NASA engineers have shut down another instrument on Voyager 1 to preserve the power of the most distant spacecraft ever sent into space.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Station in California on April 19. The mission featured the 600th landing of a Falcon first stage.
A huge geological structure on Mars resembling a bathtub ring may be evidence of an ocean that once covered a third of the Red Planet.
It turns out that living in space can have a lasting impact on how your brain works, researchers have found.
NASA's Curiosity rover has found a diverse mix of organic molecules on Mars, including chemicals considered building blocks for the origin of life on Earth.
Fast solar wind could spark geomagnetic storms tonight, pushing auroras into mid-latitudes.
The heat shield on Artemis 2's Orion capsule appears to have held up incredibly well during its scorching downward trip through Earth's atmosphere, mission commander Reid Wiseman said.
Our universe is full of mysteries, but few are as perplexing as the dark, tiny galaxies that hover around larger ones like the Milky Way.
A remote Antarctic research team became the only people on Earth to witness a rare annular solar eclipse — and one scientist had to improvise to capture it.
SpaceX will launch a new GPS satellite for the U.S. Space Force early Tuesday morning (April 21), and you can watch the action live.
Blue Origin, the space launch company founded by Jeff Bezos, achieved a successful recovery of its first reused orbital-class rocket, but the payload it put into space was left in the wrong location.
The Lyrid meteor shower returns with ideal viewing conditions! Here's what to look out for this week
After months of quiet skies, the Lyrids return with fast, bright meteors and dark, moonless viewing conditions before dawn.
Watch the crescent moon cross the blue-white stars of the Pleiades on April 19 from the comfort of your home.
Scientists have used a synthetic universe to observe how the first galaxies evolved and grew. In fact, it is so close to the real thing that it's tricking some astronomers.
Capcom's new IP is a welcome throwback to simpler action games, but its story and themes are shockingly well-timed and refreshingly optimistic.
For a few moments on April 6, the four Artemis 2 moon astronauts and the three crewmates aboard China's Tiangong space station were farther away from each other than any humans had ever been.
On Episode 206 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Dr. Brianne Suldovsky of Portland State University to discuss what happens after the discovery of an alien life form.
Look out for earthshine on the crescent moon as it shines near Venus and the 1,000-strong Pleiades star cluster.

