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Stratolaunch flew a prototype of its planned air-launched Talon hypersonic vehicle for the first time on Friday (Oct. 28).

NASA will continue to develop its troubled Psyche asteroid mission, with the aim of launching it in October 2023 — a year later than planned.

NASA will destroy one of its buildings at Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama on Saturday morning (Oct. 29), and you can watch it live.

If you're seeking something unsettling from space this October, this audio track provides a disturbing sonic representation of the Earth's magnetic field under attack.

Technology that could help humanity land heavy hardware on Mars will get an in-space test early next week.

The European Solar Orbiter spacecraft took the highest-resolution video ever of the upper layer of the sun's atmosphere, the corona.

'Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi' is now streaming exclusively on Disney Plus.

The James Webb Space Telescope pulled a creepy trick in a new image of the Pillars of Creation: making the stars "disappear" by focusing on a different wavelength of light.

It's important to start taking action against space junk now, experts say, because Earth orbit is only going to get more congested.

NASA scientists are preparing to paint the most detailed picture to date of the atmosphere of Venus when the aptly named DAVINCI mission drops a probe to the planet's surface.

Do you have a 3D printer and a love of science fiction? Here are the best free sci-fi 3D prints, from Star Wars through to Dune.

'The bird is freed', SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted in the run-up to the U.S. midterm elections in which Twitter's content moderation will play a key role.

There are quite a few times in history when crews ran into trouble, and got out again. That's why good training for the extreme environment of space is a must.

The White House has responded to Russia's assertion that commercial satellites are legitimate targets by stating that a U.S. response would follow any such attacks.

From charting constellations to analyzing exoplanet atmospheres and imaging edges of black holes, astronomy has always strived to understand the nature of the universe and our place in it.

These galaxies may look like they are performing a cosmic waltz, but the spirals are actually trapped in a dance of death that will someday end in a violent crash.

Here’s everything we know about Dune: Part 2 including the release date, plot, cast and more.

The JPSS-2 satellite will seek to better understand the "butterfly effect" of how atmospheric conditions in one part of the world can cause a hurricane in another part.

The Long March 5B rocket expected to launch China's Mengtian module on Oct. 31 will likely fall back to Earth uncontrolled a week or so later.

In the 40 months since a Falcon Heavy last took flight, SpaceX has launched more than 100 missions with its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket. So why has the Heavy stayed grounded?

SpaceX lit the engines of its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket on Thursday (Oct. 27), paving the way for a liftoff early next week.