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New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show that the potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 YR4 is a building-sized space rock

A trio of classified Russian satellites, called Kosmos, has sparked intrigue in space-tracking circles after an unidentified object was launched into orbit

Fram2, a first-of-its-kind private mission to send four astronauts into polar orbit around Earth, is about to launch

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost commercial lander has gone dark on the moon as planned, but not before sending back spectacular views of the lunar sunset

For the second time in two years, a commercial lunar lander built and operated by Intuitive Machines has fallen over on the moon

Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander is planned to touch down near the moon's south pole on or around March 6

Despite a recent request from Trump, NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were already scheduled to return to Earth on a Crew Dragon capsule this spring

The seventh test flight of SpaceX’s Starship ended with a successful landing of the rocket’s first stage but also the loss of the Starship vehicle

Pluto and its largest moon Charon could have come together via a 10-hour “kiss-and-capture” encounter after a grazing collision

The sixth test flight of SpaceX’s giant rocket ended with a fiery splashdown rather than a clean “chopstick” catch

SpaceX’s fifth Starship flight test concluded with mechanical arms snatching the descending rocket booster out of the air

Hera will arrive in 2026 at Dimorphos, an asteroid deliberately struck by NASA’s DART spacecraft

Polaris Dawn’s astronauts will travel farther from Earth than anyone since the early 1970s and will attempt the world's first private spacewalk

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer spacecraft took a shortcut to the giant planet by way of the Earth and the moon

August’s supermoon will be the first of four supermoons in a row

Launching in late 2024, the Fram2 mission will be the first human spaceflight to explore the planet's polar regions

SpaceX has filed a request with the Federal Aviation Administration to determine whether the company can resume launches of its recently grounded workhorse rocket

Europe rejoins the new space race with the launch of its long-awaited Ariane 6 rocket

Florida family files claim against NASA to compensate them after space debris crashed through their home in March

Elon Musk’s SpaceX made a much-anticipated fourth test flight of the world’s most powerful rocket, Starship, a vehicle designed to power human flight to the moon and Mars

After multiple delays, the first crewed launch of Starliner marks a milestone for U.S. human spaceflight

The Chang’e 6 mission is China’s second to touch down on the lunar far side and will retrieve samples for analysis on Earth

Scientists have found signs of fresh flowing lava on Venus in decades-old data from NASA's Magellan spacecraft

Northern and southern lights produced by a recent bout of severe space weather may rival the most intense auroras of the past 500 years