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Observations from the Hayabusa2 mission have astronomers questioning the true origin of asteroid Ryugu, a new study shows.

The first all-private mission to the International Space Station by Axiom Space will launch no earlier than April 6.

A Rocket Lab Electron launcher lifted off Saturday (April 2) from the company's New Zealand site, carrying two BlackSky Earth-observing satellites to orbit.

As the planets rise in April we're given stunning views, if you know where to look.

A red giant star in the final stages of its existence has been caught emitting strange smoke-like rings for the first time.

On Sept. 1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the world failed catastrophically. What would the same storm do today?

On Wednesday, March 30, residents in Bloomington, Indiana, and surrounding counties were literally shaken to attention by the sound of an exploding meteor.

Before launching Apollo 11 to land astronauts on the moon, NASA secretly sent a fourth grader there first. That is one of the stories in Richard Linklater's "Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood."

Axiom Space and its crew are ready to make history.

A series of solar storms aimed at Earth this week have supercharged the Earth's auroras, creating dazzling displays for skywatchers.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 40 spacecraft to orbit for a variety of customers — and the rocket's first stage came down for a landing on a ship at sea.

The commissioning stages of the James Webb Space Telescope just ticked off yet another phase.

Four people are scheduled to go to space during Axiom Space's debut mission, and you can watch many of the events live.

A brain 'headset' aims to provide a high-resolution view of neural changes that happen in the brain while space, and it will fly aboard Axiom Space's first crewed launch, Ax-1.

A fresh assessment of a distantly risky asteroid brings good news: it's even less of a threat than astronomers had feared.

NASA isn't done evaluating the career of telescope namesake James Webb, officials said after controversy surrounding the flagship observatory's name has continued since last summer.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured yet another solar flare blasting from the same overactive sunspot that triggered radio blackouts and stunning aurora displays on Earth earlier this week.

NASA plans to begin the three-day Artemis 1 "wet dress rehearsal" this afternoon (April 1) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Most of the action will happen on Sunday, however.

Sound travels much more slowly on the Red Planet than it does on Earth but also behaves in some unexpected ways that could have strange consequences for communication on the planet.

Rocket Lab and SpaceX both plan to launch missions on Friday (April 1), and you can watch the space doubleheader live.

Blue Origin passenger Jim Kitchen, a professor and entrepreneur, carried a symbol of support and solidarity for Ukraine with him to space on Thursday (March 31).