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A newborn Dragon has just roared into space. SpaceX’s newest Dragon spacecraft launched on its debut mission this morning (June 25), sending the four-person Ax-4 mission to the International Space

The Orion Constellation as photographed by Miguel Claro from the Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve in Portugal. (Image credit: Miguel Claro) Miguel Claro is a professional photographer, author and science communicator

A lander built by Japanese company ispace crashed on the lunar surface while attempting to make the nation’s first private moon landing earlier this month — and now we know

Astronomers may have uncovered the curious origins of the universe’s most curious planets, so-called “double hot Jupiters.” The team behind the research hopes their discovery will help find more of

During the final week of June and continuing into the first week of July, we’ll have a fair chance at sighting Mercury, the innermost planet to the sun. Many people

A team of scientists is proposing a bold alternative to the Big Bang theory, suggesting that our universe may have formed inside a colossal black hole residing in a larger,

The crew of Houston-based Axiom Space’s next launch to the space station is back on the board. Axiom’s fourth astronaut mission (Ax-4) to the International Space Station (ISS) has a

SpaceX just launched another big fleet of satellites to the final frontier. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 70 payloads for a variety of customers lifted off from California’s Vandenberg Space

VIENNA, AUSTRIA — An exclamation of awe, excitement and cheers erupted today at ESA’s Living Planet Symposium as a striking new window into Earth’s forests, deserts and glaciers opened with

Former NASA astronaut Terry Virts is running for one of Texas’ United States Senate seats, he announced today (June 23). Virts, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, F-16 pilot and