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A week after the new moon the moon reaches its first quarter, the point at which one-half of its disk is illuminated by the sun as seen from Earth. This can be spotted during the first weekend of September 2022.

The sun-studying Solar Orbiter spacecraft will swing by Venus on Saturday (Sept. 3) and gather bonus observations of our neighbor planet's mysterious magnetic field.

Artemis 1 marks the beginning of a new space race for lunar resources, and this time around, everybody wants to mine the moon.

Dive into the chemistry that makes launching rockets and living in space possible.

NASA is counting down for its second launch attempt of the Artemis 1 moon mission. The two-hour window opens today (Sept. 3) at 2:17 p.m. EDT (1817 GMT).

Fingers crossed there will be a brand new teaser, or trailer, or even two.

The retired astronaut and NFL player is running a class about the James Webb Space Telescope online.

NASA says the weather is looking good for the second attempt to launch its giant Artemis 1 SLS moon rocket and Orion spacecraft.

Rocket Lab turned up the heat on a space-flown rocket engine Thursday (Sept. 1) as part of its quest to make Electron first stages reusable.

Europe is suffering from the worst drought in 500 years and satellites are watching it progress in real time.

Astronomer Frank Drake, who pioneered the modern search for intelligent life in the universe, passed away Friday (Sept. 2)at the age of 92.

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See the moon shine near the claws of the Scorpius constellation just after dusk tonight (Sept. 2).

Throughout its history, NASA has been associated with the creation of iconic looks. Now Oxcart Assembly and Golf Wang have created a look for the Artemis launches.

With the Artemis program, Earth as a global community has the opportunity to participate and push back the frontiers of human knowledge and innovation.

Spaceport America and other private space launch facilities worldwide have a new entrant to the market: Canada, which aims to fly 'green' rockets in 2023.

The Nikon Z 20mm f/1.8 S is an uncompromising, wide prime lens that's perfect for landscape astrophotography. As you'd expect, though, this lens isn't cheap.

A pair of Chinese astronauts embarked on a six-hour-long spacewalk on Thursday (Sept. 1) to work on the outside of the new Wentian space station module.

The Insta360 Sphere is an innovative 360° camera that helps anyone with a DJI Mavic Air 2/2S and basic flying experience can use to create breathtaking FPV-style video.

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