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A new study has revealed that the Thwaites glacier, also known as the "Doomsday Glacier," could melt away much faster than previously believed.

Firefly plans to launch its Alpha rocket on a test mission from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sunday (Sept. 11) at 6 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT).

Though the moon is much brighter than Jupiter from our position here on Earth, the gas giant dominates it in terms of size. The two will share a right ascension on Sunday night.

SpaceX launched a novel communications satellite into orbit late Saturday and set a new launch record for its Falcon 9 rocket.

The Standard Model of Physics is the theory of particles, fields and the fundamental forces that govern them.

Ancient organisms were 'killed, grilled and buried," a study found after studying small impact craters.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will fly for the 14th time on Saturday night (Sept. 10), launching 34 of the company's Starlink satellites and a smartphone connectivity test craft to orbit. Watch it live.

An affordable refractor with lots of aperture, a built-in red light and a novel solution for smartphone astrophotography.

Water driven toward Earth's center by plate tectonics could lead to the creation of diamonds at the boundary between the core and the mantle.

September's full moon, the Harvest Moon, will be joined in the night sky by Jupiter and Neptune on Saturday (Sept. 10).

The United States will soon ask other nations to follow its lead and abandon destructive, debris-spawning anti-satellite testing, Vice President Kamala Harris said.

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DARPA's ANCILLARY program aims to develop a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft that can operate in areas without preexisting air bases or other infrastructure.

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter just flew for the 31st time on Mars, acing a short hop that took it closer to an ancient Red Planet river delta.

The FCC has a new rule pending in its ongoing fight against space debris.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris spoke today (Sept. 9) to with Expedition 67 astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Harris will also chair a key space meeting today.

This basic portable refractor telescope is suitable for lunar observations and comes complete with a backpack for easy transportation.

New documentary 'Good Night Oppy' explores the intrepid Opportunity Mars rover's 15-year odyssey on the Red Planet.

The search for signs of life, past or present, on Mars may have hit a stumbling blocks as new results show how the rovers will be unable to detect biomarkers on the surface.

The 1990s science-fiction series, which pioneered multi-season arc storytelling, is about to get a revival.

Vice President Kamala Harris will preside over her second National Space Council meeting Friday (Sept. 9) at 2:20 p.m. EDT (1840 GMT).