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From spaghettified convicts to doomed interplanetary liners, these space movies really pile on the misery.

Ionized clouds give the impression of flames surrounding the star AE Aurigae.

China will work on establishing space-based data centers as a part of a larger five-year plan to expand the nation's already significant presence in space.

What happened to Captain Benjamin Sisko? This episode won't give you any answers, but it asks all the right questions.

Mercury puts on its best evening show of 2026 this February, with bright views after sunset and a helpful crescent moon.

Perchlorate, a toxic substance found in Mars dirt, could help the bacterium Sporosarcina pasteurii strengthen bonds between particles of regolith.

ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher joined French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace for an event celebrating the first spaceflight of ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman took Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for a ride over the Artemis 2 launch pad recently.

From Lego and stickers to hats and mugs, we've rounded up the best NASA Artemis 2 swag you can buy for the space and rocket fan in your life, everything from soup to nuts!

A new comet approaching the sun has caught the attention of astronomers, primarily because of its lineage. It appears to belong to a group of comets that in some cases have briefly become outstandingly bright objects.

Astronomers used James Webb Space Telescope data to determine the density of the universe's most mysterious "stuff."

Virginia Trimble collected "shiny things" in astronomy — and her curated collections fascinated astronomers around the world.

"If our hypothesized dark charge is true, then we believe there could be a significant population of primordial black holes, which would be consistent with other astrophysical observations, and account for all the missing dark matter in the universe."

"If reproduction is ever to occur beyond Earth, it must do so with a clear commitment to safety, transparency and ethical integrity."

"We studied the last several orbits before the merger, when the entwined magnetic fields undergo rapid and dramatic changes, and modeled potentially observable high-energy signals."

It is time for Star Trek to boldly go where no streaming series has gone before: back to the 20+ episode seasons of old!