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Webb has been orbiting more than a million miles from Earth, capturing breathtaking images of deep space. But how does it actually work?

Nearly 4,000 NASA employees have chosen to accept the Trump administration's "deferred resignation" option, reducing the agency's workforce by more than 20%.

The spacecraft streaks through the darkness of space to reenter Earth's atmosphere.

NASA currently leads the nation's planetary defense efforts, but some are calling for the Space Force to take control.

Senegal has officially joined the Artemis Accords, becoming the 56th nation — and the fourth African country — to commit to a shared vision for peaceful and transparent space exploration.

Blue Origin has announced the payload for the first-ever flight of its Blue Ring spacecraft —Scout Space's Owl space domain awareness sensor.

Crew-11 will launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 31 atop a Falcon 9 rocket, if all goes to plan.

Unlike other superhero superstars, the Fanastic Four have traditionally struggled with the transition to the big screen.

The four members of SpaceX's Crew-10 mission on the Expedition 73 crew began packing for home, while also calling down to Earth to share their ongoing work aboard the ISS.

It's 1961, and four intrepid cosmic explorers journey to space under the leadership of Reed Richards, where they encounter cosmic rays that change them forever. But what are cosmic rays?

NASA employees and allies protested sweeping science cuts they say are gutting the agency from within. As Congress pushes back on NASA leadership, workers warn the damage is already underway — and the future of U.S. space exploration is at risk.

It's no coincidence that a Klingon with a grudge follows the Enterprise's away mission to Kenfori.

Thanks to auroras and other space weather, humans have adapted techniques to overcome these issues.

A Russian Soyuz rocket launched the Ionosfera-M 3 and 4 satellites, along with an Iranian spacecraft and 17 cubesats, toward orbit early Friday morning (July 25).

Marvel's new superhero movie isn't the only thing featuring some of the brightest stars.

'Here today, Gorn tomorrow. I think it's now time for other scary things to take their place.'

Saturn will be quite distinct in the Pisces constellation.

The theorists predict that the beginning of the end will be in about 10 billion years — less than the present age of the universe.

A super-Earth exoplanet has been detected within the habitable zone of a nearby red dwarf star, where liquid water might exist on its surface under the right atmospheric conditions.

A viral claim says the world will go dark on Aug. 2. It won't — but a record-breaking solar eclipse is coming in 2027.

NASA has unveiled a dazzling new collection of cosmic images from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, capturing spectacular stars and galaxies in unprecedented detail.