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Eugene Parker was the namesake of NASA's Parker Solar Probe, which is swooping up close to the sun to get unprecedented detail about how our star works.

A new study based on NASA and ESA satellite data shows that Arctic sea ice is thinning at a "frightening rate."

March 2022 full moon observer's guide. Everything you need to know about this year's "Worm Moon" and the planetary trio it will share the sky with.

A star-charting spacecraft spotted NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, while both were working in deep space.

From Doctor Strange to Rick & Morty, everyone is diving into the multiverse at the moment, but why is it so popular?

Io is Jupiter’s fifth moon and its third-largest. It is the most volcanically active body in the solar system.

An ideal all-rounder, the Nikon Z5 is a great mirrorless camera for beginners that don’t want to break the bank

NASA will release new images from the James Webb Space Telescope and discuss its mirror alignment today (March 16)

NASA's Space Launch System aims to carry humans far beyond Earth.

Ukraine's aerospace experts are world class but the country is held back by "Stalin-esque" attitudes that treat experts like peasants, says American aerospace engineer who chose Kyiv for his PhD studies four years ago.

In a new study, researchers predict what an alien "Earth" could really look like, and how it could evolve (if one exists).

A new Hubble Space Telescope clearly captures the heart of a distant galaxy structured much like our own.

So, why in the name of the cosmos am I LARP-ing Albert Einstein as a 1950s-stye doo-wop group?! I wanted to make you smile in these very tense times.

On 18 February, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope was photographed by ESA’s Gaia observatory.

New exoplanet discoveries have changed what we understand about the universe and now astronomers are finding alien worlds all the time.

Image: Unlimited 3D printing for space

Lunar caves are not only a geologically pristine record of the Moon's history, but they could also provide a safe home for future human explorers. Building upon ESA Discovery's OSIP call and SysNova challenge, ESA gathered a spectrum of over 60 experts in many different areas of science and engineering to design a mission to enter a pit on the Moon's surface and explore the entrance to a lunar cave.

Quantum entanglement states that two particles are connected and affect one another even if those particles are light-years apart.

Astra’s Rocket 3.3 lifts off from Tuesday from Alaska. Credit: Astra

Astra’s small satellite launcher returned to flight Tuesday and delivered an unspecified number of small satellites into orbit after a successful liftoff from Alaska, helping clear the way for a series of three launches for NASA in the coming months at Cape Canaveral.

Ingenuity now has clearance to continue flying until at least September, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced today (March 15).