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Mizar, a star in the Big Dipper's handle, has a tiny companion. This star, Alcor, was known to the ancients. The pair was popularly known as the "Horse and Rider."

NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter captures one of the Red Planet's biggest volcanoes peeking over clouds at dawn.

"I don't think it is an overstatement to say that morale among U.S.-based scientists is at an all-time low."

China has revealed the first image from its Tianwen 2 asteroid sample return mission, which is now more than 3 million kilometers (1.9 million miles) from Earth.

Antares is a red supergiant star located 400 light-years from Earth.

Preparations for the arrival of a visiting crew, the continued study of how humans adapt to microgravity and more highlight the sixth week of Expedition 73 on the International Space Station.

"I've had a number of NASA personnel come up and think that the one that was theirs was ours, and they're shocked."

Don't miss the 2025 full "Strawberry Moon" when it rises above the southeastern horizon on June 10.

A historic dust storm hit Chicago last month, and a weather satellite gave us a bird's-eye view of the dramatic event.

On Episode 164 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss these concerning times for NASA with Casey Dreier, the Chief of Space Policy for The Planetary Society.

SpaceX conducted a static-fire test with one of its Super Heavy boosters today (June 6), part of the prep work for the next test flight of the Starship megarocket.

You don't have to stay at home to enjoy great games. Game on the go with the best space and sci-fi games on the Nintendo Switch.

If it's realism you're looking for, the Sega Toys Homestar Classic is the gold standard of star projectors.

Sen. Ted Cruz's newly unveiled legislative directives for Senate Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill would dedicate almost $10 billion to win the new space race with China.

SpaceX launched the SXM-10 satellite for SiriusXM early Saturday morning (June 7), adding another spacecraft to the company's broadcasting constellation.

"The first time I spotted it, I thought at first it may have been a rare form of blue aurora but then realised it was moving too quickly."

With 10 times the mass of our planet, and spending only part of its orbit in the habitable zone, Kepler-725c is very different to Earth.

The latest Predator movie – the series’ first foray into animation – is much more than a quick retread of old ideas in three distant settings.

The Pococo Galaxy Star Projector is currently 28% off and will arrive in time for Father's Day — and you can get its lowest-ever price before Prime Day too.

The second big batch of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites will launch next Friday (June 13) from Florida, if all goes to plan.

The vast, seemingly empty spaces between galaxies are not entirely empty. So what's in these cosmic voids?