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To assist astronauts with their sleep schedules, scientists developed a lamp synchronized to their circadian rhythms.

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On 5 September 2023, teams from France’s space agency CNES and Arianegroup under the lead of ESA carried out a complete Ariane 6 launch sequence on its launch pad at Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana. The test ended with a hot-fire of the launcher’s core stage and startup of the Vulcain 2.1 engine.

Australia will launch its first moon rover as early as 2026, on one of NASA's Artemis missions. And you can help name the rover — if you're an Australian resident.

Einstein's theory of relativity say black holes are 'bald', but a new tweak to his research may give the mysterious objects their long-sought 'hair.'

Years after ripping stars to shreds, 24 black holes suddenly flared up with radio waves in inexplicable 'burping' bouts. Half of all star-killing black holes may experience the same.

A hot Jupiter exoplanet is blowing its top like a cartoon character throwing a tantrum, creating a tail of gas that is the largest planetary structure seen outside the solar system.

What to expect from Bethesda Game Studio's new space settlement adventure Starfield and its take on life among the stars.

Astronomers have imaged the outskirts of an accretion disk gradually feeding a supermassive black hole for the first time, potentially boosting our understanding of such hungry cosmic monsters.

Considering that space travel is no longer reserved for professional astronauts, the various motivations of space tourists and upcoming spacecraft developments, we concluded that in-space sex will probably happen within the next ten years.

This startup wants to take methane leak detection from space to the next level with the help of AI.

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has snapped a photo of India's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander, the first craft ever to soft-land near the lunar south pole.

The 'wobble' of jets blasting out from active galaxies, or blazars, is 'smoking gun' evidence for supermassive black hole binary systems that elude astronomers, a new study reports.

"Star Trek: Picard's Academy #1" releases from IDW Publishing on Sept. 13, 2023, offering Trek fans a new look at the early days of Starfleet's legendary Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

NASA's Perseverance Rover has imaged two peculiar rocks on Mars — one is shaped like a shark fin and the other like a crab claw. These artifacts join a long list of pareidolia-triggering rocks on the Red Planet.

If you'll be in the path of the October 14, 2023, annular eclipse, here's what you can look for as the Moon covers the face of the Sun.

One of the oldest meteorites ever discovered, the 4.6 billion-year-old Erg Chech 002 discovered in the Sahara desert in 2020, could reveal vital information about the formation of the solar system.

Gigantic jets, which are 50 times more powerful than typical lightning bolts and can reach the edge of space, were seen erupting out of Hurricane Franklin near Puerto Rico.

The European Space Agency won't know when its delayed heavy-lift Ariane 6 rocket will make its debut flight until at least the end of October when the main testing is supposed to be completed.