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The world's fastest supercomputer 'El Capitan' can reach a peak performance of 2.746 exaFLOPS, making it the planet's third exascale computer.

General Atomics and NASA achieved an important milestone on the road to using nuclear-powered rockets by testing a new fuel and finding it can withstand extreme conditions.

After receiving feedback from nearly 500 people about revising NOAA's Space Weather Scales, scientists continue to assess what changes need to be front and center.

The moon makes for an excellent guide to see Mars in the night sky on the evening of Sunday, Feb. 9.

The Super Bowl is one of the most-watched sporting events across the world (for Americans), and there's a chance for astronauts living aboard the International Space Station to catch the big game.

On Episode 147 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik speak with Mick West, a passionate conspiracy debunker.

Croatia's first ever satellite has just beamed to Earth the first image of its homeland.

Scientists are proposing ways to explore Venus in the next decade and beyond by way of a host of advanced technologies, from balloons to long-lived landers.

From Arctic frontiers to Mediterranean shores: The greatest 2026 total solar eclipses to give you the best view of totality.

With primary structure qualification tests complete on its pathfinder module, Vast Space has updated the timeline for the launch of its Haven-1 commercial space station.

Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the very first time

Scientists say AI has crossed a critical 'red line' after demonstrating how two popular large language models could clone themselves.

New research indicates that matter ejected during the supernova death of a star can fall back to neutrons stars, giving rise to mysterious "low-field magnetars."

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have taken a major step toward developing lightsails that could one day carry tiny spacecraft to distant star systems.

Black holes and soccer balls don't have much in common, but if black holes are curved when kicked, it might say something deep about the cosmos.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch 21 more of the company's Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast on Saturday (Feb. 8)

We rated the DJI Mini 4K five stars in our review, and you can now save a massive $60 on this beginner-friendly, lightweight drone.

New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potential role in the formation of terrestrial planets, helping scientists piece together the chaotic history of our solar system.

The chances of the asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 appear to have doubled, but an asteroid hunter explains to Space.com why this isn't cause for concern.

China is preparing to launch a pioneering mission to the moon next year to search for definitive evidence of water at the lunar south pole.