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In a press conference on Tuesday, Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spoke about their nine months aboard the International Space Station in advance of their return home.

Sanchez invited Perry and King along with Aisha Bowe, a former NASA rocket scientist who now heads an engineering firm, research scientist Amanda Nguyen and movie producer Kerianne Flynn.

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will all be visible in the sky in some form on Feb. 28.

All seven of Earth’s neighboring planets will be visible as the sun sets this week. Here’s everything to know about the event.

A new study in Nature Communications shows that the so-called Red Planet’s color comes from a water-rich mineral called ferrihydrite.

An asteroid between 130 and 300 feet wide has a slight chance of hitting Earth in 2032 — but the precise odds have been a moving target since the space rock was first detected nearly two months ago.

The mission was the first time Falcon 9 landed on a droneship off the coast of the Bahamas, according to SpaceX

China is recruiting for a planetary defense force to combat the threat of asteroids colliding with Earth.

But — importantly — the chances are still “extremely low,” though they have ticked up since the object was first detected.

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stuck on the International Space Station since June, will come home sooner than anticipated.

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday.

Residents of several suburban communities reported seeing several objects streaking across the night sky, leaving a trail of flames in their wake.

Talia Sepersky, a planetarium educator at the Museum of Science, talks about the rare sight in the night sky.

Here’s how to see the Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and Saturn all in a line in the sky starting tonight and stretching into February 2025. 

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Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Venus are putting on a show after sunset. Here’s how to see it.

A doorbell camera on a Canadian home captured rare video and sound of a meteorite striking Earth as it crashed into a couple’s walkway.

A doorbell camera in Canada captured video and sound of a meteorite striking Earth.

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad.

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Talk about a job with a view! NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, a native of Needham, Massachusetts, joined fellow astronaut Nick Hague on a spacewalk. The duo completed four tasks, including patching up a telescope. They worked so efficiently that they even did extra work, including photographing some components for more repairs. All of this done in just under six hours….

The SpaceX Starship experienced “a rapid unscheduled disassembly” during its seventh test flight on Thursday, according to SpaceX.