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Astra today (June 30) completed its previously announced merger with Holicity, a special purpose acquisition company backed by Bill Gates and billionaire telecom pioneer Craig McCaw, among others.

Rockets of all kinds are still our only way of reaching space — but how exactly do they work?

Gaze upon the lunar surface tonight, and you’ll see where astronauts, rovers, and landers stepped onto another world.

The Russian Progress MS-17 cargo ship, which launched toward the International Space Station on Tuesday (June 29), will come dangerously close to a Starlink satellite and a Falcon 9 rocket fragment.

Virgin Orbit launched seven satellites today (June 30), taking a big step toward regular and reliable commercial launch service.

Inspire others to look up by giving the gift of a telescope or astronomy binoculars. We've rounded up some of the best deals

3D rocket-printing startup Relativity Space said it plans a "major expansion" of operations and manufacturing to boost production of its Terran rocket line.

Astronomers have discovered a white dwarf only slightly bigger than the Moon, making it the smallest — as well as the most massive — ever found. It might even be on the edge of collapse.

Construction of the Square Kilometer Array Observatory, the largest radio telescope ever built, will start on July 1 after nearly 30 years of preparations.

The public has voted to honor Apollo 13 engineer Arturo Campos on board NASA's first mission to fly to the moon and back in more than 50 years, Artemis 1.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel to outer space – and then keep going?

Researchers on two channels will help you learn about space rocks, exploring asteroids and keeping our planet safe from near-Earth objects.

Mars is known for its thin atmosphere, where CO2 dominates and provides most of the atmospheric mass and pressure.

Understanding the 'undetectable' cosmos could lead to significant changes in some highly cherished theories about space-time.

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Virgin Orbit LauncherOne rocket. The air-launched rocket will climb into orbit with seven small satellites after release from a Boeing 747 carrier aircraft southwest of Los Angeles. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.

NASA says it plans to test new solar sail technologies in space by the middle of next year.

Virgin Orbit plans to launch seven satellites this morning (June 30), and you can watch the spaceflight action live.

The "active galactic nucleus" phase of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy Arp 187 has apparently just ended.

ESA is diversifying its online presence with the launch of a Pinterest channel and is reaching out to this highly creative audience to plan a space-themed Halloween party around the launch of the international Webb mission later this year.

Image: For Asteroid Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Shoemaker Impact Structure (formerly known as Teague Ring) in Western Australia.

Image: Eye of ESA’s asteroid mission