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Europe's Vega small-satellite launcher is scheduled to fly its final mission on Wednesday night (Sept. 4), and you can watch the swan song live.

NASA is considering pulling a pair of shelved spacecraft out of storage to spy on notorious asteroid Apophis ahead of its April 2029 Earth flyby.

A statue of Christa McAuliffe, NASA's "Teacher-in-Space" who died on board the space shuttle Challenger in 1986, has been unveiled in New Hampshire, the state where she taught.

NASA missions are some of the most technologically advanced and critically important endeavors but they are at risk from hackers.

Every so often, astronomers detect a supernova explosion that's 100 times brighter than it should be. A new paper may reveal the strange source of these "superluminous" supernovas.

A tiny fraction of known black holes emit X-ray signals that resemble a human "heartbeat." Now, new research may finally explain the strange phenomenon.

NOAA is researching how to update its Space Weather Scales and how it can better communicate its space weather forecasts with the public and government agencies.

Artemis 3's astronauts will wear spacesuits equipped with 4G connectivity — the same 4G that makes up the majority of Earth's mobile phone networks today.

New Zealand's rapidly growing space industry, driven by private ventures, faces challenges with light pollution affecting Indigenous astronomy. Balancing economic growth and environmental protection is crucial.

A new gameplay trailer for Funcom's open-world survival video game, "Dune: Awakening"

Scientists build a new light source for quantum communications by combining existing technologies together to create a stronger and more robust quantum signal.

The Triangulum Galaxy, the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, is shining with star formation in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

"Now this is podracing!": The latest Lego Star Wars diorama might not be our favorite, but it's still got charm.

The newly found antiparticle, called antihyperhydrogen-4, could have a potential imbalance with its matter counterpart that may help scientists understand how our universe came to be.

A space capsule that NASA used to learn more about safely launching astronauts to the moon has arrived at the University of North Dakota for a different type of education.

Pieces for the Artemis 2, 3 and 4 moon missions are all bound for NASA's Kennedy Space Center after manufacturing in the U.S. and in Europe. They'll journey by sea to get there.

A network of citizen scientists recently found a "warm" Jupiter 300 light-years from Earth that can reveal clues about how our own Jupiter and solar system evolved.

The detailed deep-sky image captured by astrophotographer Miguel Claro shows the dramatic scene unfolding at different wavelengths.

Astronomers combed through an ancient Hindu text and discovered that it referenced a total solar eclipse that occurred roughly 6,000 years ago, making it the oldest known mention of an eclipse.

The eerie sound was likened to a pulsing sonar-like ping.