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On Episode 125 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq chat about the next 9 months in space.

Scientists have "boldly gone" where no one has gone before, discovering what would happen if a faster-than-light warp drive like the one used in Star Trek were to fail.

Supermassive black holes have masses of more than a million suns – but their growth has slowed as the universe aged

Japanese space-sustainability company Astroscale just signed a $90 million contract to take a bus-sized rocket stage out of orbit by the end of the decade.

StarFOX is an autonomous satellite swarm that scientists hope to send beyond our planet's orbit someday.

Cities around the world are now growing upward more than outward, an analysis of three decades of satellite data has found.

An explanation of "The Offspring" hybrid monster in "Alien: Romulus."

Astronomers have traced the origins of 200 meteorites to five impact craters in two volcanic regions on Mars, known as Tharsis and Elysium.

The complex history of the orbits of the TRAPPIST-1 planets has been revealed, showing how they interacted with the disk of gas and dust that gave birth to them.

ASA leaders will give an update on Saturday (Aug. 24) to outline their plan on how to return Starliner's astronaut crew to Earth.

A preview of "Avatar Land," a planned new addition coming to the Disneyland Resort in California.

Riding high in the northeast sky as darkness descends is a striking zigzag row of five stars marking the Queen of Ethiopia, Cassiopeia.

The passage of time can slow to a crawl when you're waiting, and waiting, and waiting. How will the Boeing Starliner astronauts feel time move if they have to stay in space for another 6 months?

The Celestron SkyMaster 25x100 binoculars feature in our best binoculars guide as the best for magnification and now it's $120 off.

A new simulation suggests the possible head-on collision of our Milky Way galaxy with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy comes down to a coin flip.

SpaceX continues to build out its Starbase site in South Texas, recently stacking the tower for a second Starship launch pad at the facility.

The Lego Star Wars Millennium Falcon is 20% off on Amazon and it comes with 1351 pieces as well as numerous playable features.

Measurements of the sun's age via oscillations that ripple through it can vary depending on whether those measurements are made near solar minimum or maximum.

Data from India's recent Chandrayaan-3 mission supports the idea that an ocean of molten rock once covered the moon.

SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn mission will wait one more day for launch as the company completes preflight checkouts of the spacecraft.

The Python Rangemaster 12x52 monocular is optically impressive and its materials and coatings produce fantastic views in all sorts of observation pursuits.