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Richard Branson's path to space has been quite a bit longer and more circuitous than he anticipated.

Richard Branson's spaceflight is shaping up to be quite a star-studded affair.

Satellite data finds that June 2021 was the hottest June ever recorded in North America.

For the tiny few of us who can afford to pay for a trip in space, Blue Origin is already ramping up its marketing against competitor Virgin Galactic.

Mysterious flares of X-rays from Jupiter's auroras suggest that the giant planet's "northern lights" may possess unexpected similarities with those of Earth, a new study finds.

Catch the trio above the western horizon about 45 minutes after sunset.

The final space shuttle mission, which launched 10 years ago this week, almost didn't happen.

Planet, which operates the world's largest fleet of Earth-observing satellites, announced Wednesday (July 7) that it will merge with a special purpose acquisition company.

Celebrations in Indiana and Kansas are marking the 60 years since Virgil "Gus" Grissom, the second U.S. astronaut, made the short hop into space.

Ingenuity spotted a heart-shaped track created when the Perseverance Mars rover took a slight detour, likely to investigate an interesting rock or patch of dirt.

Researchers found evidence of an elusive magneto-rotational hypernova explosion for the first time ever.

This month, two billionaires will take to the skies in a pair of historic suborbital spaceflights that mark a dramatic change in what it takes to become an astronaut.

Almost a decade after retiring from NASA, Michael López-Alegría is once again strapping in to launch to the final frontier.

On June 25, 2021, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a much-anticipated report on UFOs to Congress.

A cluster composed of thousands of stars may dissolve to become a mob of dozens of black holes in a billion years.

The landing site for China's complex Chang'e 5 moon sample and return mission now has a name: Statio Tianchuan.

Richard Branson, through his company Virgin Galactic, plans to offer flights into space for well-paying customers.

Virgin Galactic will broadcast the flight of its founder, Richard Branson, as he soars into space on Sunday (July 11).

Venus is the brightest planet in our solar system, has a hellish atmosphere and is covered in volcanoes. Learn more about Venus here.

Large telecommunication satellites used for TV broadcasting could be quickly and easily repurposed as anti-asteroid weapons according to European aerospace company Airbus.

Entrepreneur Richard Branson expects to take paying passengers into space in the next few years.