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The International Space Station fired its engines for 21 seconds to move out of the way of space debris on Aug. 24, Russia's space agency Roscosmos said through state media.

India's Chandrayaan-3 mission landed near the moon's south pole on Wednesday (Aug. 23). Its expected lifetime is one lunar day, or two Earth weeks, until the sun sets on the moon.

An interview with writer Charles Soule about the new Marvel Comics miniseries event, 'Star Wars: Dark Droids.'

There's a new Mandalorian warrior in town and her name is Sabine Wren. Learn more about her role in Star Wars Rebels, the Ahsoka series, and more.

Satellite images reveal mass destruction of emperor penguin colonies in climate change-stricken Antarctica as sea ice melts underneath the birds' feet.

A puzzling bright smudge was captured clinging to this dark spot in Neptune’s atmosphere.

Google is celebrating India's successful moon landing of the Chandrayaan-3 mission at the lunar south pole with a whimsical Google Doodle.

India's Pragyan rover rolled out of the nation's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander less than a day after the triumphant landing, commencing its two-week exploration mission.

NASA's Jasmin Moghbeli will be the second Iranian-American in space, and joins three international astronauts on the SpaceX Crew-7 mission launching from Florida on Aug. 25.

These deals are for those chasing a virtual reality experience in the UK and end on September 10.

A team of scientists have put together an image of the layers beneath the surface of the far side of the moon using data from China's Yutu 2 rover.

Red supergiant Antares, the 15th brightest star in the night sky, will appear to abruptly blink out behind the moon's dark limb during a lunar occultation on Aug. 23, 2023.

Among the many familiar faces from Star Wars Rebels returning in the Ahsoka series, there's a famous Twi'lek captain. Meet Hera Syndulla.

Dante Lauretta, the chief scientist of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, talks about the unexpected challenges of NASA's first asteroid sampling attempt in an exclusive interview.

Rocket Lab launched a booster with a flight-proven engine for the first time today (Aug. 23), taking a big step toward rocket reusability.

Young, low-mass stars called T.Tauri stars have been caught blasting out high-energy gamma rays. This marks the first evidence that these stars, which are less than 10 million years old, emit gamma radiation.

SpaceX recently moved a Starship rocket prototype back to the orbital launch mount for testing ahead of a coming flight, which Elon Musk says will happen soon.

News of India's historic moon landing today (Aug. 23) reached the astronauts on board the International Space Station, many of whose partner nations are also shooting for the moon.

More than a dozen International Space Station astronauts tracked their bone marrow levels. A new study shows how the body tries to fight back against floating for months on end.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is over the moon about the successful landing of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the lunar surface.

Crew-7 will continue more than 200 ongoing investigations aboard the ISS. NASA highlighted some of the experiments Crew-7 will participate in.