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Blue Origin scrubbed its first mission since Sept. 2022 this morning (Dec. 18), with no new launch date announced. It could attempt flying again as early as this week, however.

The Hubble Space Telescope photographed NGC 2814, an irregular galaxy that belongs to a group of four "late-type galaxies" collectively called Holmberg 124.

"Apollo 13" showcased a real-life moon mission's troubles in space in 1970. Now, the 1995 film has a new honor: getting preserved in the Library of Congress for future generations.

Blue Origin plans to launch its first mission since September 2022 this morning (Dec. 18), and you can watch the action live.

We worked out how many trips each of the solar system's eight planets has taken around the sun over the past 4.6 billion years.

Gaze into the colorful remnants of a long-dead star in this image of the Veil Nebula captured by astrophotographer Miguel Claro.

The moon and Saturn will have a pre-Christmas meet-up on Sunday (Dec. 17) as the two bodies make a close approach to each other in the night sky.

On Episode 91 of This Week In Space, Tariq and Rod discuss the year in review with Leonard David.

A preview of the upcoming 'Star Wars' novel, 'Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss.'

The United States Congress passed legislation that orders the release of governmental records pertaining to UFOs dating back 25 years.

In this battle of the mirrorless heavyweights, we're comparing three of the best cameras to help you decide which one you should spend your hard-earned cash on.

The Smithsonian would love to display the first vehicle to achieve powered flight on another world, but with Ingenuity still busy on Mars, the institution has accepted the next best thing.

SpaceX is now targeting Dec. 28 for the launch of the U.S. Space Force's X-37B space plane atop a Falcon Heavy rocket, after a delay of more than two weeks.

By listening to "music" played by shaking stars, astronomers could use asteroseismology as a new type of cosmic distance ruler, perfecting the 3D map of two billion stars being built by Gaia.

The world's most accurate space-based thermometer has suffered a mission-critical anomaly only two months after the release of its first images.

True Anomaly just raised $100 million in funding, which the company will use to continue developing its space security technology.

The Artemis 2 moon astronauts met Dec. 14 with U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris to discuss science and other goals of the round-the-moon mission in 2024.

NASA's Cassini mission, which ended six years ago, spotted a key ingredient needed for life as we know it on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus, a new study reports.

A new black market kingpin, an unlikely vocation shift for Ed Baldwin, and the long-awaited reunion of two estranged colleagues.

Internal heating may be able to keep water in liquid form within these exoplanets.

A first-of-its-kind mineral map delivered by the NASA International Space Station mission, EMIT, will present big-picture climate science and "open some eyes."