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SpaceX added 29 more Starlink satellites to its low Earth orbit megaconstellation today (Jan. 14). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the broadband internet relay units launched from Space Launch Complex

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured an evocative image of a shadowy nebula drifting through interstellar space, which conjures the image of a cosmic giraffe galloping through a sea of stars.

Heads up, skywatchers! There’s just one month to go until the annular solar eclipse of 2026. At 4:56 a.m. EST (0956 GMT) on Feb. 17, the moon will begin to

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. We live in a very exciting time: answers to some

On Monday, Nov. 25, 2030, a total solar eclipse will sweep across the Southern Hemisphere. Although it will occur almost entirely over the Indian Ocean, totality will nevertheless happen just

New research suggests that dark matter, the universe’s most mysterious “stuff,” may actually have been born “hot.” If this is the case, the best current model we have of cosmic

It will be quite a bit longer before Neutron makes it to the launchpad. Rocket Lab’s medium-lift launch vehicle buckled under pressure Wednesday (Jan. 21), when the main stage tank

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question

On a lonely ridge in Chile, the giant silver dome of the Gemini South Observatory opens each night to observe the faint, ancient light of the cosmos. Spread around the

Rocket Lab’s new “Hungry Hippo” payload fairing has been safely delivered to the company’s integration facilities at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), in Virginia. The novel rocket topper will cap