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Another kind of countdown hit New York City's Times Square Friday (Jan. 7) as a commercial spaceflight company celebrated joining the NASDAQ stock exchange.

Unfolding the two side wings of the James Webb Space Telescope's golden primary mirror marks the last major task in assembling the observatory.

The Virtual Telescope Project's webcast begins Friday (Jan. 7) at 4:30 p.m. EST (2130 GMT).

Stretching thousands of light-years across the Milky Way, a newly discovered filament of hydrogen named Maggie is one of the biggest structures ever discovered in our galaxy.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has reached a major milestone: one billion seconds in the final frontier.

Matter and antimatter behave the same under the influence of gravity, a new study found, leaving scientists no wiser as to what makes the two different.

It's much easier for scientists to see the messy aftermath of stellar explosions than to watch the prelude to the drama.

SpaceX successfully launched its first Falcon 9 rocket of the year Thursday (Jan. 6), sending a new stack of Starlink satellites into orbit from Florida, before nailing a landing at sea.

Like colonialism of old, Bezos’s space colonization plans heavily depend on resource extraction and unfair and abusive labor practices.

The universe is full of mysteries.

North Korea claims that it conducted a successful test of a new hypersonic vehicle on Wednesday (Jan. 5).

Livestream coverage begins at 9:40 p.m. EST (0240 GMT Friday)

The Earth faces an extinction-level event caused by an alien that's been living in the moon and naturally, no one listens to the scientists until its too late

SpaceX is gearing up to launch its first rocket of 2022 on Thursday evening (Jan. 6) and you can watch the action live online.

Engineers must make do with traditional telemetry because of a lot of practical problems.

NASA's new high-tech, low-temp observatory observatory is one step closer to gathering some cool science.

The International Space Station is about to get its first sales showroom. Uplift Aerospace has announced the upcoming launch of its "Constellation Vault."

Some stars don't have planets orbiting them. Here's why.

These unique star patterns aren’t as big as constellations. How else do they compare and what are some recognized examples?

The new model presents a contrast to the traditional long, sleek arms presented in images of our galaxy.

NASA's Earth Observatory has released a photo of a crescent moon above an orbital sunset taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station.