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SpaceX moving Crew Dragon splashdowns to West Coast after multiple space debris incidents

The four astronauts flying aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon are supposed to launch no earlier than Aug. 18 and splash down near Florida. Future crews will go...

SpaceX moving Crew Dragon splashdowns to West Coast after multiple space debris incidents

ISS astronaut captures auroras and a meteor in stunning timelapse from space (video)

Auroras, stars and a fleeting meteor are captured in a mesmerizing new view from the International Space Station.

ISS astronaut captures auroras and a meteor in stunning timelapse from space (video)

Europe's JUICE Jupiter probe flies by Earth on Aug. 20, and it may be visible to some skywatchers

Europe's JUICE Jupiter spacecraft will swing past Earth on Aug. 20, and some skywatchers in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean region may be able to...

Europe's JUICE Jupiter probe flies by Earth on Aug. 20, and it may be visible to some skywatchers

SpaceX to bounce back from Falcon 9 failure with Starlink launch early on July 27

SpaceX plans to launch 23 of its Starlink broadband satellites early Saturday morning (July 27), on the company's first mission since a July 11 failur...

SpaceX to bounce back from Falcon 9 failure with Starlink launch early on July 27

Astroscale's space debris removal demo mission funded for 2026 launch

Astroscale's ELSA-M demo space junk collector will remove a defunct OneWeb satellite from orbit in 2027.

Astroscale's space debris removal demo mission funded for 2026 launch

Powerful wildfires devastating Canada captured in satellite imagery

A rapidly spreading wildfire burns through part of the largest national park in the Canadian Rockies as satellites track its growth and movement.

Powerful wildfires devastating Canada captured in satellite imagery

Discovery of 'dark oxygen' from deep-sea metal lumps could trigger rethink of origins of life

In a global first, scientists working in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the North Pacific Ocean have found that metallic nodules on the seafloor produ...

Discovery of 'dark oxygen' from deep-sea metal lumps could trigger rethink of origins of life

X-rays reveal secret gas in huge and distant galaxy cluster

The Euclid and XMM-Newton missions have combined to show the hidden, hot gas that fills an immense galaxy cluster 2.7 billion light-years away.

X-rays reveal secret gas in huge and distant galaxy cluster

Runaway 'failed star' races through the cosmos at 1.2 million mph

Citizen scientists have discovered what may be a brown dwarf racing through the cosmos at around 1.2 million miles per hour. Now astronomers want to k...

Runaway 'failed star' races through the cosmos at 1.2 million mph

50 days after launch to ISS, Boeing Starliner astronauts still have no landing date

Boeing's Starliner does not have a landing date yet, but the troubleshooting is making progress. Engineers plan a "hot fire" test this weekend to see ...

50 days after launch to ISS, Boeing Starliner astronauts still have no landing date

Marvel's main 'Star Wars' comic book line to progress into the New Republic era this fall

Starting this October, Marvel's core Star Wars line will move past Return of the Jedi and into a new era of storytelling set before The Mandalorian.

Marvel's main 'Star Wars' comic book line to progress into the New Republic era this fall

Next Blue Origin space tourism flight will launch youngest woman above the Kármán line

Blue Origin has announced the six crewmembers for its next space tourism flight. One of them will become the youngest woman to cross the Kármán line.

Next Blue Origin space tourism flight will launch youngest woman above the Kármán line

Watch China test-fire engine for new crewed moon rocket (video)

China has test-fired a new engine for its planned Long March 10 rocket, which is designed to take astronauts to the moon.

Watch China test-fire engine for new crewed moon rocket (video)

Space is becoming an 'unsustainable environment in the long term,' ESA says

Large amounts of space debris and satellite megaconstellations in low Earth orbit are creating "an unsustainable environment in the long-term," accord...

Space is becoming an 'unsustainable environment in the long term,' ESA says

The key to detecting deepfakes may lie within deep space

Using methods typically applied to the study of galaxies, researchers have been able to reliably spot the difference between real faces and deepfakes....

The key to detecting deepfakes may lie within deep space

Yoda returns in new 'Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures' Season 2 trailer (video)

A new trailer for Disney+ and Disney Jr.'s kid-centric "Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures."

Yoda returns in new 'Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures' Season 2 trailer (video)

Jupiter's surreal clouds swirl in new van Gogh-esque view from NASA's Juno probe (photo)

Vivid clouds swirl across Jupiter's skies like colorful brushstrokes in a new photo from NASA's Juno spacecraft.

Jupiter's surreal clouds swirl in new van Gogh-esque view from NASA's Juno probe (photo)

Chinese astronauts simulate a debris-strike emergency on the Tiangong space station (video)

China's Shenzhou 18 mission staged an emergency drill recently to boost preparedness aboard the country's Tiangong space station.

Chinese astronauts simulate a debris-strike emergency on the Tiangong space station (video)

Mercury has a layer of diamond 10 miles thick, NASA spacecraft finds

Using data from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, scientists have determined that the solar system's tiniest planet, Mercury, hides a not-so-tiny secret: a...

Mercury has a layer of diamond 10 miles thick, NASA spacecraft finds

China's tiny 'Golden Toad' rover used AI to take an epic photo on the moon's far side (video)

A new video shows how a tiny rover on China's ambitious Chang'e 6 mission used AI to snap an epic shot on the far side of the moon.

China's tiny 'Golden Toad' rover used AI to take an epic photo on the moon's far side (video)