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Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket is on schedule for its inaugural launch.

Using the ALMA radio telescope array, astronomers have investigated the disks of gas and dust around young binary stars to better understand how these systems procure planets.

China's Chang'e 6 probe is scheduled to return to Earth on June 25, and scientists are starting to get excited about what its far side moon samples can tell us.

NOAA's GOES-U weather satellite has been cleared for its planned liftoff today (June 25) atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

China's Chang'e 6 mission has successfully returned samples from the moon's far side to Earth, notching another spaceflight first for the nation.

Neutron stars smashing together may create and trap ghost particles called neutrinos, and this discovery could help us better understand how elements like gold are forged.

SpaceX launched two batches of its Starlink internet satellites on Sunday (June 23), sending them aloft from Florida and California.

Two NASA astronauts stopped their International Space Station spacewalk today (June 24) after a spacesuit coolant leak. The astronauts were still in the hatch when it happened.

Some experts believe that the solar system's hypothetical ninth planet could be just a few years away from being discovered. If this is the case, how long would it take for humans to send probes to the elusive world?

A final trailer for Apple Original Films' comedy, "Fly Me To The Moon" which premiers in theaters on July 12.

Scientists won't only study the rocks NASA's Perseverance rover has cached throughout its trek across Mars. They want the fresh Mars air, too.

A Florida family has filed a claim with NASA after discarded components from the International Space Station crashed through their house.

Astronomers have measured supermassive black hole winds that existed when the universe was less than a billion years old, showing how these cosmic titans shape galaxies.

A Nigerian could soon make it to space for the first time ever, via Jeff Bezos' aerospace company Blue Origin.

NASA's Perseverance rover has begun studying an intriguingly light-colored patch of rock that mission team members call "Bright Angel."

GOES-U will complete NOAA's GOES-R weather satellite constellation, adding to the capabilities of its siblings and bringing a bigger focus on space weather.

Watch Netflix's bold new trailer for the upcoming second season of "Star Trek: Prodigy."

Star Wars Outlaws, the first true open-world Star Wars video game, is now right around the corner, and the new gameplay showcase is everything we were hoping for.

Astronomers have been scouring the outer solar system for signs of a hypothetical ninth planet for almost a decade, without success. However, we may finally be on the cusp of finding it, experts say.

On June 21, 2004, SpaceShipOne reached the final frontier for the first time, notching a huge milestone for private spaceflight and paving the way for space tourism.

A new James Webb Space Telescope image shows perfectly aligned protostellar outflows in the Serpens Nebula, supporting a long-running theory of stellar formation.