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Here's what we know (and don't know) about China's mysterious space plane, which just landed after nine months in orbit on a secret mission.

Disney will close its billion-dollar "Star Wars"-themed Galactic Starcruiser hotel in September

Forty years ago this month, there came a show stopping celestial sight — literally a bolt out of the blue — as a new comet was discovered close to Earth.

An exploration of Darth Vader's death scene in "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi."

Japanese company ispace revealed that an unexpected lunar terrain feature led the Hakuto-R lander's onboard computer to misjudge its altitude, leading to the crash.

An independent report into NASA contracts for the SLS rocket has found significant cost overruns and delays which could hinder the agency's plans to put astronauts back on the moon.

1,000 Lego astronauts traveled near the edge of space on stratospheric balloons and returned safely to Earth on a specially designed landing platform resembling a mini space shuttle.

Stunning new NASA images depict our universe in all its visible, and invisible, glory thanks to the combined powers of the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory.

AI has now spread into every field of astronomy and is helping astronomers learn more about the universe at an astonishing rate.

A star in the Pinwheel Galaxy has exploded into a new supernova that was confirmed just last week. Here's how to see it for yourself in the night sky.

The close proximity of supernova 2023ifx and the amount of observations gathered since its discovery may lead to major advances in stellar death forecasting.

South Korea's Nuri rocket launched on its third-ever mission on Thursday (May 25), successfully delivering eight small satellites to orbit.

Astronomers are snooping on the Milky Way's galactic neighbors to gain insights about the ancient galaxies being viewed by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Towel Day is dedicated to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" author Douglas Adams

A star explosion in deep space is visible in amateur telescopes, although folks have had to battle low lighting conditions, haze and the occasional satellite trail to see it in action.

Virgin Galactic aced its fifth test flight to suborbital space this morning (May 25), keeping the company on track to start commercial operations next month.

In a distant star system, a sunlike star orbits an invisible object that may be the first example of a 'boson star' made of dark matter, new research suggests.

Space.com's exclusive interview with Oscar-winning visual effects wizard Phil Tippett for the 40th anniversary of "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi."

The DJI Mavic 3 Pro is the world’s first consumer drone featuring three cameras and provides a highly versatile option that comfortably straddles the consumer and prosumer markets.

Iron particles from meteorites and volcanoes could have catalyzed chemical reactions to form some of the organic compounds essential for life.

Using data from NASA's Juno spacecraft, an international team has correlated the variations in Jupiter's bands to changes in the planet's magnetic field.