026 on Friday and with it a series of deep cuts to most areas of discretionary spending, including to NASA. The requested cuts come, ironically, on National Space Day.

The discovery of 2024 PT5, a small, rocky body dubbed a "minimoon" during its discovery last year, hints at a hidden population of lunar fragments traveling near Earth.

The White House Releases its 2026 Budget Request for NASA. Cuts to SLS, Gateway and Orion

The center of the Milky Way is a busy place, tightly packed with stars and dominated by the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*. It also features powerful magnetic fields that regulate star production, influence gas dynamics and gas cloud formation, and even affect the accretion processes around Sagittarius A*. Gigantic filaments of gas that look like bones form along the magnetic field lines, and one of them appears to be fractured.