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The 1132-piece buildable replica with moving parts is 18% off as Lego's Technic Mars Rover Perseverance set is one of its lowest prices on Amazon.

"We have never seen anything quite like it."

The Chinese lunar lander Lanyue recently passed a test in a simulated moon-like environment.

A large simulated moonscape built by the Colorado School of Mines is open for business, allowing researchers and companies to test their ideas for lunar rovers, landing pads, mining gear and more.

Forecasters warn Erin may intensify into the season's first major hurricane within days.

The star, called DFK 52, is a member of a cluster of similar red supergiants, but it's losing mass at an extreme rate never seen before.

A new study finds that liquids other than water might be able to support life on worlds beyond Earth, potentially expanding the envelope of life throughout the cosmos.

The medieval-looking "helmet" is the latest addition to Mars' gallery of odd-shaped rocks.

Artificial intelligence helps astronomers observe what may be the first known case of a star exploding while interacting with a black hole.

It's a 300-year reunion in our violent peek at this week's episode, 'The Shape of Time'.

NASA's Orion spacecraft for the crewed Artemis 2 mission to fly astronauts around the moon is all fueled up and going through final preparations to ready the vehicle for stacking with its SLS rocket.

The Perseid meteor shower 2025 peaked Aug. 12-13, delighting skywatchers worldwide.

To celebrate Alien: Earth landing on Hulu, we asked a zoologist if any of the Xenomorph's infamous characteristics occur in the natural world

United Launch Alliance is set to launch an experimental navigation satellite on the first national security mission of its new Vulcan Centaur rocket on Aug. 12. Watch it live here.

A conceptual mission known as "Persephone" could explore Pluto and its moons for 50 years  — if it ever gets funded and approved.

Europe's Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket will launch for the third time ever tonight (Aug. 12), and you can watch the action live.

Alien: Earth's two-episode premiere is released today and you can watch it anywhere with our exclusive 79% off NordVPN deal, but you'll have to hurry.

The annual Perseid meteor shower will peak overnight Tuesday (Aug. 12), and you can enjoy the event live online with the Virtual Telescope Project's webcast.

Marine protected areas cover more than 8% of the world's oceans today, but they can get a bad rap as being protected on paper only.

With just one year until the total solar eclipse of 2026, we take a look at everything you need to know for the ultimate eclipse adventure.

The company is also looking at using its mothership aircraft that releases spacecraft at high altitude as a carrier platform for other customers.