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NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission taught astronomers how little they know about space rocks. They might be only a few hundreds of feet wide, but their geology appears surprisingly complex.

Japan's SLIM moon lander has passed a first critical operation period in Earth orbit, meaning its solar panels, communications, propulsion and other systems are working well.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe performed one last trajectory-correcting maneuver on Sunday (Sept. 17) to set up the Sept. 24 arrival of its asteroid sample here on Earth.

This spot on Mars has preserved information about ancient landslides and evidence of Red Planet water.

Stoke Space successfully tested its Hopper vehicle, showcasing innovative designs for its second stage rocket while aiming for full rocket reusability.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch for a record-setting 17th time tonight (Sept. 19), and you can watch the action live.

A new high-resolution, wide-field telescope situated in China offers its first stunning view.

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter soared higher than ever before over the weekend, getting 66 feet (20 meters) above the ground on its 59th Red Planet flight.

In the next month or two, India plans to launch a test mission to validate the crew escape system for its Gaganyaan human spaceflight program.

Asteroid Dimorphos, which NASA intentionally hit with a rocket during its DART mission in September 2022, is behaving in unpredicted ways.

A two-peaked mountain in northeastern China is the site of the world's first confirmed mountaintop crater.

The complete series of 'Babylon 5' will be available on Blu-ray in December, welcome news at a time when actually owning the physical media of your favorite shows is more important than ever.

German company Polaris Spaceplanes completed the flight campaign for its MIRA-Light prototype vehicle, and now plans to use that data on a scaled-up version with a linear aerospike engine.

NASA released its first season of "Universo curioso de la NASA," a Spanish-language podcast centered around a selection of the agency's major missions.

The lunar south pole looks haunting in a new mosaic image that uses photography from two different NASA cameras in orbit around the moon and shows potential Artemis 3 landing sites.

The distant ice giant Neptune will be in opposition to the sun with the planet making a close approach to Earth on Tuesday (Sept. 19).

U.S. astronaut Tracy Dyson will fly to the International Space Station for the third time in March 2024 alongside crew members from Russia and Belarus, NASA announced on Sept. 15.

The descent capsule of NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid-sampling mission is supposed to touch down softly under parachutes on Sept. 24. If it crashes, however, the agency has a backup plan.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is delivering a precious haul of asteroid dirt and gravel to Earth this weekend. How much of this space-rock stuff will there be?

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.