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On the night of Jan. 13, the full moon will appear to pass in front of Mars, resulting in an occultation visible from the United States, much of southern and eastern Canada, and West Africa.

Visiting Antarctica — and, in particular, Ukraine's Vernadsky Research Base on the continent's peninsula — was a lifelong dream for two Ukrainian soldiers.

Mars will be at perigee, its closest point to Earth, on Sunday, Jan. 12, appearing bigger and brighter in the sky. Here’s how to view the Red Planet at its best for 2025.

LignoSat's six-month mission will demonstrate whether wood could help reduce the environmental impact of spaceflight in the future.

Scientists want to know if a tidal disruption event that exploded twice is the result of a star abandoning its binary partner, allowing it to be devoured by a supermassive black hole.

The Panasonic Lumix GH7 is Panasonic's flagship G-series camera with features and functionality covering both professional photo and video capture.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 21 Starlink satellites from Florida today (Jan. 10). It was the 25th mission for the rocket's first stage, a new record.

The spacecraft themselves continued to operate normally in Earth orbit during the outage and "no science data has been lost."

The United States' northernmost military installation is critical for national security, Space Force officials say.

February 29, 2024 caused quite a stir for a giant satellite provider.

On Friday (Jan. 10), the moon will pass near Jupiter, meeting up with the gas giant in the constellation Taurus. Viewers can expect to see the bright moon and Jupiter shortly after sunset.

The fastest-spinning white dwarf ever discovered is a shrinking cosmic vampire feasting on a stellar companion. A feeding process is pushing the dead star toward an imminent supernova explosion.

A preview of the Blu-ray release of "Star Trek: Lower Decks" Final Season and The Complete Series

The Opticron Explorer WA ED-R 8x42 monocular sets itself apart with its wide focus ring — a departure from the top-mounted design of most competing models.

The long-held assumption that Jupiter's iconic swirling clouds are made of frozen ammonia could be upended.

SpaceX rolled the upper stage of its Starship megarocket out to the pad this morning (Jan. 9) ahead of its planned Jan. 13 test flight.

Bad weather for a rocket landing has pushed Blue Origin's first New Glenn launch to Jan. 12.

SpaceX launched the seventh batch of "proliferated architecture" spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office tonight (Jan. 9).

BepiColombo made its sixth and final flyby of Mercury on Wed (Jan. 8) capturing images of the tiny planet hinting at the mysteries it will soon investigate.

By the end of this decade, nations and private companies may well be mining the surface of the Moon.