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See the crescent moon shine with Mars at sunset on Sept. 24.

Final tests of NASA's laser beam communication technology offer a promising new way to keep in touch with astronauts and spacecraft venturing into deep space, including future missions to Mars.

NASA's ambitious mission to return astronauts to the moon for the first time this century is on track to launch no later than April 2026, but it just might fly sooner if all goes well.

Anna Menon, one of NASA's 10 new astronaut candidates, already has a spaceflight under her belt — SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission to Earth orbit in September 2024.

The next annular solar eclipse will occur on Feb. 17, 2026.

September's partial solar eclipse was not just caught by eager skywatchers on Earth but also by satellites orbiting high above.

As the name suggests, particle accelerators involve accelerating subatomic particles to incredibly high speeds and smashing them into tiny targets.

New simulations suggest sub-Neptune planets may be drier than thought, challenging the "water world" hypothesis and reshaping the search for life beyond Earth.

Newly discovered comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) will soon be gracing our evening sky. Here's how to see it and what to expect.

Space company Rocket Lab wants to bring NASA's Perseverance rover samples back from Mars.

In a first-of-its kind operation, the United States repositioned one of its spacecraft to inspect an ally's satellite.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch NASA's ambitious IMAP mission and two other space weather probes early Wednesday morning (Sept. 24), and you can watch the action live.

NASA revealed the members of its 2025 astronaut class, the 24th group in the agency's history — some of whom may be among the first people to set foot on Mars.

SpaceX launched the latest set of "proliferated architecture" spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office today (Sept. 22), sending them up from California's central coast.

Test your knowledge of the Artemis program—from cutting-edge tech and lunar missions to the astronauts leading the way.

A massive earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula in late July triggered a tsunami that rippled across the Pacific — and NASA’s experimental detection system tracked the event in real time by monitoring the atmosphere above.

Astronomical fall begins on Sept. 22 as the sun moves southward across the celestial equator.

NASA's Artemis 2 mission will launch toward to the moon in 2026. To help prepare, its four astronauts practiced observing Earth's nearest neighbor in a mockup Orion capsule.

The partial solar eclipse was visible to over 16 million people when it darkened the sky over the Pacific on Sept. 21-22

September's new moon occurs on Sept. 21 and will partially eclipse the sun for skywatchers in the southern Pacific Ocean and Antarctica.

An ambient star projector that you can use outside? It sounds like a good idea, but in practice, it's severely lacking.