After successfully launching a crew to the ISS, the rocket's upper stage experienced an anomaly during its deorbit burn.
A gravitational lens tripled the event in the night sky and helped astronomers measure the rate at which the universe is expanding.
While the storm could pose a threat to fragile electric systems, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the danger is minor.
The interstellar probe has just enough power to continue exploring the cosmos into the 2030s.
The yet-to-be-named comet will make its closest approach to the Sun on October 28, and it could either burn up into oblivion or put on a fantastic show.
The upcoming annular eclipse will block out only a small portion of the Sun, and almost no one will be able to see it.
NASA and Roscosmos have elevated the air leak to the highest level of risk, but they can't agree on when it becomes unmanageable.
There's an exoplanet whipping around Barnard's star, and there may be up to three others yet to be detected.
This is the second landing mishap for the rocket within a month, ending a streak of stellar touchdowns.
Ten years ago, NASA nearly chose a single spacecraft provider, a decision that would have left SpaceX out of the picture, and set the stage for a disastrously limited future.
A distant star system offers hope that our planet will keep spinning, even after the Sun expands into a red giant.
The jets of material that spew from black holes catalyze stellar eruptions, surprising astronomers and raising questions about the jets' role in the universe.
The potentially hazardous asteroid might be two space rocks fused together.
Living and working on Mars won’t be easy, as this four-person crew recently learned, given the intense workload, extreme isolation, and cramped conditions they faced.
The DRACO mission will capture every moment of its fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere, recording its own dramatic demise.
The spacecraft is in an unusual orbit and features a different design compared to its counterparts.
The company is preparing to launch Starship for the fifth time pending regulatory approval.
Nuclear devices generate massive amounts of X-rays. A new experiment suggests that might be enough to divert a killer asteroid.
The discovery potentially sheds light on the origin of bubbles of hot gas found below the galactic plane.
A new paper explores the idea of asteroid-sized objects that may be causing gravitational ripples in our cosmic neighborhood.
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