A century ago this month, a brash astronomer leaked a discovery that opened our view to the cosmic distance scale and the ...

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Sixth test flight of the largest rocket to ever fly will feature another attempt at catching the Super Heavy booster and ...

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November’s major meteor shower ramps up as the Moon reaches perigee shortly before its Full phase in the sky this week.

As the ISS ages and is eventually decommissioned, private companies may operate the orbital platforms of the future.

NASA has identified nine locations near the Moon’s south pole for the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17.

Mars’ features are starting to become visible, Mercury appears in the evening sky, and the Trifid Nebula glows in the sky ...

The closest star to Earth is also the best studied, but only recently have we truly begun to uncover its secrets.

Insulation provided by carbon dioxide ice above the martian polar caps could explain many of the Red Planet’s ancient river features.

Astronauts have voted from the space station since 1997 and have cast ballots in nearly every U.S. presidential election ...

When the historic observatory was shuttered by the University of Chicago, a community organization helped to revitalize it.