SpaceX conducted a "static fire" with a Starship upper stage today (May 8) at its Starbase site in South Texas, briefly ...

"We are just beginning to appreciate how bad the disruption can be for land-based and space-based telescopes, and as more and ...

The VLT Survey Telescope has offered a treat for galactic archeologists. When astronomers look at galaxies, they’re often ...

One of the Star Wars fandom's most infamous memes is joining the Star Wars canon (kind of) in this Lego Star Wars special ...

Different isotopes of nitrogen in ammonia molecules on a distant brown dwarf could hold clues about how giant planets form.

Boeing's Starliner capsule has left the launch pad. Starliner and its rocket ride, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V, ...

NASA's planet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is back in action, searching for worlds beyond the solar ...

Axiom Space was founded in 2016, so it's coming up on that 10-year mark — and the Houston-based company has already checked off a lot of boxes that were likely on its milestone list. For example, ...

A tiny, previously undisclosed lunar rover has been spotted strapped to the side of China's moon-bound Chang'e 6 lander in newly released pre-launch photos. The true purpose of the rover, which is ...

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Now that Chang'e 6 has entered lunar orbit, it will coordinate with China's recently-launched Queqiao 2 relay satellite to perform orbital correction maneuvers ahead of releasing ...

"We measured the thermal emissions from this rocky planet, and the measurement indicates that the planet has a substantial atmosphere. It is very exciting." ...