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SpaceX has launched about 150 missions in its first 20 years. Here's a look at 20 of the most important and memorable of them.

Reusing rockets and dreaming big are some of the things that have made SpaceX stand out.

Asteroid samples collected during the Hayabusa mission have helped scientists better model potential impacts of near-Earth objects.

An Earthbound experiment is replicating the extreme heat found in galaxy clusters located in deep space using nearly 200 lasers.

The first teaser trailer for the next live-action "Star Trek" spinoff, "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," has beamed in from Paramount Plus.

You can watch a big asteroid make a safe flyby of Earth today (March 11) from any spot with good internet access.

The planets in our solar system come in two forms: Some are rocky, and some are gaseous. But all of the moons in our solar system are rocky, even the ones that orbit gas giants. So why aren't some moons in the solar system made of gas? And are there gaseous moons anywhere in the universe?

Some companies make money out of 'selling stars', or rather selling opportunities to name them, perhaps as a gift to a loved one. But is it really worth the money?

A new image from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) captures a stunning view of the Cartwheel galaxy following a recent stellar explosion.

Albert Einstein saw beyond human tribalism to an enlightened realm of tolerance. We can too: He left us clear directions for how to do it.

New satellite views from space show the Russian military moving towards Kyiv, Ukraine on Friday (March 11).

On this episode of This Week in Space, we'll tell you everything you need to know to fly your own rockets.

The Borg and Q in the same season?! It's almost as if the showrunner said, "OK, what were the best bits of TNG?"

A new competition with HeroX asks for innovative ways to analyze data gathered on the Red Planet.

The Hubble Space Telescope captured a laser-like jet that represents a "tantrum" being thrown by an infant star.

NASA celebrates the famous mathematical ratio each year on March 14 (3/14), which is meant to represent the 3.14 constant.

Ingenuity traveled 1,214 feet (370 meters) and stayed aloft for 129 seconds on its latest sortie.

NASA has emphasized that the ISS partnership is continuing, despite Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin's inflammatory tweets.

For the first time, a powerful NASA telescope aboard the International Space Station observed merging "hot spots" on a weird star, known as a magnetar.

Nearly 50 years after Apollo 17 astronauts collected rocks from the lunar surface, NASA is finally tapping their samples.

It started with the steam engine but applies to the universe too!