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NASA says it plans to test new solar sail technologies in space by the middle of next year.

Virgin Orbit plans to launch seven satellites this morning (June 30), and you can watch the spaceflight action live.

The "active galactic nucleus" phase of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy Arp 187 has apparently just ended.

Disney Lucasfilm Press has dropped new info regarding three new "The High Republic" books that arrive starting on June 29.

Tonight (June 29), Russia's uncrewed Progress 78 mission successfully launched to space.

Images and details have been released about the cast and their respective characters from "Star Trek: Prodigy," the new animated "Star Trek" show.

SpaceX postponed the launch of dozens of satellites just seconds before liftoff today (June 29) when a wayward plane crept inside the mission's safety zone.

A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft successfully undocked from the International Space Station Tuesday, more than four months after it arrived in orbit.

SpaceX is preparing one of its veteran rockets to launch dozens of small satellites into space on Tuesday afternoon (June 29).

A severe drought going into the summer is setting up the western United States for water rationing and nasty wildfires.

If some UAP turn out to be extraterrestrial technology, they could be dropping sensors for a subsequent craft to tune into. What if ‘Oumuamua is such a craft?

See the best photos on Space.com this week.

Scientists studied the acceleration using high-res radar images, captured by satellites.

Astronomers may have finally discovered convincing evidence of an elusive kind of supernova, called the electron-capture supernova, that may explain the Crab Nebula.

A gorgeous new image of Westerlund 2 shows a birthplace of new stars in the Milky Way in unprecedented detail.

Most major geological events in Earth's recent history have clustered in 27.5-million-year intervals — a pattern that scientists are now calling the "pulse of the Earth."

Much more liquid water may lie beneath Mars' south pole than scientists had thought — or there may be something going on down there that they don't fully understand.

Three new Lego Star Wars spaceships were released Saturday (June 26) at the first-ever Lego Con.

A new Chinese animated cartoon shows a sample of what the country's astronauts will experience in space on the new Tiangong space station.

SpaceX's latest rocket landing on a drone ship was so smooth that if you blink while watching the video, you could miss the touchdown.

China's president made a call to the Tianhe space station module on Wednesday (June 23) to give his support to the Shenzhou 12 astronauts.