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The moon sets early on Thursday (Sept. 1), making the sky extra dark for viewing clusters of stars throughout the Milky Way galaxy with a backyard telescope.

A good value, though limited, telescope for observing the moon and planets, suited toward beginner astronomers.

The James Webb Space Telescope captured mysterious concentric rings around a distant star that astronomers are still working to explain.

Earth is constantly showered by space rocks, but how many of these actually land on Earth's surface?

The full moon of September 2022 also carries the title of the Harvest Moon for those living in the Northern Hemisphere.

Amazon is offering huge savings on top drone models including $300 off the DJI FPV combo, while stocks last.

Lego celebrates its 90th anniversary with a new version of a popular Lego Classic Space set – behold the Lego Icons Galaxy Explorer.

NASA and Axiom Space are targeting the second quarter of 2023 for the Ax-2 mission, which will send four private citizens to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule.

A new image captured by NASA's Juno mission reveals features in Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere in the same colors a human observer would see.

New observations by the flying telescope SOFIA confirmed there is water on the illuminated surface of the moon.

SpaceX lit up multiple engines on its Starship Super Heavy booster for the first time ever today (Aug. 31) as it continues to gear up for the debut orbital flight of the Starship program.

SpaceX just received a $1.4 billion deal to continue sending NASA astronauts to the International Space Station.

Pentagon leadership will meet next week to discuss the growing threat from new types of space weapons being developed by Russia and China.

If our galaxy could tell us its story, what would it say?

Astronomers have written the Milky Way's story many times over; scientists have traced violent collisions in its past and future and peered into the supermassive black hole lurking at its heart.

Think of the MOXIE instrument as a small tree, breathing carbon dioxide in and oxygen out.

Discover the secrets behind capturing cinematic aerial video footage in this essential beginner's guide to drone video.

SpaceX has launched 39 orbital missions in 2022 so far, an average of one every five days or so. But the already impressive cadence could jump considerably next year.

The breathtaking images of distant nebulas captured by the James Webb Space Telescope that mesmerized the world in July have been turned into music through a technique called data sonification.

An interview with author Caseen Gaines on his new 40th anniversary visual history of "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"

The Summer Triangle asterism consists of three bright, white stars: Vega, Altair and Deneb. Starting just after dusk, these three stars will be visible high overhead all night.