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Researchers have shared a radical new idea for how to put a spacecraft in orbit around Neptune: Use the thin atmosphere of Triton, Neptune's largest moon, to capture it.

Stars could be sliced in half by "relativistic blades," or ultra-powerful outflows of plasma shaped by extremely strong magnetic fields, an unpublished paper claims.

Space.com met with Mike McMahan, creator of Star Trek: Lower Decks at New York Comic Con 2023. He shared his approach to finding comedy in a setting that's often serious and professional.

On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will come to the Americas. Only those on the path of totality will experience the phenomenon to the fullest.

Virgin Galactic's next trip to the edge of space will include some familiar names, such as planetary scientist Alan Stern and science communicator Kellie Gerardi.

Scientists have detected the presence of air pollutants from burning space junk in the upper layers of Earth's atmosphere.

High-quality satellite images show that the 2020 wildfires burned at least 2.2 million more acres (890,000 hectares) of the Pantanal wetlands than previously estimated.

Music legend Brian May has spoken about his role in the historic NASA OSIRIS-REx mission, which in September returned a sample of the space rock Bennu to Earth.

SpaceX hopes to launch 100 missions this year and ramp its cadence up to 144 flights in 2024, a company representative said during a Senate hearing on Wednesday (Oct. 18).

A review of this week's 'Quantum Leap' episode, 'Closure Encounters,' which takes Ben Song back to 1949 New Mexico to investigate UFO sightings.

India plans to land astronauts on the moon by 2040 and build a space station by 2035, officials announced on Tuesday (Oct. 17).

Guests at NASA's Kennedy Space Center can now see a space shuttle launch, a SpaceX Starship land on the moon and astronauts walk on the surface of Mars, all before they enter the visitor complex.

The Canadian government promises it will get new satellites into space soon to extend its famous Radarsat series for Canada's Earth observation needs, climate change and Arctic military surveillance.

New mysteries aboard the International Space Station came to light during a space archaeology project tracking crew use of key spaces. Cake frosting, pegboards and dry wipes all came under scrutiny for better space habitat design.

A network of space-based lasers could help nudge debris away from collision courses with the International Space Station, according to new research.

NASA's Juno spacecraft photographed Jupiter's moon Io during an Oct. 15 flyby, showing its tortured, volcanically-active surface.

The new Siena Galaxy Atlas is an information gold mine for astronomers and a free gallery of galaxy portraits for the public.

An intermediate spiral galaxy, called IC 5332, was photographed face-on by the Hubble Space Telescope, capturing the galaxy’s large, circular structure and winding spiral arms glittering with stars.

A long-dead white dwarf star is running away from Hyades star cluster — and it could help astronomers solve a number of cosmic mysteries.

Welding issues are holding up a part of the Artemis 2 moon rocket's core stage assembly, a report suggests. But NASA and contractor Boeing continue to build the powerful booster for its 2024 mission.

'For All Mankind’s' upcoming fourth season just debuted at NYCC 2023, and series fans should expect the mix of alternate history drama and optimistic sci-fi they’ve come to love.