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New measurements demonstrate that smoke particles in the upper atmosphere are twice the size of lower-altitude ones.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured solar material looping back to the sun, revealing how it recycles magnetic energy and shapes future solar storms.

Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connor star in Universal Pictures' eerie alien invasion project coming next summer.

NASA still hasn't heard from its MAVEN Mars orbiter, and the spacecraft appears to be spinning in an odd way as well.

Europe's Ariane 6 rocket is poised to launch a pair of Galileo satellites just after midnight on Wednesday (Dec. 17), adding to the continent's geopositioning constellation.

A Japanese H3 rocket will launch the Michibiki 5 navigation satellite to orbit tonight (Dec. 16), and you can watch the action live.

Okey Dokey! Prime Video's post-apocalyptic adventure heads for New Vegas starting tonight!

Stuck for a small gift for a skywatcher? From compact binoculars to power banks and SD cards, we've rounded up the ideal sub-$100 stocking stuffers.

The direction, distance and motion of the comet through the sky during its closest approach could have made it seem like it was hovering over Bethlehem when Jesus was said to have been born.

Amazon and Bethesda return to the Wasteland with a second Fallout season that's all about New Vegas and not letting businessmen and fanatics run the world.

The ash plume disrupted flights as far away as India.

Think you know your Dyson spheres from your dark blobs? This cosmic crossword dives into the strangest, most mind-bending structures ever spotted — or imagined — in the universe.

Smooth filaments stretching for many light-years, seen by the powerful space telescope, could indicate what the right "recipe" is for dark matter.

"This was an absolute surprise. It's extremely different from what we expected."

Using high-resolution observations from the GHGSat satellite constellation, researchers have produced the first global, facility-level estimate of methane emissions from the energy sector.

The U.S. Space Force unveiled the new naming scheme that it will use for its spacecraft and space-based weaponry, drawing inspiration from mythology and the natural world.

With the Fallout TV show venturing back out into the Wasteland, what better time to rank every Fallout game from worst to best?

The interstellar comet will pass safely by Earth, giving astronomers their best chance to study it up close.

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"A bit like dinosaurs on Earth — they were enormous and primitive. And they had short lives, living for just a quarter of a million years."

Scientists have created the first detailed maps of the sun's atmospheric boundary, where solar material breaks free and streams into space.