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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.

An exclusive clip for Hulu's "Futurama" Season 12 episode 5, 'One Is Silicon and the Other Gold,' airing Aug. 26.

SpaceX made several design changes to its Crew Dragon capsule to accommodate the first private spacewalk on the upcoming Polaris Dawn mission. Here are the key ones.

If destroying hordes of alien invaders with extreme prejudice is one of your favorite things to do in video games, you shouldn’t miss out on Earth Defense Force 6.

SpaceX just gave us a look at the Crew Dragon capsules that will fly on the Polaris Dawn and Crew-9 astronaut missions, which are set to launch on Aug. 27 and Sept. 24, respectively.

Supermassive black holes that shred and devour stars throw them up like a "bad curry" and cover themselves in the wreckage, sick new simulations reveal.

Scientists used the CHARA Array atop Mount Wilson in California to resolve previously unknown features of the North Star.

Netflix has begun the countdown to a "re-launch" of one of NASA's most well-known missions in spaceflight history. The streaming service has set Sep. 5 for the premiere of "Apollo 13: Survival."

JUICE flew by Earth on Tuesday (Aug. 20), just a day after it zoomed past the moon. The spacecraft took also snapped some images of home before heading off to Venus.