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The US has admitted to deploying weapons in space, confirming what has long been suspected.

After achieving a historic milestone by journeying further into space than any other human, the Artemis II astronauts are now poised to encounter one of the most perilous elements of their mission, with NASA cautioning that "there’s no plan B."

Astronauts aboard Artemis II have reported a mysterious burning smell coming from the $23 million advanced toilet system, which had previously malfunctioned after takeoff.

NASA prepared its repaired Artemis II moon rocket for a return trip to the launch pad overnight Thursday, setting the stage for a delayed April 1 launch to send four astronauts on a historic nine-day flight around the moon and back.

Mike Fincke from NASA identified himself on Wednesday as the astronaut whose medical condition led to the space agency’s first medical evacuation.

Summer Heather Worden, the former wife of NASA astronaut Anne McClain, has been sentenced to prison for falsely accusing McClain of illegally accessing her bank account from space.

A woman working behind the scenes at a popular Nashville radio show gained newfound notoriety with her recent claim of a UFO sighting, while visiting the Orlando theme park with her boyfriend.

Ceres, they are now confident that the dwarf planet once had the right conditions to support it.New research from NASA confirmed

“We have never observed a star that was stripped to this amount."

A new study involving the "Devil Comet" has revealed the "strongest evidence yet" that comets brought water to Earth.

NASA's Perseverance rover stationed on Mars spotted a dome-shaped rock with a striking resemblance to a helmet used during medieval times.

NASA revealed that test pilot Butch Wilmore is stepping down after dedicating 25 years to his service

The "eclipse of the century" is set to take place on Aug. 2, 2027, according to NASA, with the moon moving over the sun for up to 6 minutes and 23 seconds. It will be the longest eclipse totality until the year 2114, USA Today reports.

Our modest blue planet was formed following the Big Bang — the rapid expansion of the universe. Today, according to experts in astrophysics and cosmology, Earth and its cosmic relatives are expected to be pulled back into the tiny singularity from which they originated, a concept referred to as the "big crunch" theory

The unique glimpse of "time zero" offers a valuable insight into the early days of our solar system

During one of Sotheby's Geek Week events, held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, a Martian meteorite exceeded bidding expectations, securing a price of $5.3 million. Known as NWA 16788, this meteorite is not just an ordinary space rock. It not only achieved the highest price ever for a meteorite, but it is also the largest and most scientifically important piece of Mars available to us on Earth

A space capsule containing the ashes of 166 people — and a stash of cannabis seeds — was lost when it crashed into the Pacific Ocean after two orbits around the Earth.

An interstellar comet the size of Manhattan, called 31/ATLAS, was observed streaking through our solar system. This marks just the third instance of witnessing a mysterious object originating from outside our cosmic neighborhood

Officials reported that a piece of "space debris" from a meteor that blazed across the daytime sky of the Southeast this week—causing alarm on the ground—might have collided with a house in Georgia

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has taken its inaugural direct photograph of an exoplanet that was previously undiscovered, a planet orbiting beyond our solar system

The initial images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory provided a stunning glimpse of its potential, capturing millions of stars and galaxies located light-years away from Earth and unveiling thousands of asteroids that had never been observed before

Astronomers have increased the likelihood that the "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 will collide with the Moon, possibly creating a debris cloud that might affect satellites and other spacecraft orbiting Earth, according to a worrying new study submitted to the American Astronomy Society Journals

Spectacular footage recorded by astronaut Anne McClain showed the breathtaking scene of the aurora borealis seemingly dancing across the Earth following a geomagnetic storm

Scientists say the Milky Way has a 50/50 chance of crashing into Andromeda — or dodging it completely. But Earth’s fate may be sealed either way.

Astronomers express astonishment over an unidentified object emitting unusual signals from the depths of space. This object, called ASKAP J1832-0911, was discovered by the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, the most advanced X-ray telescope globally