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A Russian cosmonaut made a hopeful reference to the end of war while handing command of the ISS to Samantha Cristoforetti, the first European woman in charge of the orbiting lab.

A number of emerging European commercial rocket companies are vying to reach orbit first, with debut launches expected in the second half of 2023.

Wicked Brick offers stunning bespoke display cases and stands for Lego kits, but they’re not cheap.

Astronomers have discovered the chemical traces of the universe's earliest stars that died in super-supernova explosions.

In total, five space and Star Wars Lego sets are due to retire soon so you'll have to act soon to grab them while they're here.

NASA astronaut Nicole Mann will head to the space station aboard SpaceX's Crew-5 mission for NASA, which is slated to lift off on Oct. 4.

The maker of the Moonwatch is ready to keep time on Mars. Omega has announced the Speedmaster X-33 Marstimer, a new timepiece that can keep track of time and time zones on Earth and the Red Planet.

The repeating blasts of a fast radio burst from a galaxy like our own is challenging a proposed explanation for these fleeting but energetic bursts of radio waves.

Since 2014, SOFIA has been cruising through the night skies around the world, looking at the cosmos, but that mission ends this week.

Hurricane Ian has pushed the launch of SpaceX's next astronaut mission for NASA back by at least a day.

NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket left its launch pad for safety's sake last night (Sept. 26), only to encounter a bit of drama shortly after arriving at its designated shelter site.

The agency says an October launch is unlikely, but it won't "take anything off the table" after the storm comes through.

Hurricane Ian battered Cuba and turned toward the west coast of Florida on Tuesday (Sept. 26) as satellites track the harrowing storm from space.

NASA's DART mission didn't nudge its target asteroid toward Earth, but there could be other space rocks on a collision course with Earth.

Vast Space, which is backed by a cryptocurrency billionaire, says it is in the early stages of looking at artificial gravity space stations, but few details are available..

DART truly made a mess last night.

China launched three new satellites atop a Long March 6 rocket on Monday (Sept. 26), following two recent launches just 40 hours apart.

NASA officials will be discussing the rollback of Artemis 1 Tuesday (Sept. 27) to shelter from Hurricane Ian. The livestream starts at 2 p.m. EDT.

Future lunar robots could fetch incredible science by borrowing from thousands of years of dog evolution. These companions can dig, jump and flip items over on the moon.

Astronomers watched in awe as binary asteroid Didymos brightened up immediately after the impact of NASA's DART mission on Monday (Sept. 26).