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The Orion Constellation — named after the hunter in Greek mythology — is found on the celestial equator and is a prominent constellation in the night sky.

NASA has lofted countless spacecraft into the solar system, but a mission launching in late November will attempt a unique feat: to slam into a tiny asteroid and slightly speed up its orbit.

The History Channel blasts off with a new "Star Trek" anniversary docu-series, "The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek."

NASA and SpaceX have further delayed the launch of the Crew-3 mission due to anticipated bad weather over the coming days. Crew-3 will now get off the ground no earlier than Monday (Nov. 8).

Tom Hanks isn't interested in Jeff Bezos' offer to go to space.

SpaceX and NASA will resume work on the project 'as soon as possible.'

In "Space Titans," a new documentary launching today (Nov. 4), SpaceX founder Elon Musk shares the secret of his company's Falcon 9 rocket success.

Boeing has the green light to launch a planned broadband constellation that will place 147 satellites in orbit.

The newly released astronomy and astrophysics decadal survey flags the discovery and study of habitable exoplanets and the exploration of black holes and neutron stars as two top research priorities.

China sent new military satellites to orbit Wednesday (Nov. 3) for an undisclosed mission, following a lengthy launch delay.

A powerful solar storm could interfere with power grids, satellites and radio signals — although it might also have sent the beautiful northern lights incredibly far south.

You won't be able to find many Black Friday deals on Leica binoculars just yet, but we've rounded up the lowest prices currently available.

We live in a world in which momentous decisions are made by people often without forethought.

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a massive protocluster 11 billion light-years away that acts as an assembly yard for over 60 emerging galaxies.

China's mysterious recent space-tech test is not a sign that the sky is falling.

The distant planet is about to reach opposition, and with the right equipment you'll be able to spot it.

Be grateful you weren't in what is now Chile's Atacama Desert 12,000 years ago.

Learn about the moon phases and when you can see them.

This Mechanical Engineering Robotic Arms set is a great STEM set and is 17% off on Amazon.

"We can only do this together," says space station commander as he prepares to wrap up another stay in orbit.

Scientists aren't exactly sure how it formed.