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Chinese scientists want to use satellites orbiting the moon to help get an unprecedented look at the early, dark days of our universe.

India's Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) lifted off for the first time Saturday night (Aug. 6), and it's still too early to tell how the new rocket did.

As the Mars rover traverses the planet, it's come across pieces of its entry, landing, and descent hardware.

It's true that the dark matter hypothesis has its shortcomings — and, of course, we haven't found any dark matter particles yet. But the truth is that the alternatives are much worse.

Rod Pyle and Geoffrey Notkin discuss the intersection of science fiction and reality in space exploration.

India's new SSLV rocket is scheduled to launch for the first time on Saturday night (Aug. 6), and you can watch the debut live.

Nocturnal behaviors have been evolved to take advantage of the darkness of night. Yet today, they are under an increasing threat from the presence of artificial lighting.

Researchers have discovered a method for making high-resolution maps of planetary surfaces like the moon's by combining available imagery and topography data.

All systems are go so far to roll out the Artemis 1 rocket to the launch pad for a planned liftoff on Aug. 29.

NASA's car-sized Perseverance Mars rover drilled out and sealed up its 12th rock sample on Wednesday (Aug. 3), its fourth such operation in less than a month.

Tourism officials in Florida's Space Coast are expecting a massive influx of tourists for the upcoming Artemis 1 moon mission, the first launch for NASA's Space Launch System rocket.

As the space industry grows, it's safe to say incidents of space debris hurtling back to Earth will only become more frequent – and they could pose a risk. But how much of a risk, exactly?

Astra will cancel production of its current rocket line following multiple launch failures, including one in June that resulted in the loss of two hurricane-tracking NASA cubesats.

Two NASA missions will be launching on a single SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, using a 'carpool' arrangement to overcome supply chain issues affecting PUNCH.

Suborbital space tourism provider Virgin Galactic will delay its first commercial flight by about three months due to issues with upgrades to its mothership fleet, which carries spaceships aloft.

Curiosity landed on Mars on Aug. 5, 2012, with one main goal: to determine whether the planet was once habitable. In 10 years, it has answered that question and many others.

Officials with SpaceX are going to Australia to examine a crash site possibly associated with space debris generated from the Crew-1 Dragon spacecraft.

A distant neutron-star merger unleashed one of the most powerful short gamma-ray bursts (GRB) ever seen.

Because of the brightness of the moon, the best times to see the Perseid meteor shower this year will be during the predawn hours several mornings before the night of full moon.

Here's our round-up of the best tripods on the market, and we think every astrophotographer should have one.