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Mercury is farthest from the sun in Earth's morning sky on Aug. 19.

"It's a discovery that underlines things may be different from what they appear to us at first glance."

Google and NASA are trialing an AI-powered medical assistant that could help astronauts care for themselves when mission control is out of reach.

The effects of Earth's changing climate is driving up the number of legal suits related to environmental issues

This quiz will explore the facts, the fun and the fascinating quirks of our solar system’s speedster, Mercury

The Hyades, Pleiades and Hercules star clusters make for excellent targets in the late summer months.

Mercury is still shrinking as it cools in the aftermath of its formation; new research narrows down estimates of just how much it has contracted.

"Being able to send something out there would enable us to take a lot more precise data than we currently can."

The second largest moon in the solar system will cast its shadow over Saturn on Aug. 19.

Beyond powering lights, it's also important to think about where all that light would go.

On Episode 173 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and and Tariq Malik look back at the week in space news.

In a first, scientists have recreated the formation of the first ever molecules in the universe to learn more about early star formation.

Think you know Earth's moon? Test your knowledge in a lunar quiz!

Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket will launch NASA's ESCAPADE Mars mission no earlier than (NET) Sep. 29.

SpaceX is targeting Aug. 24 for the 10th Flight Test for its Starship rocket, following delays from a pad accident and May's failed mission.

The Milky Way galaxy glows alongside the zodiacal light over the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in Chile.

Deep-field images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope revealed 300 unusually energetic early galaxy candidates, offering new insights into how the universe formed and evolved over 13 billion years ago.

Astronomers discovered a star-triggered explosion shaping its dusty disk, revealing a far more chaotic and intense environment than previously thought.

There's a gap in black hole masses, and experts believe here is where 'lite intermediate black holes' reside.

In this quiz, you’ll test your cosmic knowledge by matching each moon to the planet it calls home.

The members of Expedition 73-"B" settle in and get busy conducting science research on board the International Space Station.