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China is considering adding a mission to Venus to its plans for planetary exploration, according to a senior Chinese space official.

Astronauts will have detailed geology training over many years to ensure returning to the moon brings the best science to Earth, NASA officials said.

The first wristwatch worn on the moon has taken a new giant leap toward affordability. Omega, the Swiss watchmaker behind the Speedmaster, has partnered with Swatch to introduce the MoonSwatch.

All about NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, the first Black woman to embark on a long-duration space mission.

The World Central Kitchen founder says the mission invokes "the spirit of eating paella from the same pan."

In a long-awaited moment, NASA scientists have unsealed an extraterrestrial time capsule 50 years after astronauts collected the rock and dust from the moon.

North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday (March 24), its first test of a long-range weapon-delivery system since 2017, according to media reports.

The European sun-chasing spacecraft Solar Orbiter has snapped the closest image of the sun ever taken, revealing the finest details of our star's outer atmosphere, the corona.

The best travel tripods can be a worthwhile addition for photographers on the move. Here’s our rundown of some of the best on the market.

The fine-structure constant is a seemingly random number with no units or dimensions, which has cropped up in so many places in physics, and seems to control one of the most fundamental interactions in the universe.

Paramount Plus will finally debut their ambitious new "Halo" series today based on the iconic video game franchise from Microsoft/Bungie.

Paramount’s take on the Chief is finally due to hit select streaming services next week – as a primer, here’s everything we know about the Halo TV series.

Astronomers imaged a weird circle in space in high-definition for the first time as they try to find out how these mysterious structures form.

A circular shape on the seafloor visible on Google Earth is raising cries of "UFO," but chances are … it's not aliens.

SpaceX's next new spacecraft to carry astronauts now shares a name with the first capsule to fly an American into space. Crew Dragon "Freedom" will make its debut with the launch of SpaceX's Crew-4.

The dino-killing asteroid lofted huge amounts of sulfur into Earth's atmosphere 66 million years ago, leading to rapid climate change.

Multiple private spacecraft will be ferrying NASA astronauts to the surface of the moon just a few years from now, if all goes according to plan.

The uncrewed Artemis 1 round-the-moon mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than May.

Astronauts Raja Chari and Matthias Maurer finished several maintenance tasks on a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station

Astronomers in the future might not be allowed to build large complex power-hungry observatories if they want to reduce their carbon footprint in line with greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.

Space lettuce could help astronauts maintain good bone health on long trips, a new study suggests.