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Congress is pushing to extend the International Space Station's life by two years, to give commercial outposts more time to step into its shoes.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites launched from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday, March 8, 2026.

Rocket Lab launched a mystery satellite for a confidential commercial customer this evening (March 5). It was the company's 83rd liftoff to date.

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed our lunar companion is safe for now from an asteroid impact.

The zodiacal light is at its most visible on the nights surrounding the spring and autumn equinoxes.

Tests involving growing chickpea plants in lunar regolith treated with vermicompost and fungi yielded harvestable crops — but are they edible?

'We're about to have an insanely adrenalized ride these last two episodes.'

Astronomers have unveiled one of the most ambitious maps yet of the early universe, revealing a vast "sea of light" between galaxies that had remained otherwise hidden in previous surveys.

This stunning satellite image of Ouarzazate, Morocco, was taken by Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

These astrophotography camera accessories are worth adding to your setup in 2026.

There's something refreshingly familiar about the Omega 47 weapon in "300th Night"

Japan's new HTV-X cargo spacecraft will depart the International Space Station today (March 6) after a four-month stay, and you can watch the action live.

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Scientists gathered in a conference earlier this year in an effort to solve the issue of satellite streaks ruining a powerful new Earth-based observatory's data.

'Starfleet Academy' sports a cool 60th anniversary intro honoring this colorful optical effect.

Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological activity.

Ganymede's auroras splinter into small, bright patches — structures that mirror features seen in Earth's own auroral displays.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday (March 4), creating a sky show for early risers.

Antarctica has lost nearly 5,000 square miles of "grounded ice" in 30 years, as warming ocean waters drive retreat in vulnerable regions, a new study finds.

Russia has fixed Site 31 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, the only pad supporting the nation's human spaceflight missions. It had been out of commission since late November.

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a stunning spiral galaxy 65 million light-years away, revealing glowing dust clouds and stellar nurseries.