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NASA's Lucy mission team is continuing efforts to correct the incomplete deployment of one of the spacecraft's solar arrays as it continues to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids.

Milankovitch cycles are periodic changes in the orbital characteristics of a planet that control how much sunlight it receives thus affecting its climate and habitability.

'Obi-Wan Kenobi' channels 'The Mandalorian', 'A New Hope' and 'Jedi: Fallen Order' in what should have been its best episode yet.

The crew for the first mission in the privately funded Polaris program is scaling new heights to prepare for their record-breaking SpaceX flight later this year.

France is the most recent signatory to the Artemis Accords, NASA's international agreement to establish best practices for ongoing cooperation on moon exploration.

At an event celebrating their past, the new inductees into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, David Leestma, Sandy Magnus and Chris Ferguson, looked to the future for the promise of space exploration.

The launch of SpaceX's next cargo mission to the Internationl Space Station has been pushed back at least two more weeks, to no earlier than July 11.

SpaceX can continue developing and testing its huge Starship vehicle in South Texas, provided the company takes pains to mitigate its impact on the area, a long-awaited environmental review has found.

Check out our guide to everything you need to know about today's Strawberry supermoon

The sun flexed its considerable magnetic muscles today (June 13), and two solar spacecraft captured the show on video.

A rogue black hole wandering the space lanes of our Milky Way galaxy alone could be the smallest black hole yet found.

Monoculars aren't just for observing wildlife; they can enhance your stargazing experience too.

Mando’s helmet is an absolute must for any Star Wars fan. This Lego set is the way.

Obi-Wan’s third outing is stuffed full of Star Wars Easter eggs, trivia, and tidbits that will get force sensitives tingling.

Obi-Wan finally swings his lightsaber around and makes whooshing sounds as Darth Vader makes his return.

NASA's Voyager 1 team is trying to work out why the spacecraft appears to be confused about its location in space, but the mission's distance from Earth makes solving the issue challenging.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory spotted enormous shock waves racing away from a collision of two galaxy clusters.

Jupiter's moon Europa is set to obscure a star while being shadowed by its own host planet.

Europe's Gaia space telescope creates the most comprehensive map of the Milky Way, allowing astronomers to study our galaxy's distant past, as well as its future.

An Astra rocket carrying two small hurricane-tracking satellites for NASA failed to reach orbit Sunday (June 12) after a major malfunction.

Marvel Comics unveiled its upcoming "Star Wars: Yoda" series at Star Wars Celebration 2022.