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More than 12,000 people have applied to join what NASA is calling the "Artemis Generation," a new class of astronauts to help the agency return humans to the moon and reach outward to Mars.

SpaceX is about to start putting the latest prototype of its Starship Mars-colonizing vehicle to the test.

Billions of locusts have been swarming in eastern Africa for months, ravaging crops and threatening the food source for millions of people. NASA satellites are coming to the rescue.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has fully deployed its primary mirror for the first time, marking another milestone on its journey to space.

NASA's first two commercial deliveries to the moon are still on track despite the COVID-19 pandemic, according to agency leadership.

The full moon happens once a month. Find out when.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has successfully deployed its giant primary mirror, putting the new observatory one big step closer to being ready for launch in 2021.

On April 1, 1960, the U.S. launched its first weather satellite into orbit. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!

Here's how to see planets visible in April's night sky.

It won't be the first hidden message that NASA sends to Mars.

With much of the commercial space industry focused on putting small satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO), how quickly will the U.S. military follow?

Want to build the largest radio telescope to fly in space to date? Here's an easier technique: Design six tiny satellites to fly in formation and work together.

Celestron's Astro Fi 130 combines good optics with the latest in telescope technology — but is it the right telescope for you?

See what's up in the night sky for April 2020, including stargazing events and the moon's phases, in this Space.com gallery courtesy of Starry Night Software.

Find out what's up in your night sky during April 2020 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

A recent study went full Indiana Jones to show that our home galaxy, the Milky Way, was a cannibal in its earlier years, swallowing five smaller galaxies.

SpaceX just released a users' guide for Starship, the reusable spaceship-rocket combo the company is developing to help colonize Mars.

The Apollo 13 mission was an example of NASA's ingenuity under pressure.

In "Cosmos: Possible Worlds," host Neil deGrasse Tyson explores themes of science as an instrument of hope and tenacity, and as a means by which the human race can realize its true potential.

The coronavirus pandemic continues around the world, satellites in space are revealing a radical shift in human behavior.