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An asteroid up to three times the size of a blue whale will sail past Earth on June 6, 2022.

Just a few months ago, we were confidently expecting to launch our rover, Rosalind Franklin, to Mars in September as part of the ExoMars mission, a collaboration between Europe and Russia.

New research calculates the odds that humans will contact a 'malicious' alien civilization that wants to invade our planet. Don't worry, the chances are incredibly small.

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a dazzling new view of a busy star birth factory.

The Nikon Z7 II is a powerhouse of all-round full-frame mirrorless performance, but it’s especially adept at astrophotography and low light shooting.

A proposed Chinese mission would look for nearby habitable alien worlds by launching a spacecraft to make ultraprecise measurements of how orbiting planets make a star wobble.

By employing a new technique to make it easier to see faint gas next to the brilliant glare of a quasar, astronomers have discovered that the quasar is ionizing vast amounts of gas.

A "planet parade" will see all five naked-eye worlds line up in their proper orbital order from the sun in Earth's sky this month.

NASA has selected two companies to make spacesuits for its Artemis moon program and future International Space Station missions.

We now have a date for our first real images from NASA's next-generation observatory.

It is a sight that gave astronauts a reason to pause, and soon it will be one that the public can see for themselves at the California Science Center: a space shuttle standing poised for launch.

In February, one of NASA's Mars spacecraft slipped into a safe mode that nearly ended the mission.

Both Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, carry little pieces of humanity in the form of their Golden Records.

Future fusion reactions inside tokamaks could shine even brighter than before, thanks to groundbreaking new research to find the maximum density of the hydrogen plasma fuel that powers them.

Atlantic hurricane season begins today (June 1), and several new weather satellites will collect valuable data to improve hurricane forecasting this year.

With sharp optics and a chest harness included, the Vortex 10x50 Crossfire HD binocular is an excellent value mid-range option for stargazing and more.

NASA's sun-grazing spacecraft will make its 12th close flyby of our star on Wednesday (June 1), marking the halfway point of the mission.

NASA will apparently announce today (June 1) who's going to make the spacesuits for its Artemis moon program, and you can watch the big reveal live.

The launch of NASA's CAPSTONE moon mission has been pushed back another week, to no earlier than June 13.

Lucasfilm has just announced a new February 2023 arrival for "The Mandalorian" Season 3 on Disney Plus.

There are notable nods to "The Wrath of Khan" in episode 4 of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds."