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Astronomers are looking for clouds made of vaporized gems and metals on faraway exoplanets.

NASA has already identified its top candidate panelists for the UFO study, which is expected to begin this fall and last about nine months.

NASA's Europa Clipper probe, which will look for traces of life on Jupiter's ice-covered moon Europa, is coming together at an assembly lab that saw the birth of some of the space agency's most iconic missions.

A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule will leave the International Space Station Thursday morning (Aug. 18), and you can watch the departure live.

China is continuing to boost its options for launching small satellites with a new rocket called the Smart Dragon 3, which is expected to fly for the first time soon.

New research suggests that the expansion of the universe could be measured using colliding black holes as 'spectral sirens.'

A spacewalk outside the International Space Station was cut short Wednesday (Aug. 17) after Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev experienced an electrical problem with his Orlan spacesuit.

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The soil and water of Mars are normally too harsh for crops, but research led by a then-high schooler finds that alfalfa plants and photosynthetic bacteria might help make conditions fit for farming.

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A Russian spacewalk outside the International Space Station ended early today (Aug. 17) after a cosmonaut suffered a problem with his suit.

A small metal rod joined NASA's new moon-bound rocket for an overnight move to the launch pad, serving as a symbolic marker for the milestone event at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The golden glowing ring of matter seen in the first-ever image of a black hole has been remastered, revealing the action of gravity around such cosmic titans.

Artemis is NASA's plan to go back to the moon.

Watch the moon as it appears to "hop" over Uranus in the afternoon sky tomorrow (Aug. 18).

A strong geomagnetic storm may hit Earth on Thursday (Aug. 18), triggering stunning aurora displays farther away from the polar regions than usual.

The Vulcan Centaur rocket is United Launch Alliance's new methane-fueled rocket due to launch in late 2022.

The κ-Cygnid meteor shower will reach its maximum on Aug. 18 with a projected peak of three meteors per hour. Luckily, the moon will be in quarter phase for a good show.

Two spacewalkers will head outside the International Space Station Wednesday (Aug. 17) to continue outfitting the European Robotic Arm for operations.

When flying to the Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) base, the impression is one of a vast wasteland below. The landscape looks featureless and bleak, but in fact holds many surprises.

NASA's coming megarocket launch isn't just going to the moon, it's going far beyond that — some of its secondary payloads far, far beyond.