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Falcon Heavy is now scheduled to loft Astranis' first commercial communications satellite to orbit next spring, the San Francisco-based company announced Thursday (Sept. 23).

Of all of the features associated with our sun, sunspots are by far the most conspicuous.

Flashing through the atmosphere, the rock exploded in a massive fireball about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) above the ground.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is confident the agency's human spaceflight future is bright, despite the inherent difficulty of the endeavor and some challenging international issues.

Ride along with veteran astronaut Chris Cassidy in this six-part, all-access trip into orbit

The gigantic impact that created the moon was actually a one-two punch, a new study suggests.

NASA's Perseverance rover has compiled a variety of photos since landing at its new home on Mars in February, offering a more comprehensive view of the Red Planet.

VR allows you to reach places and achieve things that most can only dream about, including floating around the International Space Station

A good pair of binoculars can help stargazers get the most out of the night sky. Find out which type of binoculars you need in our Buyer's Guide.

The water flowing from a medieval fountain in the Italian village of Fontecchio bubbles with extraterrestrial effervescence.

New science from a stunning 2020 Hubble image illuminates the back story behind a shining loop of light.

Capturing the moment a meteor streaks across the sky is extremely rewarding. We explore the where, when and how in this guide to photographing meteors

With it, astronomers hope to find the first galaxies to form in the universe, will search for Earthlike atmospheres around other planets and accomplish many other scientific goals.

The sci-fi flick "Alien" has inspired 50 recipes to test out in your home kitchen from "Alien: The Official Cookbook" by Chris-Rachael Oseland.

One of China's few women astronauts is expected to be named among the crew of the upcoming Shenzhou 13 mission to the Chinese space station.

Get the lowdown on all the news on rumors around the upcoming PSVR 2 aka the PS5 VR headset.

We’ve hand-picked the best animated space movies for kids (and kids at heart) to enjoy.

A new video shows the Inspiration4 crew unveiling the incredible view of Earth from space, as seen through a domed window in their Crew Dragon spacecraft.

In "The Eternal Cylinder," players must evolve their characters to survive in a surreal alien world.

Astronomers have discovered a huge cavity 500 light-years wide in the Milky Way galaxy believed to have been carved out by a supernova 10 million years ago.

Inspiration4 was the world's first orbital spaceflight unsupervised by professional astronauts, using commercial equipment to launch civilian space enthusiasts into orbit.