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The path of annularity on Oct. 2, 2024, passes through the Pacific Ocean and South America. View detailed maps of where the eclipse will be visible here.

Thanks to XMM-Newton, astronomers may know the powerful event that gave rise to the Cloverleaf odd radio circle.

Two NASA astronauts waited several extra years for their ride aboard Boeing Starliner, but the wait was not fully unexpected, the former test pilots recently shared with reporters.

For National Astronaut Day 2024, we have an exclusive interview with Uniphi Good's Annie Balliro on why she founded the holiday honoring America's spaceflyers.

The first Hispanic woman to launch into space is now the second female astronaut to be awarded the United States' highest honor. Ellen Ochoa was bestowed with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

When Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams lift off for the ISS on May 6, they will become the first astronauts to fly on Boeing's CST-100 Starliner. But that's not their only new ride.

Boeing is ready to launch its first-ever Starliner astronaut mission for NASA on May 6. Here's what to know on when it will launch.

Astronauts will board a Boeing Starliner spacecraft for the 1st ISS test flight no earlier than May 6. Boeing says it's already working on first operational mission Starliner-1 for 2025.

A preview of Marvel Comics' new miniseries, "Star Wars: Inquisitors #1."

On Episode 109 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Chris Carberry, CEO of Explore Mars, about the long history of music influencing how we think about spaceflight.

For the first time ever, May the 4th coincides with Free Comic Book Day. So in perfect synchronicity, Marvel is offering up "Free Comic Book Day 2024: Star Wars #1."

A preview of the new Disney+ animated anthology "Star Wars: Tales of the Empire."

All aboard this lightspeed tour of the history of the Jedi Order, the peacekeepers of the galaxy.

Starliner is at last at its Florida launch pad for its historic 1st mission with astronauts. The Boeing spacecraft made a brief journey there May 4 to coincide with Star Wars Day.

Virgin Galactic is targeting June 8 for its seventh commercial spaceflight, a suborbital jaunt called, fittingly enough, Galactic 07.

China continued its run of moon missions today (May 3), launching its bold Chang'e 6 sample-return effort to the lunar far side.

Citizen scientists have spotted a truly remarkable planet in a binary system's habitable zone. They gave a Harry Potter-inspired nickname.

This special limited engagement of 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace' beginning on May 3 includes an early look at the upcoming Disney+ series 'The Acolyte.'

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks on May 5, and this year looks favorable for a good light show put on by bits of Halley's Comet as they burn up in Earth's atmosphere.

Despite excitement last year, the James Webb Space Telescope probably hasn't detected life on a distant super-Earth exoplanet with life signs detected on potential ocean world K2-18 b likely premature.

The annual Humans to Mars Summit takes place next week, with talks focusing on establishing a sustainable and permanent human presence on the Red Planet by the mid-2030s.