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NASA's hosting a teleconference on Wednesday (Sept. 10) to discuss a new rock analysis from the Perseverance Mars rover. Here's how to tune in.

As part of the Artemis 2 astronaut moon mission launching no earlier than 2026, NASA is asking volunteers to test alternative forms of deep-space tracking.

In the not-too-distant future, "artificial astronauts" could fly as actual crew members on human missions to Mars, and elsewhere in space.

Directive 8020 is shaking up the Supermassive Games formula for better and for worse.

A cadre of iron-rich extraterrestrial particles picked up faint whiffs of our planet's atmosphere when they fell to Earth millions of years ago.

It isn't just supermassive black holes that are messy eaters. Using a Japanese space telescope called XRISM, scientists have found that small black holes are a "hot mess," too.

A new low-cost concept for interstellar travel combines solar power with a slingshot, but it would take a long time to reach the stars.

Yes, even Jupiter's moons produce auroras.

The James Webb Space Telescope has investigated the "Goldilocks zone" planet TRAPPIST-1e to search for a potential atmosphere and hints of habitability.

A U.S. House of Representatives task force will once again hold a hearing on Sept. 9 to hear from witnesses who claim the U.S. government is hiding evidence of UFOs.

The only problem with being an astronaut? Less time for video gaming.

The shooting stars appear to emanate from a patch of space in the constellation Perseus.

'EVE Frontier' developers Helgi Freyr Rúnarsson and Guðlaugur Jóhannesson talk galaxy merger models, black holes, and the thin line between science and fun.

SpaceX conducted a static-fire test with Super Heavy booster B15 on Sunday (Sept. 7), preparing the booster for Starship's Flight Test 11 — a fast turnaround from their successful Flight 10 launch two weeks ago.

The comet will come closest to Earth on Oct. 20. There's hope that it may become bright enough to glimpse with the naked eye.

See spectacular photos from the Sept. 7-8 total lunar eclipse.

A panorama captures a breathtaking view of the night sky above a frozen landscape.

"'Oumuamua is in a different category of object. It's much harder to find, but there are a lot more of them."

The ringed gas giant Saturn will be less than 5 degrees from the lunar disk at sunset on Sept. 8.

The second total lunar eclipse of 2025 delivers a long, blood-red moon.

A team of astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope has found tiny dust particles traveling far from their home galaxy, surviving a perilous journey through a harsh cosmic environment that should have destroyed them.