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Altair, Vega and Deneb can be seen shining with the Milky Way throughout August.

NASA's Perseverance rover captured a striking new image of massive, wind-carved sand formations known as "megaripples" during its latest exploration stop on the Red Planet.

It will take the most sensitive instruments ever imagined to reveal ripples from the Big Bang, but they could change our understanding of the entire universe.

A new NASA-IBM algorithm called Surya could be a major leap in space weather forecasting.

The Milky Way is a spectacular sight in the summer skies but why does it look so much more brilliant than it does in the winter?

Here's where to find very dark skies in the U.S. and Canada.

NASA has opened a new Orion Mission Evaluation Room at the Johnson Space Center to analyze in-flight spacecraft data and provide support for Artemis 2 and other future missions to the moon.

The USS Enterprise, a 'Star Trek' spaceship, is created from pumpkins as part of a German contest.

The Butterfly Nebula, which is a planetary nebula resulting from the death of a sun-like star, has been caught creating large dust grains that could form planets.

If you're a student or between 18 and 24 years old, you can get nearly 73% off an annual subscription to Peacock and enjoy a huge selection of fantastic documentaries, movies, sports, and entertainment.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flew for a record 30th time early Thursday morning (Aug. 28), sending 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida.

Astronomers are amazed to have discovered a baby exoplanet gobbling up matter around an infant star like a planetary Pac-Man.

Academy Award-winning "Star Wars" legend Roger Christian shares how he recreated the vibe of the original 'Alien' film in Hulu's new series 'Alien: Earth.'

Although the existence of the warps is widespread, their origin is still a mystery.

Starship performed very well on its 10th-ever test flight Tuesday (Aug. 27), but SpaceX will soon move on from the shiny silver vehicle —to an even bigger version of it.

China is going full throttle in its quest to land astronauts on the moon by 2030, notching several important milestones over the past few months.

MIT professor, Nobel prize winner, and renowned astrophysicist Rainer Weiss has passed away at the age of 92.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Aug. 27 and made the company's 400th Falcon 9 landing on a droneship at sea.

Scientists have solved how molten "raindrops" in meteorites, called chondrules, were formed — and the discovery reveals key details about Jupiter's origin.

Scientists have developed a new technique that could help them understand "polka dot" stars using the transits of exoplanets.

We've rounded up the best Nikon lenses from ultra-wide to telephoto, just what you need to take your photography to the next level.