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The design of the sample return tubes carried by NASA's Perseverance rover looks suspiciously like a 'Star Wars' lightsaber, inspiring one NASA director to joke about using the Force on Mars.

The new space race is on with the Artemis mission targeting the moon and beyond. The landers, rovers and robots of Astrobotic Technology will be part of this cosmic spearhead.

There may have been no oxygen in the atmosphere of ancient Mars after all, a new study has found, but don't despair, there still could have been living creatures crawling on the planet.

Astronomers have witnessed a black hole feeding on the remains of a star it ripped apart, spotting the formation of a halo of hot gas called a corona.

James Webb Space Telescope has just produced one of the most detailed photos of this wreath-shaped galaxy ever seen.

UFO reports from U.S. military personnel are flooding the government's new All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).

Even though winds on Mars are weak, they could be sufficient to provide power for future exploration and colonization of the Red Planet, a new study finds.

Five bright planets visible in the evening during Christmas week and beyond make an affordable telescope a well-timed gift.

A non-descript star, TRAPPIST-1, is host to seven Earth-size planets and the James Webb Space Telescope is giving astronomers a thrilling new view of these worlds.

The Ursid meteor shower peaks tonight (Dec. 22 into the morning of Dec. 23), offering the last shooting stars of the year.

The best space gifts for budding astronomers ahead of the holidays: Observing the night sky demands some out-of-this-world gear, but it doesn’t have to come at astronomical prices.

NASA's Perseverance rover collected this tube's sample from a Mars region rich in organics. Scientists soon will scrutinize tubes like this for signatures of life.

The newest, most powerful space telescope out there is back to work after a glitch blocked several days' worth of science observations.

A futuristic study suggests that a spinning, rubbly asteroid could support a massive space settlement the size of Manhattan.

Astronomers have observed elusive outbursts from baby stars cloaked within the thick clouds of gas and dust of the Orion Nebula.

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter flew for the 37th time on Saturday (Dec. 17), acing a hop designed in part to test the capabilities of its new software.

The Red Planet's harsh dust has claimed another spacecraft.

The first women to fly on Blue Origin's New Shepard have been honored with their own bobbleheads. The figurines feature Wally Funk, Audrey Powers and Laura Shepard Churchley.

The central objective of the Paris Agreement is to limit Earth's warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, but preferably below 1.5 degrees.

Warner Bros. releases the first "Barbie" trailer in a nod to Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey."

With the world's largest solar telescope now conducting formal observations, scientists are eager to watch the sun's increasing activity and better understand the threats of space weather.