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Astrobotic received NASA funding for its mission to send a rover to the moon and keep operating it after the frigid, two-week-long lunar night.

A new study explores what happens when blown-up dying red giant stars engulf planets in their vicinity.

The U.S. Space Force just completed a major joint training exercise that saw participants engage in "simulated on-orbit combat engagements."

SpaceX's latest Starship Super Heavy booster is back on the launch pad, this time with its full complement of 33 engines.

NASA will launch a dedicated tracking website Sunday (Aug. 28), the day before the moon mission's first liftoff opportunity.

Dr. Lori Glaze of NASA's Planetary Science Division offered updates about the potential mission at a virtual town hall.

Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti reveals breathtaking new auroral images from the International Space Station.

The International Space Station (ISS) is a multi-nation construction project that is the largest single structure humans ever put into space.

More than a decade after NASA landed its last space shuttle, parts from all five orbiters are set to launch again, this time to the moon. Components from 83 shuttle missions are on Artemis 1.

A private space station that Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and other partners plan to build just cleared a hurdle on its path to orbit.

Grab this space-saving 3d printer for just $129.99 for a limited time - it's ideal for creating small parts and models.

Our ultimate guide to observing the moon will help you plan your next skywatching venture whether it be exploring the lunar seas or the many craters that blanket the landscape.

Other providers will have to dramatically increase their satellite output or adopt similar technology as Starlink Maritime to compete in the cruise line industry over the next few years.

NASA's Artemis program aims to return humans to the moon, in preparation for our eventual journey to Mars.

The potential science from future lunar missions stretches far beyond the moon.

Uranus will reverse its eastward movement Wednesday (Aug. 24) and begin its westward path across the night sky.

Dead or alive, you're coming with us as we run down the RoboCop movies, ranked worst to best.

The Artemis 1 mission will launch 10 revolutionary CubeSats into space with missions as varied as mapping water on the moon, assessing the risk of radiation to astronauts, and "drag-racing" past the moon.

A document thought to have been handwritten by Galileo Galilei is in fact a 20th-century fake.

International satellite services firm Intelsat has lost control of one of its broadcast satellites after it was presumably disabled by space weather.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is heading back to an enchanting outcrop of sedimentary rocks the spacecraft first visited back in April.