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Happy 100 days in space to ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer. The first-time space flier marked the milestone on 19 February 2022 and what a busy 100-days it been.

"Last Exit: Space," which was narrated and executive produced by Werner Herzog, looks at humanity's quest to extend its footprint beyond Earth.

The Hubble Space Telescope kicked off the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) two decades ago, but soon, the newly launched James Webb Space Telescope will join the galaxy-mapping program.

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with 50 Starlink internet satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

The average distance between Earth and the moon is about 238,855 miles (384,400 kilometers).

According to new research led by the University of Rochester, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) should be broadened to look for signs of "planetary intelligence."

Week in images: 21 - 25 February 2022

The global average surface temperature lies somewhere around 57 degrees Fahrenheit (13.9 degrees Celsius).

SpaceX will launch 50 satellites and land the returning rocket today (Feb. 25), and you can watch the action live.

Some of Saturn’s auroras are triggered by swirling winds within the planet’s own atmosphere, a completely new type of aurora not seen on any other planet before, new research suggests.

The spacecraft will zoom close to 5 million miles from the sun's surface during its 11th flyby.

Satellites orbiting Earth are capturing a detailed view of Russia's invasion into Ukraine.

Mars' atmosphere is over 100 times thinner than Earth's and is primarily composed of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and argon gases.

As the winter Milky Way rides high, open star clusters near and far, and from compact to sparse, await your binoculars or telescope, At dawn catch the Venus-Mars pair, and try for the closer Mercury-Saturn pair lower down.

To celebrate the recent data release from Landsat 9, this week we take a closer look at a part of Washington state – the northwesternmost state of the US – through the lens of Landsat 9.

The International Space Station program will continue business as usual, NASA assures us as the U.S. government levies new sanctions against Russia.

The biggest airplane ever built, Stratolaunch's Roc carrier aircraft, just aced its fourth test flight.

In this file photo from 2019, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands vertical at Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX will launch another 50 Starlink internet satellites Friday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, continuing what’s expected to be a cadence of nearly one Falcon 9 launch per month this year at the West Coast spaceport.

An April launch is no longer possible for Artemis 1, which will send an uncrewed Orion capsule around the moon using a huge Space Launch System megarocket. And May could be difficult to hit as well.

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter won't be in view during impact time, but may have a follow-up plan.

The NASA control center that oversaw the launch of the first astronauts to walk on the moon now bears the name of one of its pioneering directors. Agency officials honored the late Rocco Petrone.