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Contact with ET: How would humanity react?

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Solar System Planets: Order of the 8 (or 9) Planets

Discover the order of planets in the solar system. From Mercury to Neptune, explore our solar system and learn more about our cosmic home.

Total lunar eclipse webcasts: How to watch the Super Blood Flower Moon of May 2022 online tonight

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Nicolaus Copernicus Biography: Facts & Discoveries

Meet Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.

Lego to launch NASA-inspired moon sets in time for Artemis 1 launch

Lego is launching a new series of building toys themed around NASA

Politician suggests bombing erupting La Palma volcano to stop lava flow

The volcano has been erupting for 42 days, and shows no signs of stopping.

Epic radio images give most-detailed views of distant galaxies

FM radio waves reveal a side of the universe invisible to the human eye.

Cygnus cargo ship arrives at International Space Station with its biggest NASA haul ever

The Northrop Grumman ship S.S. Ellison Onizuka is packed with more than 4 tons of supplies.

Will Richard Branson actually reach space on Virgin Galactic

Where does outer space begin? People are still arguing about it as Virgin Galactic plans to launch July 11.

How amateur satellite trackers are keeping an

Around the planet, a loosely knit but closely woven band of amateurs monitor the whereabouts of satellites — be they secretive spacecraft, rocke…

Isle of Man marks Apollo 13 50th with new

A former NASA manager who was in mission control on the night that Apollo 13 "had a problem" has worked with a small seabound kingdom

Soyuz Crew Returns to Earth After a Memorable 6 Months in Space

From a mysterious leak to an aborted launch, the Soyuz MS-09 crew had an eventful stay at the International Space Station.

Fermi Telescope: Studying the High-Energy Cosmos

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope studies the universe using gamma-rays, the highest-energy form of light.

What Is a Planet?

Astronomers define a planet as an object that orbits the sun (but not another object), is round (or nearly so) and has cleared the area around i…

Planet Nine: Theories About the Hypothetical Planet

Astronomers are searching for a possible ninth planet beyond Pluto

In Images: Solar Eclipses Depicted in Fine Art

For hundreds of years, artists have incorporated the spectacular sight of an eclipse into their paintings.

French Mathematician Yves Meyer Wins Top Prize for

Yves Meyer, a French mathematician who did pioneering work on a signal processing tool known as wavelet analysis, has won the Abel Prize, one of…

Bad Weather Delays SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch

Cloudy skies and high winds in Florida early Tuesday (March 14) forced SpaceX to delay the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the EchoStar 23…