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NASA astronaut Frank Rubio's International Space Station mission was supposed to finish in March, but a leaky spacecraft kept him aloft for a full year.. He spoke about his experience in a new video.

An exclusive interview with astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson for his new book, "To Infinity and Beyond," released on Sept. 12, 2023.

Satellites watched as a rare Mediterranean hurricane, or "medicane," named Daniel swirled above the Sahara Desert, bringing catastrophic flooding to Libya.

As it turns out, the lectern from which President John F. Kennedy proclaimed 'We choose to go to the moon' has been rightly on display for 30 years, contrary to a report that it was a fake.

According to the Milankovitch cycles, Earth should actually be experiencing a cooling period right now — but the consequences of humanity's carbon emissions have completely swamped that eons-old relationship between the sun and Earth.

Forty-five years after selecting its first six women, NASA has 16 female astronauts who could be the first woman on the moon. For Loren Grush, the best thing is they don't have 'the right stuff.'

NASA wants astronauts to thrive on the moon, Mars and in deep space. A new survey outlines key challenges to solve over the next decade.

Support for a crowdfunded 'Space: 1999' documentary has already been off the charts, including series star Barbara Bain, original Eagle designer, Brian Johnson and astronaut Charlie Duke.

NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara will launch toward the ISS in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft no earlier than Sept. 15. Her crew will relieve another Soyuz crewwho have been waiting six extra months to go home.

The newfound Comet P1 (Nishimura) passes its closest point to Earth on Tuesday (Sept. 12). Here's how to see it this week before it's gone for 400 years.

These black holes could have also been ejected from the star cluster they live within.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe put itself on course toward Earth with a thruster firing on Sept. 10, two weeks before its highly anticipated asteroid-sample delivery.

In a tribute to humankind's quest to explore the cosmos, two fossilized bones of ancient humans flew into space for the first time aboard Virgin Galactic's third commercial spaceflight on Sept. 8.

Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital space tourism vehicle suffered a failure during an uncrewed flight on Sept. 12, 2022. It hasn't launched since.

NASA and its Indian counterpart are working to extend their cooperation in the final frontier, in the realms of human spaceflight and planetary defense.

SpaceX will launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites early Tuesday (Sept. 12), and you can watch the action live.

India's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander showed up in fresh images taken by the nation's Chandrayaan-2 lunar orbiter. Chandrayaan-3's lander and rover are in hibernation until the sun rises over them again.

DARPA has chosen Boeing to develop a prototype and conduct flight testing of its upcoming Glide Breaker hypersonic interceptor.

New electronic devices designed to power antennas of the world's largest radio telescope are so quiet that they'll cause less disturbance than a mobile phone on the moon.

Kombucha cultures riding on the ISS' exterior for 18 months proved resilient to the dangers of outer space.

China launched a new classified Yaogan satellite on Sunday (Sept. 10), continuing the country’s recent rapid launch rate.