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'Whatever that thing is, it's hunting us, and it won’t stop.'

"Science fiction is all about the imagination. And it can be exploring space or exploring that mysterious organism called our bodies."

NASA and SpaceX mission managers have delayed the Falcon 9 launch of the next crew to the International Space Station as they await improved weather conditions.

The next solar eclipse will be on Feb. 17, 2026. Here's what you need to know.

Scientists analyzing decades-old NASA's Magellan data have identified only the second reported lava tube on Venus.

Early rises — and late night skywatchers — will get the chance to spot a wealth of spectacular sights on the lunar surface.

Falling launch costs and private innovation are fueling a new space race, transforming Earth orbit into a fast-growing global marketplace.

Trapped somewhere between the big ideas of "2001" and the fun of a galaxy far, far away, this 1979 movie is a true space oddity.

Five ways dismantling NCAR will cost the American people, and two ways to save it.

The Orion constellation is home to some of the most luminous stars in our Milky Way galaxy.

Ready for Super Sunday? Huddle up for our out-of-this-world roundup of Big Game ads for the ages

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Feb. 7, 2025. The mission returned the Falcon to flight after an upper stage issue.

Pare back what gear you take out with the Peak Design 7L sling bag

There are only three astronauts currently aboard the ISS, and two are Russian. Even so, NASA has plans to make sure the big game will be beamed up to orbit.

We're going deeper underground; there's too much panic in this town.

On Episode 196 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Scott Solomon, Rice Univeristy professor and researcher, about humanity's need to expand its presence into the solar system.

New research reveals the source of this carbon – and the driving forces behind it – are far more complex than previously thought.

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"We found an unexpected chemical complexity, with abundances far higher than predicted by current theoretical models."

The FAA has cleared the Falcon 9 rocket to return to flight, freeing NASA and SpaceX to target Feb. 11 for the launch of the Crew-12 astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

Crew-12's timeline has been unusually dynamic.