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Astronomers spot a rare stellar bridge in Abell 3667, revealing an aggressive galaxy merger and new clues about dark matter.

For most of the past decade, forecasters have been able to use satellites to track these smoke plumes, but the view was only two-dimensional

The four members on SpaceX's Crew-10 mission are Earth-bound after bidding farewell to their Expedition 73 crewmates and departing the International Space Station.

SpaceX's Crew-10 astronauts will return to Earth today (Aug. 9) after living on the International Space Station for nearly five months, and you can watch the action live.

Scientists have spotted a mysterious mineral on Mars that may be new to science — and could help reveal some Red Planet mysteries.

New Hubble Telescope imagery of the interstellar interloper comet 3I/ATLAS reveals a dusty coma and the beginning of a tail.

The LaView Galaxy Star Projector posits itself as a premium option, but doesn’t quite live up to the competition.

It’s a disappointing star projector, but the Discovery Space Projector has some nice scientific images of moons and planets.

While moonlight might steal the spotlight, it won't steal the Perseids' show.

Ahead of Alien: Earth's two-episode premiere, we talked to series creator Noah Hawley and executive producer David W. Zucker.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured a breathtaking panorama of the Red Planet surface depicted in false-color under a blue sky.

A newfound supermassive black hole from the dawn of the universe challenges how early cosmic giants formed.

Satellite images revealed the scope of destruction in the south of France where an area larger than the country's capital Paris has been turned into ashes by a massive wildfire.

The techniques used to target the asteroids could also be employed in tracking hazardous asteroids and interstellar objects.

The full moon rises on Aug. 9; here are the best times to view the Sturgeon Moon.

The MetOp-SG-A1 weather satellite is loaded onto the Ariane 6 launch adapter as part of a mission for the European Space Agency.

A bold new proposal envisions launching laser-propelled nanocraft to a nearby black hole to test Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.

Scientists have tapped into gravitational lensing and stellar dynamics to confirm the existence of a black hole with 36 billion solar masses.

August's full Sturgeon Moon rises this weekend, days before the Perseid meteor shower hits its peak.

A solar system model with a small projector built in, the Science Can Solar System Planetary Projector is a great educational tool for kids.

Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have found strong evidence for a new exoplanet — one orbiting Alpha Centauri A, the nearest sun-like star to Earth.