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The moon officially reached new moon phase today (July 28), leaving dark skies perfect for stargazing ventures.

Pluto was once considered the ninth planet in the solar system, it was demoted in 2006 to dwarf planet status. We explore this icy body in more detail here.

The Orion Nebula's bluish gas shell appears to be leaking dust and gas from a protrusion discovered by NASA's flying telescope SOFIA.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have potentially smashed the galaxy redshift record by finding galaxies that existed 200 to 300 million years after the Big Bang.

The genetic tree of life suggests that the first life on Earth may have lived underwater, shielded from harmful ultraviolet light from the sun.

Russia released images and information about its planned space station, which could be ready to house crews in six years amid a multi-year construction period.

Russia's departure from the International Space Station program isn't exactly imminent, it would seem.

The stamp commemorates the start of the telescope's science mission and depicts the telescope's iconic golden honeycomb mirror and its large sunshields in space.

Intense blasts of radiation called gamma-ray bursts originate from neutron star mergers in distant galaxies, but until now the origins of some of these eruptions couldn't be pinpointed.

The experimental Airbus Zephyr drone has been airborne for over 42 straight days, setting a new record for an uncrewed flight.

China guided its Tianzhou 3 cargo spacecraft to a fiery death in Earth's atmosphere late Tuesday night (July 26).

Powerful storms around the North Pole of Jupiter swirl in mesmerizing images captured by NASA's Juno probe during its close approach to the giant planet on July 5.

A bright fireball exploded over Texas on Sunday night (July 24), waking up hundreds of residents with a sonic boom, which suggests parts of the rock may have reached Earth.

The redesigned NASA-European campaign will task the Perseverance rover with delivering Red Planet samples to a rocket, with the drones as backup retrieval options.

The VR headsets are rising in price to $399.99 for the 128GB model and $499.99 for the 256GB model.

Marvel Studios delivers a sneak peek at Disney's new "I Am Groot" series during their San Diego Comic-Con panel.

A new technique could help astronomers detect exoplanets that orbit exotic binary star systems called cataclysmic variables.

Make ten men feel like a hundred as we run down everything we know about Andor, the Star Wars prequel to Rogue One.

NASA photos show the agency's all-electric "Crew Transportation Vehicle" to drive Artemis astronauts to the launch pad.

The space broadband business is getting a new direction as OneWeb and Eutelsat agree to a merger plan, which requires approvals to proceed.

SpaceX is fighting against a possible regulatory change, saying it could cripple the company's Starlink satellite-internet business.