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A NASA astronaut in a mockup spacesuit explored a moon-like landscape during a training exercise recently. She's getting ready for the agency's first lunar landing in 50 years.

This beginner-friendly reflector telescope is at its cheapest ever with this Amazon Prime Day 2023 telescope deal

Sulfur in soils near the moon's poles might help astronauts live off the land one day, making these measurements an example of science that enables exploration.

AI is the way forward in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, from detecting radio signals to finding technosignatures on planets.

Hefty iceberg D-30A has collided with Clarence Island — an important refuge for breeding penguins in Antarctica. But luckily, the penguins weren't at home when the berg struck.

New research indicates that the number of migrating birds decreases during severe space weather events. They are also more prone to becoming lost.

The moon will meet up with the planet Venus for an early morning tryst on Oct. 10. At the same time, the two celestial bodies will be in conjunction.

Unlike physical theories describing the other three fundamental forces in physics, the general theory of relativity has only been tested in weak gravity.

The European Space Agency's dark energy and dark matter detective spacecraft Euclid is ready for full "science mode" after relocating its guiding stars.

A kilonova is a bright blast of electromagnetic radiation that happens when two neutron stars or a neutron star and a stellar-mass black hole collide and merge.

A new partnership is taking the concept of haute couture to new heights. Axiom Space has joined forces with Prada to design the spacesuits that NASA's Artemis 3 astronauts will wear on the moon.

Parts for NASA's boosters, which will assist the powerful Space Launch System for Artemis moon missions, arrived in Florida for preparation. These pieces will help bring four astronauts around the moon in late 2024.

A new study from researchers at the Southwest Research Institute has unearthed a fascinating discovery about Arrokoth, a trans-Neptunian object made famous by the New Horizons probe in 2020.

On Oct. 14, an annular solar eclipse will turn the sun into a spectacular "ring of fire." Here's what you can expect from the celestial phenomenon.

The galaxy NGC 6951 was a star factory 800 million years ago, then it halted operations for 300 million years before cranking stellar bodies out once more.

Marvel Comics shares four new 'Star Wars' Life Day covers from Mike Del Mundo and Rod Reis.

SpaceX plans to loft 22 of its Starlink broadband satellites early Monday morning (Oct. 9) on the second half of a launch doubleheader.

Measuring the ages of planets and stars helps scientists understand when they formed and how they change – and, in the case of planets, if life has had time to have evolved on them.

SpaceX is set to launch 22 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida tonight (Oct. 8) on the first leg of a spaceflight doubleheader for the company.

A fragmented comet that exploded in Earth's atmosphere initiated the first-ever farming village in Syria, according to new research.

There will come a time 1.21 billion years from now when the phenomenon of a total eclipse of the sun will become an impossibility.