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Space

the silhouette of a person gazing at the starry night sky
The planets are stunning in December 2024 — and no telescope is needed
No one had seen a close-up of a star outside the Milky Way — until now
Scientists watch hardcore object blasting energy beams into space
Space camera films footage of giant Starship rocket launching to space
NASA's Curiosity rover heads to new puzzling Martian destination
A NASA illustration depicting a volcanic region called the Quetzalpetlatl Corona in Venus’ southern hemisphere. Venus' past is mysterious. But scientists just revealed a big clue.
The U.S. Army Polar Research and Development Center building tunnels at Camp Century in Greenland in 1959. NASA plane swooped over the Arctic. It detected a buried military base.
The BepiColombo mission snapped this image of Mercury during a flyby in June 2023. Is Mercury in retrograde? Yes, but there's a catch.
Webb telescope capture of the Sombrero Galaxy Webb telescope clears the haze around a stunning galactic icon
An artist's conception of a super-Earth in another solar system. NASA spotted a very young planet. It could become a super-Earth.

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Our galaxy might crash into Andromeda. What would happen to us?
By Mark Kaufman
A hypothetical view from Earth as the Andromeda galaxy (on left) is about to collide with part of the Milky Way galaxy.
A space company is headed to Mars this fall. No, it's not SpaceX.
By Elisha Sauers
Skies glowing green over Mars
New image shows the North Star is changing. And it has spots.
By Mark Kaufman
An image of the star Polaris as captured by the CHARA Array, located in California's San Gabriel Mountains.
Spacecraft zooms by the moon, captures sci-fi footage
By Mark Kaufman
The European Space Agency's Juice spacecraft flew by the moon on Aug. 19, 2024.
A star-like thing is flying 1 million mph in space. What the heck?
By Elisha Sauers
WISE telescope observing the sky
NASA rover snaps photo of its most daunting challenge yet
By Mark Kaufman
The Perseverance rover exploring the surface of Mars.
Why time is running short to decide Starliner astronauts' ride home
By Elisha Sauers
Starliner flying in space while docked at the International Space Station
Speeding space object triggered a warning. It wasn't an asteroid.
By Mark Kaufman
A number of telescopes scan the skies for potentially hazardous objects. In this case, the system detected a speeding spacecraft.
Scientists discover where the huge dinosaur-killing asteroid came from
By Mark Kaufman
A depiction of a large asteroid impacting Earth some 66 million years ago.
Is Mercury Retrograde real? Let's break it down.
By Mark Stetson and Mark Kaufman
What is Mercury Retrograde
Scientists detect water sloshing on Mars. There could be a lot.
By Mark Kaufman
NASA's Viking 1 orbiter captured this view of Mars and its atmosphere in June 1976,
Smiley face on Mars is a telltale sign of its past
By Mark Kaufman
The purple areas show salt deposits left on Mars by past accumulations of briny water.
How to view the aurora borealis in the U.S. tonight
By Amanda Yeo
Wisconsin's night sky is glowing with the Northern Lights, as a geomagnetic storm is bringing vibrant pink and green colors, stealing the spotlight from the Perseus meteor shower.
Webb telescope just snapped image of huge black hole gobbling things
By Mark Kaufman
An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope viewing the cosmos from 1 million miles beyond Earth.
Scientists haven't found a rocky exoplanet with air. But now they have a plan.
By Elisha Sauers
Exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star
If aliens harnessed solar power, could we detect them? NASA investigated.
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's conception of an intelligent civilization on a distant exoplanet.
NASA now seriously considering SpaceX for Boeing astronauts' ride home
By Elisha Sauers
Boeing Starliner flying over Earth while docket at ISS
Spacecraft snaps image of ancient Mars lake bigger than any on Earth
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's conception of the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter flying above Mars.
Comet caught strangely zigzagging its way through space
By Elisha Sauers
a comet tail zigzagging
Scientists devised an unexpected use for the moon. It's a vault.
By Mark Kaufman
A view into the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which stores seeds from around the world.
Spacecraft travels to metal object orbiting Earth, snaps stunning views
By Mark Kaufman
A view of the large rocket debris captured by the Astroscale ADRAS-J spacecraft.
NASA rover finds major surprise on Mars — and scientists are excited
By Mark Kaufman
The Perseverance rover peering onto the Martian landscape.
Webb telescope snapped photo of huge world — in a distant solar system
By Mark Kaufman
An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope as it orbits the sun in our solar system, 1 million miles from Earth.
Sun unleashes solar storm at Earth, U.S. may see brilliant aurora
By Mark Kaufman
The sun, nearing solar maximum, is producing lots of solar flares and other types of space weather.
NASA shares 25 jaw-dropping space images from Chandra X-ray Observatory
By Sam Haysom
A space photo shows a spiral galaxy with a blue and white centre and orange spirals.
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