The past year was a big one for space. NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured SpaceX Starlinks below the International Space Station in November 2024, including flashes (visible in white in this timelapse ...

Astrophotographer Thierry Legault captured the International Space Station transit the Sun. The NASA astronauts were ...

See composites created using James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory imagery. A pair of galaxies, a nebula, ...

Three Chinese astronauts won’t be returning to Earth this week as planned. Officials say their spaceship capsule may have been hit with space debris, causing damage. The crew, which has been in space ...

"We are ready for every scenario as we ride this amazing Space Launch System on the Orion spacecraft, 250,000 miles away." HOUSTON — The first astronauts to visit the moon in the 21st century can't ...

An ancient book on astronomy from the 1500s sold for more than £10,000 ($12,200), as a "private international buyer" triumphed over intense competition at a U.K. auction. The Castle of Knowledge by ...

An impressive feat of modern engineering and a notable example of what can be achieved by cross-border cooperation, the International Space Station (ISS) marks its 25th year of operations this week.

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The Geminid meteor shower stunned in its first of two peak nights in 2023. Photos from around the world showed Geminid meteors streaking through the sky overnight on Wednesday (Dec. 13), and more ...