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The James Webb Space Telescope has used spectroscopy technology to make the discovery on an exoplanet - a first outside of the Earth's solar system.

Star Trek Nichelle Nichols ashes will 'reach the final frontier as early as this year' as her ashes are set to blast into space following her death last month

Scientists believe that a watery Mars could have supported life billions of years ago. The rocks analysed and stored for return to Earth have been altered by water

Boeing's first spaceflight with astronauts has been delayed until next year because of repairs that need to be made to the capsule

Nasa is preparing to launch Artemis-1, a mission that will begin the space agency’s plan to return to the Moon.

A launch window – the period during which a rocket must be launched to reach its destination – opens on August 29 for the first flight to the Moon since 1972 by a spacecraft designed to carry humans there. If all goes well, the Artemis project will be on track…

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Coroners need hours in crime scenes to collect information about homicides. However, the high-resolution Microcalorimeter X-ray Imaging, or Micro-X, developed by the Northwestern University and funded by the NASA, headed on a five-minute “astronomical forensic mission” to collect evidence on the death of a star. The mission launched on August…

NASA's new moon rocket makes its debut next week in a high-stakes test flight before astronauts get on top

The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest single structure humans ever put into space. Explore the orbital laboratory in more detail here.

NASA is prepping to send humans back to the Moon as soon as 2026. But Americans remain deeply divided on whether the agency would be better using its money on other endeavors.