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China launched its secretive reusable space plane into orbit for its third mission on Dec. 14, just one day after the U.S. Space Force took its own X-37B space plane off the launch pad.

The Federal Aviation Administration should evaluate and improve the way it investigates space launch mishaps, according to a new report.

Hot Jupiters are gas giants so close to their star that the star's heat and radiation can blow the planets' atmosphere away.

A recent study suggests the aurora-like STEVE and "picket fence" phenomena are generated by low-altitude electric fields parallel to Earth's magnetic field.

The sun unleashed an X2.8 solar flare today (Dec. 14), its most powerful such eruption since September 2017.

NASA's MAVEN orbiter has collected data of the unexpected dynamics on Mars, showing how extreme solar events influence the planet's atmosphere, an insight valuable to understanding its evolution.

Don't know what to buy a photographer? We've got you covered — find the perfect Christmas gifts for astrophotographers, for all budgets and experience levels.

This festive holiday telescope deal means you can save 33% on a refractor telescope, well suited to kids and beginners, and you can get it in time for Christmas.

On April 8, 2024, all of Canada will see at least a partial solar eclipse, but parts of Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada will experience totality.

The Geminid meteor shower 2023 peaks overnight tonight (Dec. 13), and you can watch the action live with these free livestreams.

SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship is scheduled to leave the International Space Station Dec. 15 after a weather delay. You can watch live here at Space.com.

Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment released a new trailer for director Denis Villeneuve's upcoming sci-fi epic "Dune: Part 2."

New research suggests elements crucial for life may have existed on Earth while the planet formed, not brought from a crashing asteroid, like some scientists hypothesize.

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed record-breaking free-floating "failed star" and two other brown dwarfs. The discovery could help scientists better determine where the line between a planet and a star is drawn.

One month before SpaceX launches the Ax-3 astronaut mission toward the ISS, Axiom Space's president said he hopes similar missions will become less expensive in the future.

A seamount sitting on a subducting tectonic plate off the coast of Japan and plowing its way into Earth's mantle may be at the root of several magnitude 7 earthquakes in the past 40 years.

Ireland has joined the space club with the launch of Eirsat-1, a tiny brick-sized satellite with a big future.

Rare but explosive solar eruptions may cause train signals to switch the wrong way, affecting train safety, a new study finds.

Despite the seemingly boundless expanse of the universe, which implies there’s potential for abundant life, the vast distances between stars render the search akin to locating a needle in a cosmic haystack.

While hunting for dark matter, astronomers accidentally discovered the first known stellar stream stretching between galaxies. The trail of stars is also the longest ever seen.

By the looks of the new cast photograph, everyone in "Star Trek: Discovery" has returned for this, the fifth and final season.