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Astronomers have found high-altitude clouds formed from quartz crystals on the gas-giant world WASP-17b

OSIRIS-REx’s treasure trove from asteroid Bennu includes material rich in water and carbon

For the third time in a year, coolant is leaking from a Russian module aboard the International Space Station

Astronomers have a new term to describe the pain associated with the loss of access to dark skies: noctalgia

The Apollo 17 lunar lander base is creating small-scale moonquakes on a daily basis

August gets not only a second full moon but a rare super blue moon

Luna-25, Russia's first moon mission in nearly a half-century, was the vanguard of a planned series of lunar probes

A new view of a record-shattering distant star shows it to be twice as hot as our sun and likely accompanied by a stellar companion

The European Space Agency's ambitious Euclid space telescope is on its way to decoding the secrets of dark matter and dark energy

The January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcano generated a thunderstorm with more than 192,000 lightning flashes, including 2,600 flashes per minute at its peak

The MAPLE experiment was able to wirelessly transfer collected solar power to receivers in space and direct energy to Earth

Boeing's first Starliner flight for NASA astronauts was scheduled for July 21, but is now delayed—perhaps indefinitely

How realistic is it to expect to find enough ice on the moon to support human habitation?

For at least three years, the mysterious blast has shined 10 times brighter than any supernova

The first asteroid belt ever found outside the solar system is more complex than expected

A dying star swallowing a giant planet hints at the fate awaiting our solar system some five billion years from now

The ambitious Jupiter moon mission JUICE has begun its long journey to the Jovian system

The imagery offers a rare view of the ice giant’s ring system, bright moons and dynamic atmosphere

Four astronauts will fly around the moon in preparation for the first human landings there since 1972

The “absolutely monstrous” cosmic blast is estimated to be a one-in-10,000-year event

JWST has discovered giant mature galaxies that seem to have filled the universe shortly after the big bang, and astronomers are puzzled

The Orion spacecraft passed just 130 kilometers above the lunar surface during a mission-critical engine burn

Divers working on a television documentary were searching for a downed World War II aircraft when they instead discovered the NASA artifact

An organism nicknamed “Conan the Bacterium” may have what it takes to live on Mars