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A massive "hot DOG" galaxy is surrounded by a swarm of smaller galaxies that may be helping it grow to tremendous sizes.

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The Canon EOS R5 looks to bring full-frame mirrorless technology to the first-class professional market. Has it succeeded?

ABL completed a key fueling test with its RS1 rocket on the pad at Pacific Spaceport Complex on Alaska's Kodiak Island this week and is working to finalize the window for its debut launch.

Despite all the dangers of its rugged surface, our simulated Mars base is inhabited by magic.

Lucasfilm drops a rousing new trailer for "The Mandalorian" Season 3 at the D23 Expo.

Chinese engineers have conducted a successful hot fire test of a new, powerful engine for the nation's planned super heavy-lift rocket for moon missions.

The Anycubic Kobra Max is larger than life, which might be too much for some folks to handle.

Week in images: 12-16 September 2022

Located at the outer edge of the solar system, the distant planet Neptune will make its closest approach to Earth on Friday, when it will be visible in opposition to the sun all through the night.

The ozone layer in our upper atmosphere protects Earth from the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation. The use of human-produced chemicals in our atmosphere used for many years depleted Earth’s ozone layer. However, the reduction in the consumption of ozone-depleting substances driven by the Montreal Protocol – an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer – has allowed for the ozone hole to slowly recover. This global agreement demonstrates the power of international commitment and immediate global action in protecting our environment.

The mission team has reported results from Perseverance's study of the rocks deposited by the river flowing into Jezero Crater.

A "new era" in Martian water searches awaits, a new study suggests, with hundreds of ancient lakes likely still lying undetected on the Red Planet.

Mars and the moon will make a close approach to each other in the sky tonight (Sept. 16), and here's what you can expect to see.

An intermediate spiral galaxy called NGC 1961 was photographed by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, revealing gorgeous spiral arms and glittering, blue regions of bright young stars.

A team of physicists has found that the remnant of a neutron star merger observed in 2019 has just the right mass to be a strange hypothetical quark star.

As the United States continues to leverage more commercial satellites for intelligence and communications work, Russia has warned these craft may become a "legitimate target" for wartime operations.

The late-night Moon aligns with Mars and Aldebaran. Delta Cephei pulses on high. And constellations all over the sky signal the change from summer to fall.

This summer, heatwaves struck Europe, North Africa, the US and Asia with temperatures reaching over 40°C in places – breaking many long-standing records. Images from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission show the scale of Britain’s heatwave as it baked in extreme temperatures in August.

Inspiration4 raised $250 million for charity during the first-ever all-private crewed mission to orbit, and it's just the start of a program using SpaceX vehicles for private flights.

Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle lifts off from Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand with the StriX 1 radar observation satellite. Credit: Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab’s 30th mission delivered the StriX 1 radar imaging satellite into orbit for the Japanese Earth observation company Synspective, beginning the deployment of a constellation of 30 commercial  radar satellites planned over the next four years.