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This Deep Space Food Challenge wants your help to feed astronauts of the future

The Sky This Week: Discover variable star R Leonis

Uranus is belching X-rays and is weirder than we ever thought

NASA Selects Geostationary and Extended Orbits Imager Phase A Contracts

Space is the place for impossible molecules

Huge volcanic eruption didn’t cause climate change and mass extinction 140 million years ago

Scientists detect world's coldest cloud hovering over Pacific Ocean

'Fighting for Space': Author Amy Shira Teitel talks the history of women in spaceflight

We should study 'dead' alien worlds, and maybe (carefully) seed them with life

The future of space tourism: op-ed

Gorgeous NASA photo shows a volcano eruption in Iceland at night

Watch NASA's Mars helicopter unfold like a butterfly (video)

Inspiration4's civilian space crew is overwhelmed with joy about launching on a SpaceX rocket this year

Interstellar interloper 2I/Borisov may be the most pristine comet ever observed

Doctor Who's most manipulative enemy will star her own comic book miniseries in April

Selene III: Starting off an analog lunar mission with exploding bombs — Commander's report: Day 3

NASA's Mars helicopter is slowly unfolding beneath the Perseverance rover

SpaceX's Dragon spaceship is getting the ultimate window for private Inspiration4 spaceflight

Watch VP Kamala Harris speak with NASA astronauts in space for Women's History Month

WATCH: SpaceX’s latest Starship prototype, Sn11, explodes in midair

Russia's next space station-bound Soyuz spacecraft named for first cosmonaut

These giant mirrors will help astronomers see to the edges of the universe

The 'Wright' stuff on Mars: Flyer fabric to take flight again on Ingenuity helicopter

Rare daytime fireball meteor creates massive sonic boom over UK

Could we steal energy from leaking black holes?

Contest-winning crew unveiled for all-civilian Inspiration4 spaceflight on a SpaceX rocket

Meet VSS Imagine: Virgin Galactic unveils its first SpaceShip III spacecraft

Climate explained: How particles ejected from the sun affect Earth's climate

A remnant of a protoplanet may be hiding inside Earth

Mars' dark streaks are probably caused by dry landslides

Explosion from the early universe illuminates secret black hole

Here's how the full moon helped free the stuck ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal

NASA TV to Air First US Commercial Crew Port Relocation on Space Station

SpaceX could attempt a Starship SN11 rocket launch today

NASA wants to help private space stations get off the ground

NASA joins White House Climate Task Force

A mission to Uranus and Neptune could act as massive gravitational-wave detector

How can some planets be hotter than stars? We've started to unravel the mystery.

How asteroid dust helped us prove life’s raw ingredients can evolve in outer space

The Paschal full moon of 2021 rises tonight to make way for Easter

Legacy of shattered alien-seeking Arecibo telescope will live on for millions of years

2021 Full Moon Calendar

A 'lump' of dark matter may be ripping apart Taurus' face

The Space Force sounds like a joke thanks to pop culture. That could be a problem for an important military branch.

March full moon 2021: Catch the big 'Worm Moon' (and 1st 'supermoon' of the year) on Sunday

Infamous asteroid Apophis poses no threat to Earth for at least 100 years, NASA says

Deadly Alabama tornado 'supercell' spotted in satellite imagery

Long-awaited 'Last Starfighter' sequel 'very, very close' and has a sizzle reel

This week in our Space.com forums: Space surprises, Perseverance prizes and an astronomically huge number!

Glynn Lunney, legendary NASA flight director, dies at 84