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Climate change and urbanization are threatening ancient sites around the world. As archaeologists fight back, satellites are among the tools they use.

How to watch "Solar System" online on BBC iPlayer in the UK and from anywhere, as new Brian Cox series shines a light on the 'extraordinary events' in space

An exclusive interview with "The Ark" creators Dean Devlin and Jonathan Glassner

Get 50% off your first month of Paramount Plus when you get it via Sling TV and watch Star Trek, Halo and more for less.

SpaceX and NASA are standing down from the Oct. 10 launch of the Europa Clipper mission due to anticipated effects of Hurricane Milton. A new target date has not been announced.

From water recycling to carbon capture, there are a myriad ways in which space technologies can be applied to help us live in a more environmentally friendly way on Earth.

SpaceX will launch Europe's Hera spacecraft on Monday (Oct. 7) toward the asteroid Dimorphos for a post-impact evaluation, and you can watch the liftoff live.

A few hundred eclipse chasers flocked to Chile's Rapa Nui to see annularity from the home of the mysterious moai.

In the fight against climate change, satellite data is an extremely valuable resource.

On Saturday evening (Oct. 5) as darkness is falling, be sure to take a look low toward the west-southwest part of the sky for a beautiful celestial tableau formed by a lovely crescent moon and the brilliant planet Venus.

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the earliest supermassive black hole-driven quasar wind ever seen, pushing away matter at 6,000 times the speed of sound and killing its host galaxy.

On Episode 131 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq tackle a question that rivals the meaning of life itself: which is better, Star Trek or Star Wars?

Blue Origin will debut its second human-rated New Shepard vehicle on an uncrewed launch Monday morning (Oct. 7), if all goes according to plan.

World Space Week 2024 features events centered on "Space & Climate Change," to celebrate the transformative impact of space technology in the ongoing battle against climate change.

United Launch Alliance's new Vulcan Centaur rocket just launched on its second-ever mission, a key test flight that keeps it on track for certification by the U.S. Space Force.

Air pollution from re-entering satellites is a potential environmental disaster that evades Earth-based laws, experts say.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA's highly anticipated Europa Clipper astrobiology mission on Oct. 10, and you can watch the action live.

Zebrafish aboard China's Tiangong space station are doing well in orbit, according to an update on the experiments.

College students are making "waves" with a discovery they made during the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 14, 2023.

The Celestron 70mm Travel Scope is currently 18% off ahead of Amazon's Big Deal Days and is ideal for beginners.

Using NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft, TESS, astronomers and citizen scientists have discovered a record-breaking system of three tightly bound stars that could fit between the sun and Mercury.