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The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office will launch a joint mission with the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense on Virgin Orbit's first-ever launch from the UK.

For over 70 years, astronomers have been scanning for radio or optical signals from other civilizations in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, called SETI.

A statue of the first American woman to fly into space will soon stand near where the first lunar landing spacecraft were built, just as NASA works toward landing the first woman on the moon.

Hubble’s law tells us that the universe is in a constant state of expansion

Using a full spectrum of wavelengths, observations of the Messier 66 galaxy shows the distribution of ionized gasses.

Scientists are keeping an eye on a sunspot that fired off an X-class flare while "having an identity crisis," according to SpaceWeather.com.

Lens heaters prevent cold and condensation from ruining a night spent shooting the stars. Find out why you need one and which options best suit your kit bag.

Don’t the time or inclination to start in on a new science fiction show? Here are five superb sci-fi shorts that will have you hooked and, even better, they’re free.

As adaptations of sci-fi video games, such as Halo, gain momentum, it might be time to reconsider some franchises with tons of potential.

Science institutions around the world will stream press conferences announcing the discovery; here's your guide to tuning in.

We can end the current fossil fuel war, by providing abundant resources and clean energy from the moon to Earth, and by moving our toxic industries away from our unique and precious biosphere.

Astronomers have revealed the trails of nearly 1,500 new asteroids hidden in data gathered by NASA's most venerable space telescope.

The Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 revealed spectacular details of this spiral galaxy over 42 million light-years away from Earth.

In the Halo games, Master Chief uses a number of vehicles to finish the fight, and the human-made constructs of the UNSC remain the franchise’s most iconic.

The robotic Tianzhou 4 docked with Tianhe, the core module of China's under-construction Tiangong space station, about 6.5 hours after launching today (May 9).

The passengers on Blue Origin's fifth crewed flight, known as NS-21, include the first Mexican-born woman to visit space.

Out in the desert in Arizona, "analog astronauts" gathered this weekend for an annual conference in a giant, futuristic habitat called Biosphere 2.

China has launched a cargo mission to its Tianhe space station module in preparation for the arrival of a new crew in June.

Ingenuity appears to be in recovery from a communications glitch on Mars.

A building-sized asteroid whizzed by our planet overnight at a very safe distance, just like all the other giant space rocks we know of.

The Large Magellanic Cloud is sharper than ever in the infrared eyes of the James Webb Space Telescope.