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Seven years behind schedule, this month Starliner will send two astronauts to space on a mission for NASA. The troubled company still has lots of catching up to do.

Mathematicians think abstract tools from a field called symplectic geometry might help with planning missions to far-off moons and planets.

The far-traveled space probe is once again transmitting usable data, after a glitch caused months of gibberish.

Whether you’re in the path of the totality or keeping track from afar, these are the best total solar eclipse photos we’ve found.

NASA’s Eclipse Soundscapes project will collect observations and soundscapes recorded by the public during the April 8 total solar eclipse.

The object tore through the roof and both floors of a two-story home. NASA will investigate whether it’s space junk.

The Pentagon says it’s not hiding aliens, but it stops notably short of saying what it is hiding. Here are the key questions that remain unanswered—some answers could be weirder than UFOs.

They may be tiny, but phytoplankton and aerosols power pivotal Earth systems. Scientists are about to learn a whole lot more about them at a critical time.

Welcome to the world’s foremost training ground for saving space from disasters, disputes, and—perhaps one day—colonizers named Musk.