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A loud explosion heard Saturday (Aug. 13) in Utah may have been an exploding Perseid meteor.

Rocket Lab aims to send a probe to Venus soon, and a new paper lays out the details of the ambitious mission.

British rocket startup Skyrora completed a static fire engine test of the second stage of its orbital rocket, paving the way for a debut launch in 2023.

Being in an environment such as the simulated Martian landscape of the Haughton-Mars Project in the Arctic magnifies what would normally be small problems.

Four astrophysics mission proposals to study stars, galaxies and some of the most violent explosions in the universe have been selected for further study by NASA.

The most massive known star in the universe has been photographed in the greatest detail to date and it might be smaller than astronomers previously thought.

Get the Quest 2 for less, and snag a free gift, too, with Best Buy’s latest refurbished offer.

Donald Edward Machholz was an American amateur astronomer who was the leading visual comet discoverer, credited with the visual discovery of 12 comets that bear his name.

A new image produced by the James Webb Space Telescope reveals new details of Stephan's Quintet, the very first compact galaxy group ever discovered.

Here’s our list of all the Predator movies ranked so that you know which prey to hunt down first as you progress through the legendary sci-fi horror franchise.

Despite astronomy's success in detecting worlds outside the solar system, there is a troubling gap in the exoplanet catalog. New research may show why Neptune-sized exoplanets are tough to locate.

The Ukrainian government will get access to imagery collected by a commercial constellation of synthetic aperture radar satellites, as well as the full, dedicated services of one of those spacecraft.

An immersive, virtual reality experience will put viewers next to the launch pad as Artemis 1 lifts off for the moon. The mission is scheduled for Aug. 29.

SpaceX will launch 53 more of its Starlink internet satellites and land a rocket at sea today (Aug. 19), and you can watch the action live.

Rediscover a classic for free when you get it on Prime Gaming, but hurry as the deal ends August 31.

The Voyager missions are icons of cosmic exploration, and you can celebrate their 45th anniversary with a free webcast tonight (Aug. 18).

Thanks to 26 teams of observers, spotting a star blink out showed that asteroid Polymele has a moon.

Artemis 3 is a planned landing mission that will put humans on the surface of the moon. It is scheduled to touch down in 2025, assuming previous missions go to plan.

The Japanese company Sky Perfect JSat has chosen Starship to launch its Superbird-9 communications satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit in 2024.

Disney/Lucasfilm brings back "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" in IMAX this month for select screenings

NASA will unveil potential future landing sites for human return on the surface of the moon and you can watch the briefing on Space.com tomorrow (Aug. 19), or directly on the space agency's website.