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Gaia scientists are agog after finding out that the star-spotting spacecraft can double as a planet-hunter.

Researchers found that streams of cold gas could create 'seeds' of quasars — ultraluminous supermassive black holes — in the early universe, solving a decades-old mystery.

A new, limited edition wristwatch takes it cue, or rather hue, from the bright color of the launch and entry suits worn by NASA astronauts. Casio's latest G-Shock features an orange body and strap.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida this evening (July 14), sending a robotic Dragon resupply craft toward the International Space Station.

The Webb team released some tantalizing photos of Jupiter today (July 14), highlighting the $10 billion telescope's ability to study targets close to home.

The US and Russia reach Mars, but old tensions threaten to divide the historic mission in this exclusive clip for this week's sixth episode of "For All Mankind" on Apple TV+.

The buzz among professional astronomers has been electric since members of the Webb team shared tantalizing test images. And the real images are even better than anyone could have hoped for.

NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter is taking a break during the dust-filled Martian winter that makes it difficult for the helicopter to charge its batteries.

The first galaxies in the universe may be chaotic, faint, and small, but no one has seen a galaxy in the universe's first 400 million years. Webb will change that.

China has sent a new data relay satellite on its way to geostationary orbit to support the nation’s crewed space station project.

The moon commences its monthly tour of the planets by calling in on Saturn on Friday night. The duo will be close enough to share the view with a pair of binoculars.

If selected, a proposed Chinese mission to Venus could launch in 2026 and arrive at the scorching planet in 2027.

We countdown the best Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes from an ambitious and emotionally charged series.

NASA's retired Spitzer Space Telescope spotted a sandstorm special.

An astronaut will take to the field as a baseball player walks on the moon — at least, the latter in bobblehead format — as part of NASA Night with the Houston Astros.

Our recommended camera phones for anyone looking to rely on a smartphone for photography and video recording.

Our landscape guide helps you grasp the basics required to shoot and edit amazing landscape photography.

New Horizons is still on duty in extended mission mode, diving ever deeper into the Kuiper Belt to examine ancient, icy mini-worlds in that vast region beyond the orbit of Neptune.

The first exoplanets ever discovered orbit a pulsar, and that's even stranger than scientists thought.

SpaceX will launch a cargo mission to the International Space Station on Thursday night (July 14), and you can watch it live.

Long before I arrived at the James Webb Space Telescope's image release event, I knew the telescope's images would be breathtaking. They still left me speechless.