On Sept. 7, 1995, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on mission STS-69. This was the 100th successful...
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Nā 'Uhane Māhoe Huki Pū i ke Ola is the Hawaiian name given to this image of...
We are a planet-based species: With a few notable (astronaut) exceptions, everyone who has ever lived remained...
The two radiation belts circling Earth are named for the man who found and researched them: James...
Interstellar object ʻOumuamua sped up as it approached the Sun, shooting past at 196,000 mph (315,431 km/h)...
I've got three telescopes in my home, but the Celestron FirstScope is my first stop when it...
Like most of their compatriots here on terra firma, the three Americans living off Earth will get...
Venus and Spica sink quickly in the west after sunset, but if you have a clear horizon,...
The MeerKAT radio telescope, composed of 64 dish antennas located in South Africa’s Northern Cape province, was...
On Sept. 6, 1947, a rocket launched from an aircraft carrier for the first time. The V-2...
A Pair of White Dwarfs Locked in a Six-Minute Orbit Might One Day Be Observed By Gravitational Waves
Current gravitational wave observatories aren’t sensitive enough to capture the gravitational waves of binary stars. They can...
SpaceX launched 27 more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit today (Sept. 6).The spacecraft rode to...
A Falcon 9 rocket stands poised to launch from the Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space...
Star Wars' starships are almost as memorable the saga's character and thanks to Lego's Star Wars range,...
Out in the solar system, there is a giant rippling curtain of charged particles that is actually...
NASA's long-distance spacecraft-calling network just got a boost.The Deep Space Network (DSN), best known for communicating with...
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Soon, the sky's most glamorous evening performer will take its leave.Since late March, Venus has been the...
You can keep your space camels, the AT-ST is Star Wars' coolest land vehicle, and now this...