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The UN voiced concern Tuesday over what it said was a climate of fear in Venezuela, as the country's parliament considered laws that critics say will be used to crack down on NGOs and political opponents of strongman leader Nicolas Maduro.

The first trailer for Disney+'s "Star Wars: Skeleton Crew" drops at Lucasfilm's D23 panel.

A newly discovered star 30 times as large as the sun has a baffling chemical composition that could provoke a revision to stellar evolution models.

The Chinese commercial space firm CAS Space is making serious progress on a new reusable rocket called Kinetica-2, and is targeting a debut in 2025.

A new NASA study suggests Mars contains an ocean of water underground, sparking conversations about human settlement.

Astronomers are investigating a cosmic crime scene to determine why the death of a massive star left behind a highly magnetic "corpse."

Human culture is wrapped up in the things we make and use. Once the ISS burns up in the upper atmosphere, the physical evidence of its spacefaring culture will just be gone.

A scathing report from NASA's Office of Inspector General has highlighted several critical issues related to the development of the next version of the agency's SLS moon rocket.

The Olympic flag arrived under bright skies Monday in Los Angeles, where officials now have four short years to organize a Games capable of rivaling the widely praised Paris edition in a notoriously traffic-clogged metropolis.

ESA scientists recall highlights of the historic Rosetta comet-chasing mission on its 10th anniversary.

SpaceX plans to make more spaceflight history late this year, by launching the first crewed mission to explore Earth's polar regions.