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The European Solar Orbiter spacecraft will make its closest approach to the sun on Saturday morning, getting to one third of the sun-Earth distance.   The Solar Orbiter spacecraft will make its closest approach to the sun on Saturday (March 26), passing at about one...

On March 4, a lonely, spent rocket booster smacked into the surface of the moon at nearly 6,000 mph. Editor’s note: Experts expect the crash did occur as predicted, but are still waiting for visual verification. This article was originally published at The Conversation. The...

Three scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have determined one plausible theory to explain the formation of supermassive black holes, and the key is ultralight dark matter. Though scientists know there’s a supermassive black hole at the center of most galaxies,...

Space can be a wondrous place, and we’ve got the pictures to prove it! Take a look at our favorite pictures from space here, and if you’re wondering what happened today in space history don’t miss our On This Day in Space video show here!...

China’s upcoming exploration mission to the lunar south pole will carry one of more than 500 experiments designed and submitted by students across the country. China is planning to launch its Chang’e 7 spacecraft around 2024. It will include a lander, rover, orbiter, relay satellite...

Boeing’s Starliner capsule is back on the launch pad. Starliner and its United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket rolled out to Space Launch Complex 41 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station this morning (Aug. 2) to prep for its planned liftoff tomorrow (Aug. 3)....

Here’s a new spin on how Earth became an oxygen-rich planet: As our planet’s rotation slowed, microbes were bathed in longer stints of sunlight that revved up their release of oxygen into the atmosphere. Every breath you take is possible because billions of years ago,...

Last week, a Russian module accidentally pushed the International Space Station out of place. Now, a NASA flight director has revealed that the event was more serious than NASA initially reported. On Thursday (July 29) morning, Russia’s long-awaited research module Nauka docked with the space...