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In addition to supplying data on 2 billion stars throughout the Milky Way, Gaia has provided information about some smaller bodies closer to home.

All of this could've easily been avoided if Topa didn't follow that little blue bug

A huge Chinese rocket body is expected to fall to Earth this weekend, but that doesn't mean you should scurry into a bunker.

NASA's veteran Mars orbiter captured a stunning image of a Martian dune field that reveals intricate details that might help scientists learn more about weather patterns in the planet's past.

The moon's surface is pockmarked with hundreds of little pits, each about the size of a large building, and it may not be just the pits' size that would feel familiar to an astronaut.

The solution as to why gravity is so weak may come from taking a closer look at the Higgs boson.

Bill Ingalls has been a professional photographer for three decades and has served as the Senior Contract Photographer for NASA Headquarters since 1989.

Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 continue their slow journeys deep into interstellar space.

The moon officially reached new moon phase today (July 28), leaving dark skies perfect for stargazing ventures.

Pluto was once considered the ninth planet in the solar system, it was demoted in 2006 to dwarf planet status. We explore this icy body in more detail here.

The Orion Nebula's bluish gas shell appears to be leaking dust and gas from a protrusion discovered by NASA's flying telescope SOFIA.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have potentially smashed the galaxy redshift record by finding galaxies that existed 200 to 300 million years after the Big Bang.

The genetic tree of life suggests that the first life on Earth may have lived underwater, shielded from harmful ultraviolet light from the sun.

Russia released images and information about its planned space station, which could be ready to house crews in six years amid a multi-year construction period.

Russia's departure from the International Space Station program isn't exactly imminent, it would seem.

The stamp commemorates the start of the telescope's science mission and depicts the telescope's iconic golden honeycomb mirror and its large sunshields in space.

Intense blasts of radiation called gamma-ray bursts originate from neutron star mergers in distant galaxies, but until now the origins of some of these eruptions couldn't be pinpointed.

The experimental Airbus Zephyr drone has been airborne for over 42 straight days, setting a new record for an uncrewed flight.

China guided its Tianzhou 3 cargo spacecraft to a fiery death in Earth's atmosphere late Tuesday night (July 26).

Powerful storms around the North Pole of Jupiter swirl in mesmerizing images captured by NASA's Juno probe during its close approach to the giant planet on July 5.

A bright fireball exploded over Texas on Sunday night (July 24), waking up hundreds of residents with a sonic boom, which suggests parts of the rock may have reached Earth.