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Toward the end of a major engine burn on Thursday evening (Sept. 8), CAPSTONE experienced an anomaly that put the probe in a protective "safe mode," mission team members said.

SpaceX will send another big batch of Starlink satellites to orbit on Tuesday night (Sept. 13) — and bring the first stage of a rocket back to Earth.

On Sept. 26, DART will slam headfirst into a small asteroid, the rare case when a spacecraft's destruction is the desired outcome.

Robots working together will assist astronauts on rocky worlds like the moon and Mars, if Earth tests like this show it's possible.

Medical sample collection in low Earth orbit could be repurposed for future moon and Mars missions.

Sept. 23 is no longer an option for the launch of NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission. The agency is now targeting Sept. 27, with a possible backup date of Oct. 2.

As NASA again prepares to set sail "on the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure" ever embarked, the agency's leaders returned to where JFK stated, "We choose to go to the moon."

In-flight failures are always startling, given the dramatic visuals that accompany them. But the possibility of failure should always be in the back of our minds.

Strange hexagonal diamonds may have been jettisoned into space when a dwarf planet collided with a large asteroid around 4.5 billion years ago.

Chinese scientists have found a new lunar mineral in the form of a crystal lurking inside samples collected from the moon in 2020.

Nuclear fission is the process of breaking large atomic nuclei into smaller atomic nuclei to release a large amount of energy.

A camera designed to decode the secrets of dark energy has captured a stunning new image that reveals the insides of a distant star-forming region.

The European sun-observing mission Solar Orbiter observed a mysterious "switchback" in the solar wind that might explain what propels particles from the sun across the solar system.

Get ready for 3D printing at home with this huge $350 saving on the Snapmaker A350 T 3-in-1 3D printer.

Solar storms can mess with Earth, but can they kick up a tsunami?

Jupiter-size worlds in stellar nurseries could be snatched from orbit around their home stars in 'planetary heists,' becoming what scientists have nicknamed 'BEASTies.'

Anakin is the center of the Star Wars saga, but we don't think his character has been used to its fullest.

Two years after its release, is the Sony A7R IV still the best camera you can buy? We put this full-frame mirrorless to the test.

Get the powerful Holy Stone GPS Drone for just $170 at Amazon and explore the world of drone photography and video.

We haven't found life on Mars yet, but one researcher believes we might be able to detect evidence of it on planets outside of the solar system within the next quarter of a century.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will discuss the legacy of JFK's Rice University moon speech Monday (Sept. 12) at noon EDT (1600 GMT), and you can watch it live.