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SpaceX plans to make more spaceflight history late this year, by launching the first crewed mission to explore Earth's polar regions.

The sun's stormy weather is supercharging auroras on Earth this week, due to a series of intense geomagnetic storms triggered by recent solar flares.

Axiom Space's next astronaut mission will be delayed due to the approval process required for International Space Station crews, according to NASA.

Satellite data has helped scientists to begin tracking a key air pollutant previously absent from a national database, marking a crucial step forward in monitoring differences in air quality across the U.S. and identifying groups whose health is unfairly affected.

Astronauts on China's Tiangong space station recently reenacted some of the sports that athletes of the just-completed 2024 Paris Olympics competed in here on Earth.

Lionsgate and Gearbox's long-awaited Borderlands movie is a dreary mess that lacks almost everything that made the source material pop.

The Blade Runner universe is expanding once again after animated and comic book entries. Blade Runner 2099 is Prime Video's next big sci-fi bet.

Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole violently shredding and devouring a star nine times as massive as the sun.

The awesome 7541-piece Lego UCS Millennium Falcon is now $55 off and Amazon's lowest price this year.

A preview of Marvel Comics' "Star Wars: Darth Vader #50" featuring an incredible cover of Princess Leia alongside her father, Anakin Skywalker.

Witness the rare convergence of the Perseid meteor shower and the northern lights in these stunning photos from skywatchers worldwide.

Metal particles made from Martian dust could be released into the sky to raise temperatures on the Red Planet by over 50 degrees Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius), a new study suggests.

On Aug. 14, Mars and Jupiter will appear to be the closest they've been in over two years.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched for a record-tying 22nd time on Sunday night (Aug. 11), sending aloft two satellites that will provide broadband coverage in the Arctic region.

The most exciting shared universe of them all is currently located somewhere on the final frontier in the "Star Trek" franchise.

Engineers have created a configurable robot that can transform into various structures, which has potential applications for building habitats in space.

Small pairs of binary black holes could be used to play hide-and-seek' with elusive supermassive black hole binaries via gravitational waves carry the "baritone singing" of these cosmic titans.

Rocket Lab will launch an Earth-observing radar satellite for the California company Capella Space on Sunday morning (Aug. 11), and you can watch the action live.

SpaceX intends to launch 23 more of its Starlink broadband satellites on Sunday (Aug. 11), as part of a planned spaceflight doubleheader for the company.

SpaceX sent another group of its Starlink satellites into space today (Aug. 10), as it continues to build out its giant internet constellation.

On Episode 123 of This Week In Space, Rod and guest host Isaac Arthur talk with astronomer Steve Fentress about the Perseids meteor shower.