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Microgravity research and technology development on the ISS will continue "full throttle" through the end of 2030, the agency says.

'We now have for the first time vestiges of times that could have been conducive to the origin of life.'

The James Webb Space Telescope detected water vapor swirling around a planetary system 370 light-years away.

A scorching hot world where metal clouds rain drops of titanium is the most reflective planet ever observed outside of our Solar System, astronomers said on Monday.

Zhurong spotted telltale patterns in Martian dunes.

NASA's supersonic plane has moved closer to the runway in preparation for its debut flight.

Radioactive isotopes in meteorites suggest that a supernova erupted in the vicinity of the solar system as it was forming.

Artist's concept illustrating Kepler-16b, the first directly detected circumbinary planet, which is a planet that orbits two stars.

Euclid, a dark matter and dark energy hunter, is set to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on July 1 at 11:11 a.m. EDT (1511 GMT). A live webcast from NASA Television will be carried here at Space.com for free starting at 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT) in the player above.

A cute mathematical trick can "rescale" the Universe so that it isn't actually expanding. But can that "trick" survive all our cosmic tests?

'Wave goodbye to it. Rest in peace.'

Modern solar panels can harness not just ultraviolet light, but also visible and in some cases infrared. But all of these designs are built to harness the sun, which gives off most of its light in the green range and emits plenty of ultraviolet light. But most exoplanets orbit red dwarf stars, which have a peak brightness in the...

Three comets named Hartley, Encke and Tsuchinshan will pass by the sun in the next few months and be visible from Earth. Here’s how you can spot them

Region at centre of Messier 87 galaxy captured by the Event Horizon Telescope in motion

The sun’s outer atmosphere is vastly hotter than its surface. Scientists may be close to figuring out why.

NASA's quest for extraterrestrial life now includes technosignatures, evidence of advanced civilizations on distant exoplanets. Through AI, new research methods, and a broadened focus, scientists remain hopeful in discovering life beyond Earth. Our first confirmed proof of life beyond Earth might

The decade-long concerns continue. NASA needs to be more transparent about the costs and schedules associated with its Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket, a newly released audit has found.

India's space agency Isro's new footage shows Chandrayaan-3's rover Pragyaan for the first time ever.

Using nuclear fusion, Pulsar's rocket could dramatically increase travel speeds, aiming for tests by 2025 and fusion temperatures by 2027.

Get ready stargazers: The Perseid meteor shower and a super blue moon are highly anticipated sights this August.

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new giant exoplanet transiting a nearby M-dwarf star. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-4860 b, is comparable in size and mass to Saturn. The finding is reported in a paper published August 2 on the pre-print...

Haley's Coronet is at war with its neighboring dwarf galaxy, and it's a gravitational struggle the latter is bound to lose.

This week, the European Space Agency will guide its dead Aeolus wind satellite back to Earth — but not in one piece.

In a rare astronomical event, August 2023 stargazers will see two supermoons, coupled with the appearance of an elusive blue moon