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Rocket Lab suffered an anomaly during the launch of a radar Earth-observation satellite for the California company Capella Space early Tuesday morning (Sept. 19).

A study of the Squid Galaxy, Messier 77, has revealed how chemicals swirl around its central black hole, revealing supermassive black holes impact the chemical evolution of their galaxies.

The European Very Large Telescope in Chile has photographed a planet orbiting a star in a multi-star system that sits some 480 light-years from Earth.

Here's a first look at R2-D2 in Marvel Comics' spinoff series "Star Wars: Dark Droids: D-Squad #1" rolling into shops Sept. 20.

A new initiative from the Mars Society suggests a new institute be established that could help develop the technologies needed for humans to settle on the Red Planet.

NASA wants citizen scientists to capture the total solar eclipse in April 2024 to help researchers learn more about the sun.

A new drug appears to promote bone formation in mice exposed to microgravity onboard the ISS.

The first Venezuelan man or woman could land on the moon on a Chinese spacecraft, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said last week.

The creators behind the "Lando" project at Disney+ have revealed that the fan favorite character may be getting his own "Star Wars" movie.

Rocket Lab will launch a radar Earth-observation satellite for the California company Capella Space early Tuesday (Sept. 19), and you can watch the action live.

As global warming continues to be exacerbated by human activity, scientists are setting out to map the distribution of Earth's greenhouse gas emissions.

José Hernández is humbled, but also loves "A Million Miles Away." The new film from director Alejandra Márquez Abella is based on the former NASA astronaut's life story.

A huge solar filament eruption has hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) toward Earth. The CME is expected to hit Earth on Sept. 19 and may trigger extensive auroras.

SpaceX has signed a 14-launch deal to loft Telesat's Lightspeed internet constellation, beginning in 2026. Each liftoff will see a Falcon 9 carry up to 18 satellites to low Earth orbit.

When the OSIRIS-REx probe arrived at asteroid Bennu, it found a body that looked and behaved quite differently from what scientists had expected.

NASA has highlighted a new set of vibrant cosmic images, each one painted by the observatories that help us see what our eyes cannot.

Humanity is slowly losing access to the night sky, and astronomers have invented a new term to describe the pain associated with this loss: 'noctalgia,' meaning 'sky grief.'

A spherical, impact-resilient robot, which was developed to gather data and perform science on the moon or Mars, has demonstrated its usefulness to first responders here on Earth.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission will return pieces of asteroid Bennu to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023. Follow the historic landing live here.

The challenges of settling Mars stretch beyond the boundaries of rocket technology, impacting our biology and fundamentally questioning our identity as a species.

NASA is exploring the capabilities of several next-gen humanoid robots that it hopes will one day assist astronauts in orbit and mine the moon for minerals.