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The flare may have been accompanied by a plasma eruption now headed toward Earth

A strong geomagnetic storm is expected to hit Earth after several outbursts from the sun merged into one large blob of plasma

Six “sub-Neptune” worlds locked in a delicate dance around a nearby star offer fresh insights for the orbital evolution of planetary systems

SpaceX’s Starship—the most powerful rocket ever built—experienced a “rapid unscheduled disassembly” in its otherwise successful second full-scale launch, triggering a federal investigation into what went wrong

The earliest active supermassive black hole ever seen offers clues on how these enigmatic objects first formed

The Lucy spacecraft’s encounter with asteroid Dinkinesh has revealed a bizarre “contact binary” double-moon companion

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