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Save a whopping 57% on this officially licensed Captain Phasma costume from Amazon.

Lunar eclipses occur when Earth's shadow blocks the sun. There are three types; the most dramatic is a total lunar eclipse. Find out when the next one will be.

Several men laid claim to inventing the telescope, but the credit usually goes to Hans Lippershey, a Dutch lensmaker, in 1608.

Modern drone technology gives us the ability to photograph familiar places from a unique perspective.

Live coverage of preparations for the launch of SpaceX’s Crew-3 mission carrying NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, Kayla Barron, and European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer on a flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.

They'll launch to the International Space Station on Halloween (Oct. 31).

The elements around some giant black holes may be subtly different from the cosmic average, retaining a relic memory of the young universe.

An amazing new image shows one of the youngest alien worlds yet found, giving scientists more clues about how planets form.

Astronomers recently identified an unusual star that most likely formed from the hypernova remains of one of the universe's first stars.

Potential evidence of extraterrestrial radio signals from Proxima Centauri, the closest star to Earth, were likely just interference from human technology, researchers say.

A Japanese H-2A rocket blasts off from Tanegashima Space Center with the QZS 1R navigation satellite. Credit: MHI

A replacement for an aging satellite in Japan’s regional navigation network successfully launched Monday from Tanegashima Space Center aboard an H-2A rocket, heading to an orbit more than 20,000 miles above Earth.

SpaceX remains on track to launch its spooky space station mission this weekend — as long as a toilet issue gets cleared up in time.

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-2A rocket from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. The mission will launch the Japanese QZS 1R navigation satellite. Follow us on Twitter.

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft moved over the weekend to the hangar near pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, where ground teams will mate it to a Falcon 9 rocket for liftoff Oct. 31. Credit: SpaceX

NASA managers at Kennedy Space Center gave the go-ahead Monday to continue preparations for a Halloween launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station, pending more analysis of a modification to the toilet system on the crew’s SpaceX-owned capsule.

Artist’s illustration of the Orbital Reef space station. Credit: Blue Origin/Sierra Space

Blue Origin and Sierra Space announced Monday they are leading development of a commercial space complex named Orbital Reef. The companies said Orbital Reef will be operational by the time NASA and its partners retire the International Space Station.

A Japanese H-2A rocket rolls out to its launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center with the QZS 1R satellite. Credit: MHI

Japan is set to launch a replacement satellite Monday for a navigation spacecraft that has been in space since 2010, augmenting the U.S. military’s GPS network to provide more precise positioning and timing services over the Asia-Pacific region.

Astronomers witness the unfurling of a black hole-powered mushroom cloud, a baby super-Jupiter, and a magnetic "tunnel" around the solar system.

All about the private company Boeing, with an emphasis on its commercial spaceflight operations.

An overview of the Earth-observing fleet of Sentinel satellites that are part of the Copernicus program.

SpaceX's next astronaut launch for NASA is set for the spooky date of Halloween (Oct. 31). Here's how to watch the Crew-3 launch online.