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The new Ariane 6 rocket launched for the first time ever today (July 9), opening a new chapter in European spaceflight history.

A sparkling jeweled ring, created through a cosmic phenomenon called gravitational lensing, has been imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope.

In 1986, the Voyager 2 spacecraft discovered Uranus has a strangely weak radiation belt. Now, researchers think this could be linked to "traffic jams" caused by the world's warped magnetic field.

NASA has awarded Lockheed Martin a $2.27 billion contract to build NOAA's next generation GeoXO weather satellite constellation.

Europe's Ariane 6 rocket blasted off successfully for its maiden flight on Tuesday, a live video feed showed. The success of its three-hour flight is crucial for European countries, who hope to regain independent access to space more than a year after they retired their workhorse Ariane 5 rocket.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have witnessed the dramatic dance between a supermassive black hole-powered quasar and merging galaxies less than a billion years after the Big Bang.

Could human landing systems touching down on the moon deliver water from their rocket exhaust plumes? New research says it's a possibility.

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After almost 10 years in development, the European Ariane 6 space rocket is ready for launch

The inaugural launch of Europe's new Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket is slated for today. Here's how to watch it live.

In a new report, scientists reveal how understanding what this exoplanet is made of shapes how astronomers understand the evolution of all planets.