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June's Strawberry Full Moon of 2024 delighted skywatcher from across the globe, and was captured in some amazing photos.

On Episode 116 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with the team behind the Space and Things podcast.

The Gaia space telescope has spotted the dim companions of eight bright stars, suggesting we can expect new glimpses of distant planets.

Some scientists believe they may be able to find buried liquid water on the Red Planet by studying seismic and magnetic readings to reconstruct the aftermath of marsquakes.

A spinning magnetic wind blows from supermassive black holes, paving the way for more matter to fall into them, scientists say.

Boeing's Starliner capsule will remain docked with the ISS until at least July 2, in part to give mission team members more time to assess helium leaks and thruster issues.

SpaceX, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance will compete for National Security Space Launch contracts worth up to $5.6 billion across fiscal years 2025 through 2029.

This month, let's turn our attention to two celestial objects that can readily be seen even from bright cities. One is our nearest neighbor in space, while the other is a familiar pattern of stars.

Snapped from lunar orbit in 1968 by NASA astronaut Bill Anders, who died this week at age 90, 'Earthrise' is perhaps the most iconic image of our planet ever taken.

The energy of moon-forming can have a big say in whether large or doomed smaller moons are built.

Earth's oft-squabbling nations will need to set aside their differences, at least for a while, when a big, dangerous asteroid puts our planet in its crosshairs.

A preview of Marvel Comics' "Predator versus Black Panther" miniseries coming this summer.

Virgin Galactic announced a private mission with three researchers, which will fly no earlier than 2026 aboard the new Delta class of aircraft.

Around the world, people celebrated the June 20 solstice in a variety of ways as Earth's north pole reached its greatest tilt towards the sun.

The rotation of Earth's inner core began to slow down more than a decade ago, altering the length of our days by fractions of a second.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy is scheduled to launch NOAA's GOES-U weather satellite on June 25. Here's how to watch live.

NASA will discuss the results of a recent asteroid-threat exercise today (June 20), and you can watch it live.

Virgin Galactic shared an awe-inspiring video from the final flight of its VSS Unity space plane.

The construction of the monument and another beside it more than 4,000 years ago corresponds to a time of bitter cold.

Prototype quantum photonic-dimer laser uses entanglement to bind photons and deliver a powerful beam of concentrated light that can shine through adverse weather like thick fog.

Check out the new prologue video for the upcoming sci-fi RPG title, "Exodus."