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The United States is no longer competing against a single rival in a largely symbolic race.

"What makes the event even more extraordinary is that it did not involve a single volcano, but multiple active sources."

The National Reconnaissance Office just revealed the existence of its "JUMPSEAT" line of spy satellites, eight of which launched to Earth orbit between 1971 and 1987.

Think Klingons are just loudmouthed louts with terrible table manners? Think again…

Rocket Lab will try again tonight (Jan. 29) to launch a South Korean disaster-monitoring satellite, and you can watch the action live.

Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026: Follow NASA's last major test of SLS before the launch of Artemis 2 and a crew of astronauts around the moon.

Recent James Webb Space Telescope data confirms a decade-old theory that the universe's earliest supermassive black holes formed without stars.

To understand what Americans are experiencing with this winter blast, we need to look more than 20 miles above the surface of Earth, to the stratospheric polar vortex.

The interstellar visitor may still have a few things to tell us before it leaves our solar system.

NASA and SpaceX are proceeding ahead of schedule with their next astronaut launch to the International Space Station, which is currently operating with a skeleton crew.

The "hungry hippo" fairing for Rocket Lab's new Neutron launch vehicle has arrived for integration at the company's Virginia Spaceport facilities.

"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly not the case."

SpaceX plans to launch the 12th test flight of its Starship megarocket in six weeks, according to Elon Musk. It will be the first mission of the bigger, more powerful Starship "V3."

Deneb, Vega and Altair are among the brightest stars in the night sky.

A 250th anniversary only comes once in a lifetime.

The Carson VX 12x50 binoculars are capable of crisp star imagery with their 50mm objective lens and 12x magnification.

A range of gorgeous skywatching targets are visible to the naked eye in city skies.

Save 33% on this UK-only Disney+ streaming deal; it's a must-get for sci-fi fans, giving you access to the entire Star Wars and Marvel catalogues and much, much more.

Space fans looking for a Lego Artemis set to build now have an interesting conundrum, as there are two Lego NASA Space Launch System Artemis 2 sets to choose from.

Author Mike Chen returns fans to the galaxy's grimy underworld in this thrilling crime caper book

One of NASA's high-altitude WB-57 research jet made a fiery wheels-up landing on Tuesday (Jan. 27) after a mechanical issue prevented it from lowering its landing gear.