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See the spectacular photos snapped by China's Shenzhou 14 crew aboard the Tiangong space station.

A black hole at the heart of a distant galaxy is blasting a neighboring galaxy with a jet of plasma moving at near light speed.

Touching safely down on Mars is a true, nail biting event. Landing securely on Mars remains a delicate balance of technical skill, mixed in with hard-earned luck.

Is the Sony A1, Sony's most expensive full-frame mirrorless Alpha camera, worth the eye-watering price tag?

Europe plans to launch Eagle-1, the first space-based quantum key distribution system for the European Union, in 2024, which could lead to an ultrasecure communications network.

Lucy will celebrate one year in space by approaching Earth for a gravity assist, coming so close that observers on Earth may be able to spot the spacecraft.

The first mission for SpaceX's newest Dragon crew capsule could hardly have gone more smoothly.

A Long March 2D rocket launched three of China's Yaogan 36 reconnaissance satellites to orbit on Friday (Oct. 14).

A monster merger between two black holes sent ripples through time and space, and may prove Einstein right about a gravitational phenomenon called precession.

New 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' comic book miniseries launches in December to further the exploits of Captain Pike and the Enterprise crew.

Astronomers may have detected the most powerful flash of light ever seen. The so-called gamma-ray burst was also the nearest ever observed.

Elon Musk has informed the Pentagon that SpaceX can no longer afford to fund Starlink service or donate terminals to Ukraine after providing vital services to the besieged country for months.

SpaceX's Crew-4 mission undocked from the International Space Station Friday morning (Oct. 14), ending a 5.5-month orbital stay.

Scientists found the ancient core using data from the Gaia spacecraft

How do the biggest telescopes on land measure up in size, construction and discoveries?

A black hole is burping out the remnants of a star it ripped apart and ate years ago in a type of tidal disruption event that is like nothing astronomers have ever seen.

The two most conspicuous star patterns whirling in their nightly course in the northern skies are the Big Dipper and the "W" of Cassiopeia the Queen.

During the late evening hours of Friday (Oct. 14), Mars will rendezvous with the moon in the night sky.

Scientists have uncovered a new mystery about Uranus' rings buried deep in data from NASA's iconic Voyager 2 mission.

A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch Eutelsat's Hotbird 13F communications satellite Friday (Oct. 14) during a 116-minute window that opens at 11:26 p.m. EDT (0326 GMT on Oct. 15).

Puerto Rico's iconic radio telescope, which collapsed in 2020, won't be rebuilt, although the site will see a new education center open next year.