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A new image from NOIRLab shows telescopes on two Chilean peaks in the Atacama Desert.

Over 700 events are scheduled for International Observe the Moon Night 2025.

This quiz is your chance to dive into the wonders of Hubble's legacy

This limited-time deal gets you the Canon EOS R5 Mark II with the RF 24-105mm f/4 lens kit for just $4925— $174 cheaper than Amazon's current sale price. Shoot the Orionids with ease!

Science, especially when conducted remotely on another planet, is rarely black and white.

Mining the moon for helium-3: How real is the prospect, and is there a business case for such an undertaking?

This early October Prime Day deal gets you the Celestron TrailSeeker 8x42 binoculars for just $190 on Amazon — their lowest price since 2023.

Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin return in this $65 million sequel to 2020’s post-apocalyptic hit.

A decade before George Lucas flew off to a galaxy far, far away, International Rescue introduced a generation to the coolest toys on the planet.

Vaonis has just released a limited-edition run of their Vespera II smart telescopes with a stylish clear housing and a built-in hygrometer — available for $2490 from select retailers.

How a cancelled TV show got a short-lived reprieve on the big screen.

The JWST has studied the chemical composition of a moon-forming disk circling a giant planet 625 light-years away.

Firefly Aerospace's seventh Alpha rocket exploded on Monday (Sept. 29) during preflight testing. The vehicle was destroyed, and Firefly is assessing the damage to its test stand.

At a major space congress in Sydney, leaders from NASA, ESA, ISRO, CNSA, and more shared visions for humanity's return to the moon, journeys to Mars and the tech shaping the future of space.

The algorithm has already been tested on images from the Subaru telescope and will now be used on the Vera C. Rubin Observatory once science results begin to flood in.

SpaceX is targeting Oct. 13 for the 11th test flight of Starship, which will be the final launch of the megarocket's current "Version 2" iteration.

Two Chinese astronauts installed more debris shielding on the Tiangong space station during a six-hour spacewalk on Friday (Sept. 26). It was the fourth EVA of the Shenzhou 20 mission.

Ancient iron-metabolizing microbes may have turned toxic oxygen into an energy source.

Targeted at content creators, the Canon EOS R50 V may not be the obvious choice for budding astrophotographers. But do the features and brand name make it an affordable option for capturing the night sky?

Despite being just outside Tucson, Arizona, Biosphere 2 looks almost like a colony on another planet.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 lit up the evening sky Sept. 28, when the expanding 'jellyfish' plume from the rocket's ascent could be seen for hundreds of miles.