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Dark matter is the invisible stuff that accounts for roughly 85% of the mass in the universe, and for decades, physicists have been trying to figure out what it's made of. Now an experimental facility located nearly ...

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir successfully completed US EVA-99 at 21:29 CEST on Tuesday 1 September. It was Sophies third spacewalk, and the 33rd conducted by a European astronaut.

What's that bright light in the sky? Here's how to see China's Tiangong space station with the naked eye this week.

Researchers at UCSB and UT Austin have determined that a galactic merger kicked a supermassive black hole into intergalactic space.

Galactic Energy's new Pallas-1 rocket aced its debut launch on Monday (Aug. 31), successfully reaching orbit. The vehicle's first stage did not attempt a landing, however.

Community college students across the U.S. now have another opportunity to discover how their education can lead to fulfilling roles at the forefront of aerospace, science, engineering, and technology. The updated NASA C...

This 'Star Wars' spin-off movie disappointed at the box office, but it could find renewed life as a streaming smash hit.

Researchers have figured out how to use lunar samples to determine the nature of volcanic activity on ancient Mercury. It's all based on SiO2, or silicon dioxide. Its abundance in a planet's crust reveals a lot a...

At Europes Spaceport in French Guiana, preparations for one of the years most anticipated Earth-observation launches are entering their final stages.FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C have now been enclosed within the prote...

The European-Japanese BepiColombo mission will begin its drawn-out Mercury arrival phase on Sept. 3, and you can watch the action live.

The European-Japanese BepiColombo mission will begin its drawn-out Mercury arrival phase on Sept. 3, and you can watch the action live.

NASA has picked Blue Origin to build its next Mars telecommunications orbiter, awarding a $700 million contract to Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company.

Recent observations with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have revealed a giant, evolving, 10-sided atmospheric wave encircling Saturn's south pole. This discovery marks the first time a large, regular-sided jet pat...

After a decade of waiting, Creative Director Al Hope says Alien Isolation 2 "feels like coming home".

After a decade of waiting, Creative Director Al Hope says Alien Isolation 2 "feels like coming home".

On Aug. 28, 2026 (the evening of Aug. 27 in some time zones), the Moon passed into Earths shadow, creating a deep partial lunar eclipse. At the moment of greatest eclipse, 12:13 a.m. EDT, 96.3% of the Moons disk was imme...

Astronomers study dark matter through simulations of stellar streams around the Milky Way. They found that kinks and clumps within these streams aren't caused by dark matter clusters within the galactic halo.

Over massive supermassive black holes too big for early galaxies and detected by the James Webb Space Telescope may not be quite so massive after all.

High above Earth, thin veils of metallic haze drift through the edge of space. Known as sporadic E layers, these high-altitude clouds form from the vaporized dust of burnt-up meteors, earning their name from the unpredic...

Spacecraft famously have small bits of them disintegrate on reentry. Thats by design, as it is one of the easiest solutions to absorbing the incredible amounts of energy they experience. However, it also results in long ...

High above Earth, thin veils of metallic haze drift through the edge of space. Known as sporadic E layers, these high-altitude "clouds" form from the vaporized dust of burned-up meteors, earning their name from t...

An incredible launch photo captures fire spewing from a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket during the launch of NASA's Roman Space Telescope on Aug. 30, 2026.