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The future of NASA's New Horizons Pluto probe is uncertain following debates at NASA over how best to use the spacecraft.

NASA's Mobile Launch Platform-3, from which the first astronauts departed Earth to fly around and land on the moon now, itself, only has a limited time left on the planet.

Europe's newest weather satellite has snapped an image of the Earth from space, revealing our planet in incredible detail.

The sun fired a huge cloud of plasma directly at Earth on Sunday evening (May 7), an outburst that could boost auroras in the next day or so.

New research has revealed the heart of the moon as never seen before, demonstrating that it has a solid core that is composed of iron like Earth.

The Chinese launch startup Galactic Energy is making moves toward launching Pallas 1, its small Falcon 9-like rocket.

The first asteroid belt ever found outside the solar system is more complex than expected, new observations by the James Webb Space Telescope reveal.

The peak of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower unfortunately coincided with a bright full moon, but there is still time to catch a few stragglers was we approach the new moon on May 19.

China's mysterious space plane landed on Monday (May 8), bringing its second orbital mission to an end after 276 days.

Venus is quite bright as it climbs high in the night sky on Monday (May 8) during its current period of evening appearances.

Virgin Galactic plans to launch its fifth spaceflight late this month, a test that aims to pave the way for the start of commercial service next month.

New research aims to shed light on the puzzling winds on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, whose mysterious weather patterns have puzzled astronomers for decades.

The full Flower Moon of May 2023 was darkened by a penumbral lunar eclipse that was visible to most of the Eastern Hemisphere.

The latest episode of 'Star Trek Online' warps into a humanitarian mission that goes sideways fast when your crew uncovers a space-time issue causing conflict across the galaxy.

Intelligent aliens looking for life in the universe might be able to find Earth using our radio signals, a new SETI study suggests.

Rocket Lab just launched a pair of storm-hunting cubesats toward orbit, the first of two missions it will fly for NASA's TROPICS constellation.

Watch NASA explain how the Orion Artemis 2 Optical Communications System (O2O) will enable the first high-speed transmission of images and video from the moon.

Retired Major General Roy Bridges and Senator Mark Kelly were honored by their peers as the newest inductees into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

A French startup is offering elegant high-altitude balloon flights to the stratosphere that include fine dining for a ticket price of $132,000 per person.

Planning is underway for a European constellation that will provide internet connectivity from low-Earth orbit similar to SpaceX's controversial Starlink megaconstellation.

Rocket Lab will launch the first set of NASA's TROPICS satellites on May 7, to provide better forecasts amid extreme weather.