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This former Paralympic athlete could become the 1st person with a physical disability to live in orbit

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Watch SpaceX set new rocket reuse record with 35th launch — and landing — of a Falcon 9 booster (video)

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Don't miss Jupiter and Venus meet in a dazzling conjunction on June 9: Here's where and when to look

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Astronaut spots Mount Vesuvius from space | Space photo of the day for June 8, 2026

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Incoming CME could spark impressive northern lights over the northern US tonight

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'It's very aesthetically pleasing.' Prada and Axiom just revealed the stylish cooling suit Artemis astronuats will wear under their spacesuit on the moon

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Rare daytime meteor shower peak this week — here's how to see (and even hear) them

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Is this the next Artemis crew? A look at the astronauts on NASA's shortlist

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Trouble near the Milky Way: The Large Magellanic Cloud is ripping its smaller neighbor galaxy apart

Sun

10 best Spanish beaches to see the total solar eclipse 2026

Sun

Could meteor storms harm NASA's future moon missions?

Sun

I resisted smart telescopes for years — then one changed my life

Sat

Going supersonic! NASA's X-59 jet breaks sound barrier for the 1st time

Fri

Scientists find wind blowing from our Milky Way's black hole after half-century search: 'There it is'

Fri

Astrophotographer captures colossal 'Godzilla' plasma cloud stalking the edge of the sun (video)

Fri

Astronauts on International Space Station take shelter in SpaceX Dragon as cosmonauts try to fix air leak

Fri

Venus, Jupiter and Mercury headline a stunning planet parade through June. Here's when to see it

Fri

Meteor streaks across the sky above big observatory | Space photo of the day for June 5, 2026

Fri

$1.77 trillion! SpaceX is about to become the 7th-most valuable American company

Fri

One of the sky's rarest phenomena is back: How to see rare night-shining clouds this summer

Fri

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is blasting out a bunch of methane. Here's why that's weird

Fri

Glittering star cluster image reveals missing patch of stars: 'We were not looking for the gap, but we found it'

Thu

August 2026 lunar eclipse: Everything you need to know about the 96% 'blood moon'

Thu

SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink missions from both coasts 19 hours apart (photos)

Thu

Most exoplanets might be 'soot factories,' scientists say: 'Like you have a natural diesel engine'

Thu

NASA's dead Mars orbiter MAVEN will crash into the Red Planet in the next 100 years. It's not the only probe in the Mars morgue

Thu

A rainbow patchwork quilt shows agriculture from space | Space photo of the day for June 4, 2026

Thu

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is not an alien spacecraft: SETI hunt for 'technosignatures' comes up empty

Thu

Meteorite found in Sahara desert may be 1st evidence of lost solar system world

Thu

Aurora alert! 4 Earth-bound CMEs could spark northern lights as far south as Illinois and Oregon tonight

Thu

Can black holes turn into white holes? It's not such a crazy idea, scientists say

Wed

'The mirror passed with flying colors': NASA just took its last look at the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope before launch

Wed

Our choice for the best deep-space viewing telescope — now with $200 off, this telescope deal is worth grabbing fast

Wed

Blue Origin says New Glenn rocket will launch again 'before the end of the year' after explosion

Wed

Sun erupts with 3 colossal solar flares in less than 24 hours, boosting chances for northern lights

Wed

NASA's MAVEN Mars orbiter is officially dead after months of radio silence

Wed

Spain's total solar eclipse 2026 comes with a catch — here's how to avoid ruining your view

Wed

Happy Pride Month! Remembering Sally Ride's historic legacy | Space photo of the day for June 3, 2026

Wed

Should we store Mars samples on the moon to keep alien germs away from Earth?

Wed

Astrophotographer captures breathtaking view of 548 galaxies from a balcony

Wed

This star system creates a rare triple eclipse. Here's what that would look like

Wed

Scientists locate source of mysterious radio signals after 20 year search: A vampire star and its victim

Tue

China launches debut mission of Falcon 9-like rocket with no advance notice (video)

Tue

SpaceX wins $4 billion Space Force contract for satellites that target 'airborne threats' anywhere on Earth

Tue

'Hot Jupiter' winds blasting at over 15,000 mph reveal 1st evidence of exoplanets with magnetic fields

Tue

10 easy places to see the total solar eclipse 2026 from Spain's major vacation destinations

Tue

Student-powered 'moon' rovers put to the test | Space photo of the day for June 2, 2026

Tue

Celestron Origin Intelligent Home Observatory Mark II smart telescope review

Tue

Massive boom over northeastern US was a meteor explosion as powerful as 300 tons of TNT, NASA confirms

Tue

Unlocking 'the true space age': Impulse Space raises $500 million to build out fleet of ultra-mobile spacecraft

Tue

Will SpaceX still be a launch company after its historic IPO?

Tue

How do you study an invisible exoplanet? Astronomers discover planetary 'fingerprints' in the rings around stars

Mon

Shockwaves from dying stars may sculpt 'cosmic wagon wheel' stellar nurseries, simulations reveal

Mon

Rocket goes boom, satellite cameras zoom: Explosive Blue Origin damage is visible from space

Mon

NASA's X-59 jet is ready to break the sound barrier for the 1st time this month

Mon

The 2025 hurricane season was devastating. Will 2026 be calmer?

Mon

Manhattanhenge is back! | Space photo of the day for June 1, 2026

Mon

3 bright planets light up June's night sky — Here's where and when to look

Mon

Astronomers discover a 'lost world' of black hole mergers: 'It's the astronomical equivalent of uncovering an ancient civilization'

Mon

May's Blue Moon wows stargazers worldwide — see these stunning photos of the smallest full moon of 2026

Mon

'A pretty significant setback': How Blue Origin's rocket explosion affects NASA's moon plans

Mon

Watch this bio-inspired Mars rover concept 'swim' through sand on curved wheels (video)

May 31

Can solar sails really send humans out into interstellar space?

May 31

Why is the idea of a Blue Moon so enchanting? Over 100 years of pop culture fascination

May 30

Watch the smallest full moon of 2026 tonight in this rare 'Blue Moon' livestream

May 30

The Blue Moon rises tonight: Where and when to see the second full moon of May

May 30

China's Shenzhou 21 astronauts return to Earth after being briefly 'stranded', wrapping up record-breaking mission (video)

May 29

Rare Blue Moon hides the red light of an ancient star on May 31: Will you be able to see it?

May 29

Watch an Atlas V rocket launch 29 Amazon Leo internet satellites to orbit tonight

May 29

Incredible videos show Blue Origin rocket explosion could be seen from hundreds of miles away

May 29

SpaceX sends 29 Starlink satellites into orbit on Falcon 9 rocket launch from Florida

May 29

It's so hot across Europe, you can see the heat wave from space | Space photo of the day for May 29, 2026

May 29

Red dwarf stars are cosmic killers that eat their own planets

May 29

A 'lost planet' may have given Jupiter and Uranus their moons

May 29

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes in massive fireball during prelaunch test

May 29

Companies like SpaceX want electromagnetic catapults on the moon. Could they be used as weapons?

May 28

NASA is hatching a 'fast-paced plan' to boost this space telescope. But first, they'll have to find it

May 28

James Webb Space Telescope discovers a black hole that formed before its host galaxy. Scientists aren't sure how

May 28

Astrophotographer spends 115 hours capturing Horsehead Nebula in striking detail with backyard telescope

May 28

Astronaut captures aurora magic from the ISS | Space photo of the day for May 28, 2026

May 28

What's next for SpaceX's Starship V3 megarocket after its historic debut flight?

May 28

How to catch the perfect full moonrise — just in time for the Blue Moon show on May 30

May 28

Most powerful 'ghost particle' ever may have come from a cosmic particle accelerator fed by a black hole

May 28

Enjoy the Season 5 finale of 'For All Mankind' and be first to view spinoff series 'Star City' anywhere with these exclusive VPN deals — save 87% off and a bonus free $30 Amazon Gift Card

May 28

Where did Mercury get its water ice? Maybe from a slow asteroid impact in a single Mercurian day

May 28

Russian cosmonauts install sun-watching telescope on ISS during 6-hour spacewalk

May 27

China shakes up its space programs to land astronauts on the moon by 2030: 'We will spare no effort'

May 27

FAA grounds SpaceX's Starship V3 megarocket after Flight 12 'mishap'

May 27

What is Star City, the secret Cold War cosmonaut training town in Apple TV's new 'For All Mankind' spinoff?

May 27

3 planets will line up in the night sky tonight: Here's where to look for the mini planetary parade

May 27

Laser beams blast through the cosmos | Space photo of the day for May 27, 2026

May 27

NASA will reveal the Artemis 3 astronauts on June 9

May 27

'One of the great unresolved embarrassments of physics': It's been 340 years since Newton and scientists still haven't solved the secret of gravity

May 27

The Milky Way may have devoured another galaxy named Loki, and astronomers think they've found its remains

May 27

Watch 2 Russian cosmonauts take 5-hour spacewalk outside the ISS today

May 27

Artemis moon base will cover 'hundreds of square miles' with hopping drones and new lunar rovers, NASA says

May 26

Satellites imaged an underwater volcano erupting — but scientists have no idea what's actually happening on the seafloor

May 26

Seeing double with the Artemis 2 rocket boosters | Space photo of the day for May 26, 2026

May 26

Could a cosmic uncertainty principle help explain dark matter?

May 26

Unusual red northern lights over Japan suggest some solar storms are stronger than we thought

May 26