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A fizzled example of a gamma-ray burst, the most powerful kind of explosion known in the universe, suggests these outbursts can be surprisingly brief, researchers say.

The International Space Station has gained a new room after a 13-year wait for its launch and a week-long journey in Earth orbit.

Never-before seen slow waves of plasma on the surface of the sun have been discovered in data gathered by NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory over the past ten years.

Here's everything you need to know about Boeing's Starliner Orbital Flight Test 2 (OFT-2) mission to the International Space Station.

For the first time ever, scientists have seen the light "echoing" from behind a black hole.

Boeing's astronaut taxi is stepping into the limelight again, and the stakes are even higher this time.

The company's Electron rocket launched a small satellite for the U.S. military early this morning (July 29), acing its first mission since a failure in mid-May.

Retired NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg has teamed up with apparel company SvahaUSA to create a "Dinos in Space" clothing line.

Art critics have hailed figurative painter Amoako Boafo's "stratospheric rise" among the "upper echelons of the art world." Little did they know, the stratosphere would only be the start.

When Earth's sun grows into a red giant 5 billion years from now, solar wind will shred our planet's magnetic field to bits.

China sent three Yaogan 30 series satellites into orbit and used the launch to test controlling the rocket's falling nose cone with a parachute.

It's hard for an exoplanet to keep itself together in the neighborhood of two parent stars.

If you were to place a galaxy behind the black hole and then look off to the side, you'd see a distorted image of the galaxy. Here's why.

The U.S. Space Force plans to launch an experimental research and development satellite to low Earth orbit early tomorrow (July 29), and you can watch the action live.

One of the biggest sporting events on Earth is being watched by those beyond our world.

Some astronomers suggest setting up a "SatHub" to address the growing threat that satellite megaconstellations pose to the night sky — but funding and support are necessary to make it happen.

The moon is a great place to hunt for ripples in space-time, a new study argues.

A Portland-area high school came out on top in a new "distributed" version of this year's American Rocketry Challenge that was optimized for pandemic safety.

The Space.com Forums are giving away a SpaceX Crew-3 prize pack to get ready for the planned Oct. 31, 2021 launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station.

On Monday (July 26), astronauts said goodbye to a cornerstone of the International Space Station and captured stunning images of the compartment burning up in Earth's atmosphere.

A fireball streaked across North Texas last night, leading to several hundred witness reports of a bright flash and sonic boom.