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SpaceX is set to launch yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida in the wee hours of Wednesday morning (July 3).

Astronomers have found two of the Milky Way's missing satellite galaxies, a step toward earning a better understanding of dark matter.

Boeing's Starliner is rated to stay in space for 45 days on its historic first astronaut mission, but that's going to be extended soon. Ground testing on its thrusters will start as soon as July 2.

Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee, the NASA commander of the ill-fated flight of space shuttle Challenger, is being remembered by Northrop Grumman with the naming of a space station cargo spacecraft.

A reality television series may follow a company's efforts to send the 1st Nigerian and others to space aboard a Blue Origin vehicle.

"There was this gigantic river system": Researchers find ancient lost world deep beneath Antarctic ice.

A new SpaceX animation shows the company catching a returning Starship Super Heavy booster with the "chopstick" arms of its huge launch tower.

More information has come to light regarding the hitchhiking mini-rover on China's Chang'e 6 sample-return mission to the moon's far side.

How European Space Agency scientists are using Lego-inspired "space bricks" to design lunar habitats.

Space Pioneer's new Tianlong-3 rocket took to the skies accidentally on Sunday (June 30), then crashed back to Earth in a dramatic explosion.

The James Webb Space Telescope found "tiny red dots" in the early universe representing overgrown supermassive black holes and stars that are impossibly old for the infant cosmos.

Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket is scheduled to launch for the fifth time ever just after midnight on Tuesday (July 2), and you can watch the action live.

Astrophotographer Miguel Claro caught the International Space Station as it crossed in front of the sun, making for a truly epic time-lapse photo .

Japan's new H3 rocket launched for the third time ever tonight (June 30), sending the ALOS-4 Earth-observing satellite to orbit.

NASA's long-running Mars Odyssey orbiter celebrated its 100,000th orbit with a fresh view of Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the solar system.

The space race of the 20th century, characterized by rivalry and high barriers to entry, has transformed, opening up unparalleled opportunities for collaboration.

On Episode 117 of This Week In Space, Rod and guest co-host Isaac Arthur talk with Evan Jensen of ICON Build about 3D printing habitats on the moon and one day Mars.

Why is that some planets, such as Saturn, have more than a hundred moons, while others, such as Venus, have none?

Infrared images showcase "fire-breathing" lakes all across the Jovian moon.

India completed a series of tests for autonomously landing its fully reusable launch vehicle, marking another milestone in the country's pursuit of low cost access to space.

The Perseverance rover's SHERLOC instrument has been revived to continue its search for evidence of microbial life on Mars.

Small asteroids have the Red Planet in their crosshairs more often than not, as Mars lander's seismometer detects their impacts.

Boeing Starliner's spacecraft doesn't have a landing date, but the spacecraft is stable at the ISS and will remain there as a new round of testing begins.

Here are 16 of the best places to see the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026. The eclipse will be visible from remote Russian Siberia to eastern Greenland, western Iceland and northern Spain.

MDA Space's Canadarm3 should be ready for the NASA Gateway space station at the moon in 5 years with a new design and testing contract from the Canadian Space Agency.

SpaceX is set to launch the second batch of satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office's "proliferated architecture" tonight (June 28).

New research suggests some stars at the very heart of the Milky Way may have found an alternative fuel in the form of annihilating dark matter that grants them immortality.

A neighbor galaxy of the Milky Way could offer fresh clues in the 90-year-long quest to determine the nature of dark matter.

Data from the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes combine to create an awe-inspiring visualization of the Pillars of Creation.

Two small satellites were recently ejected from the International Space Station to begin scientific experiments in low Earth orbit, and their leap into freedom was caught on camera.