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It’s the final act for a star in the constellation Cygnus, some 1,000 light-years away. But this star is not dying without one final show, it appears — and NASA’s

United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) new Vulcan Centaur rocket can certainly overcome adversity. The Vulcan Centaur launched for the fourth time ever on Thursday morning (Feb. 12), carrying two spy satellites

Scientists investigating the puzzling, long-lasting, and extreme dimming of a distant star have narrowed the suspects down to either a so-called “failed star” brown dwarf or a truly massive super-Jupiter

An annular solar eclipse will turn the sun into a dramatic “ring of fire” on Feb. 17, as the moon passes between Earth and the sun, leaving a thin outer

The Milky Way shines over the Very Large Telescope in Chile. (Image credit: A. Trigo/ESO) The European Southern Observatory has released a breathtaking photo of the Milky Way shining over

Scientists may be closing in on the long-missing landing site of the Soviet Union’s Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely touch down on the moon. On Feb. 3,

The first crewed moon mission in more than 50 years will launch just two weeks from now, if all goes according to plan. NASA announced today (Feb. 20) that it’s

Shopping for space enthusiasts isn’t easy, especially if they’ve already got a solid stargazing setup. Maybe they’ve spent thousands of dollars on one of the best telescopes or best cameras

SpaceX launched two more batches of Starlink satellites today (Dec. 17), in a pair of launches from both U.S. coasts. First up was a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 of

Astronomers have been treated to a stunning fireworks display from around a young star called Fomalhaut. The events, detected in 2004 and 2023, represent the first collisions between large objects