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The full moon of July, also called the "Buck Moon" or "Thunder Moon," will occur July 23 at 10:36 p.m. EDT (0236 GMT on July 24).

Arecibo Observatory's massive radio dish was many things to many people until seven months ago, when gravity got the best of an engineering marvel that had endured everything thrown its way for decades.

The circumplanetary disk has the potential to form numerous elusive exomoons.

NASA's Perseverance rover is preparing to collect its first samples on Mars, a milestone that could happen within the next two weeks, agency officials announced today (July 21).

U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) plans to introduce legislation called the Securing Protections Against Carbon Emissions Tax Act, which would impose new excise taxes on space tourism trips.

The European/Russian Trace Gas Orbiter found no signs of gases related to the existence of life in the atmosphere of Mars, according to three recently published studies.

A new type of space telescope could soar high above Earth's clouds to view the universe in a more environmentally-friendly and upgradable way than current technologies.

What's the weather like at night on Venus? Scientists are finally finding out.

While we see Earth getting warmer as the effects of climate change continue to escalate, our planet's clouds make our planet hotter than ever, scientists worry.

Russia has launched its decades delayed Nauka module to the International Space Station, which will represent the largest addition to Russia’s segment of the orbital outpost in years.

Seeing Earth from space apparently made a big impact on the planet's richest resident.

Even as NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has captured the imagination with flight after flight on the Red Planet, the chopper's rover companion has been hard at work doing science.

Astrophysicists say our universe might be shaped like a three-dimensional donut, meaning you could point a spaceship in one direction and eventually return to where you started.

After a six-decade wait to launch off the Earth, newly minted space traveler Wally Funk is ecstatic.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts on the International Space Station are preparing to relocate the Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour ahead of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft arrival next weekend.

Earth is the only planet in the solar system with an atmosphere that can sustain life.

Earth is the only planet known to support life. Learn about what Earth is made of and where it came from.

Russia is launching its Nauka science module, which includes a new European robotic arm, to the International Space Station on Wednesday (July 21).

Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin took Amelia Earhart's goggles, Skittles and aviation artifacts to space on New Shepard's first crewed flight.

Blue Origin's first spaceflyers launched to space and back today (July 20) and loved it so much that some are already planning their return trips.

Blue Origin plans to fly two more flights with paying customers in 2021 after founder Jeff Bezos and three other crew members made a debut trip on New Shepard Tuesday (July 20).