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Russian cosmonaut Alexander Viktorenko has died at 76. Viktorenko's 19-year career included commanding four missions to the Mir space station.

A budget pair of night vision binoculars that can be recharged as well as head-mounted for hands-free surveillance.

Thanks to some precise maneuvering on Aug. 3, NASA says Parker is on-track to make its sixth and closest flyby of Venus on Aug. 21.

The Perseid meteor shower will bring shooting stars to your neighborhood on Aug. 11 and Aug. 12. You can get a preview of the spectacular show in this video.

Exoplanets in the habitable zone of the Trappist-1 star, some 40 light-years away from Earth, are more likely to have liquid water than researchers previously thought, according to a new study.

The annual Perseid meteor shower should put on a nice show this weekend — but a spectacular Perseid display appears to be in the cards five years from now.

Russia reignited its moon exploration program today (Aug. 10), sending the Luna-25 lander toward Earth's nearest neighbor.

China launched a new radar remote sensing satellite for environmental monitoring on Tuesday (Aug. 8).

The Perseid meteor shower peaks on the evening of Aug. 12 and before dawn on Aug. 13. The prolific shower is not one to be missed.

Apple TV+ delivers a crazy trailer for its new adult animation series, "Strange Planet."

A new kind of particle in wildfire smoke has shown to have the potential to warm the planet far more than previously thought, underscoring the need to update current climate models.

SpaceX will launch 22 of its Starlink internet satellites tonight (Aug. 10), and you can watch the action live.

The fight between Vader and Skywalker has never looked so good.

Virgin Galactic flew its second-ever commercial mission today (Aug. 10), a flight that made history in multiple ways.

NASA plans on testing an innovative new way to communicate with deep space probes, and step one depends on the success of the Psyche mission.

Sony's updated 'holy trinity' standard zoom has improved on what was already a fantastic lens, making it a must-buy for any Sony photographer.

Mild solar storms can cause more serious problems to GPS satellites than once-in-a-century events, a new study has found.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured a stunning video of the Ingenuity helicopter on Aug. 3, during the little chopper's 54th Red Planet flight.

An incredible time-lapse video tracks the 17-year journey of a distant and massive exoplanet, Beta Pictoris b, around its parent star between 2003 and 2020.

Russia plans to launch its first moon mission in nearly half a century today (Aug. 10), and you can watch the historic liftoff live.

Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev completed the first test flight at the end of the European robotic arm as part of a successful spacewalk at the International Space Station on Wednesday (Aug. 9).