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The discovery potentially transforms what we think about how the cosmic environment influences galaxies as they form.

As he did eight months ago, Sen. Ed Markey asked Jared Isaacman if Elon Musk was in the room when President Trump first offered him the job of NASA chief. And, once again, Isaacman demurred.

Levels of potentially dangerous cosmic radiation in Earth's atmosphere rose to a two-decade high in November after a rare solar super-flare pummeled the planet with high-speed particles from the sun.

If you've never sighted this rocky little world for yourself, you'll never get a better opportunity than right now to see it.

We don't often get a good look at X-class solar flares from ground-based observatories.

Check out the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted stream and see the sci-fi and space games you'll be playing in 2026 and beyond.

A mishap during the successful Nov. 27 launch of three astronauts damaged the only pad that currently supports Russian crewed orbital liftoffs. How long before things are back up and running again?

A new joint analysis from the NOvA and T2K experiments offers the most precise look yet at neutrino behavior, bringing scientists closer to understanding why the universe is made of matter.

See a stunning supermoon take flight on Dec. 4.

The Geminid meteor shower is active from Dec. 4 and hits its peak on the night of Dec. 13-14.

The EURECA spacecraft flew on the space shuttle Atlantis in 1992.

Billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman didn't mince words Wednesday (Dec. 3) during his second hearing before the Senate committee considering his nomination for NASA administrator.

The final full moon of 2025 rises on Dec. 5.

Blue Origin's next space tourist launch will make history, sending a wheelchair user to the final frontier for the first time.

‘I wanted to elevate it. I didn’t want to do it like the original 'Battlestar Galactica' or 'Babylon 5.''

A cosmic ray from a faraway supernova explosion may have sent a packed passenger jet into free fall in late October, forcing an emergency landing.

Europe's plans to develop its "Argonaut" robotic moon lander are moving ahead with the announcement of an Italy-led consortium that will build a key element of the spacecraft.

The vantage point at Cerro Pachón, with its dark skies and high-altitude clarity, enhances the richness of the image.

Astronomers have spotted a distant world "shedding" its atmosphere into space in real time, creating a giant cloud of helium gas that sweeps across its parent star well before the planet itself.

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to New York as a speedy solar wind and incoming coronal mass ejection are expected to buffet Earth's magnetic field.

Asteroid Bennu samples contain life-friendly sugars, a strange "space-gum," and ancient stardust