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As another world around TRAPPIST-1 shows no signs of an atmosphere, astronomers urge us not to give up hope for an Earth-like atmosphere on one of the other worlds in the system.

The U.S. Space Force's powerful new military radar system designed to detect and track objects in distant orbits above Earth has passed an initial key test.

Only a fraction of the size of the Milky Way, these galaxies have thus far been too faint for most telescopes to spot.

Blue Origin has used its Blue Ring spacecraft platform to develop the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter, which the company says could aid future NASA missions to the Red Planet.

The executive order directs multiple federal agencies to streamline launch licensing, fast-track spaceport construction and better support emerging in-space industries.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Florida on Thursday morning (Aug. 14), carrying 28 Starlink broadband satellites into low Earth orbit.

As 'Alien: Earth' hits screens, the night sky delivers a cameo from the franchise's iconic villain.

The future captain of the Enterprise eclipses his co-stars every time he appears in "Strange New Worlds."

The moon will drift towards the Pleiades and Uranus in the early hours of Aug. 16-17.

SpaceX's Crew-11 mission delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA, aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft.

Advanced satellite and lidar mapping has uncovered signs that the Tintina fault in Canada's Yukon may be primed for a powerful earthquake.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 24 Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit after lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Aug. 14, 2025.

A Long March 5B rocket launched the eighth batch of satellites for China's Guowang broadband network on Wednesday (Aug. 13). It was the fourth Guowang launch in less than three weeks.

This quiz tests your knowledge of which female astronauts broke barriers and reached for the stars.

NASA's Orion spacecraft for the crewed Artemis 2 mission to fly astronauts around the moon is all fueled up and going through final preparations to ready the vehicle for stacking with its SLS rocket.

Artificial intelligence helps astronomers observe what may be the first known case of a star exploding while interacting with a black hole.

It's a 300-year reunion in our violent peek at this week's episode, 'The Shape of Time'.

The medieval-looking "helmet" is the latest addition to Mars' gallery of odd-shaped rocks.

A new study finds that liquids other than water might be able to support life on worlds beyond Earth, potentially expanding the envelope of life throughout the cosmos.

The star, called DFK 52, is a member of a cluster of similar red supergiants, but it's losing mass at an extreme rate never seen before.

Forecasters warn Erin may intensify into the season's first major hurricane within days.