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Astrobotic Technology's Peregrine moon lander has successfully launched into space on a brand-new rocket and will attempt to touch down on the lunar surface in February. But the lander's payload includes human remains, which leaders of the Navajo Nation claim is "tantamount to desecration."

With millions of people flocking to see the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, we take a look at some of the predicted most crowded places.

NASA and SpaceX have delayed the next Dragon cargo spacecraft launch to the International Space Station by two days, to Nov. 7 for extra preparations.

Dante Lauretta, the chief scientist of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, talks about the unexpected challenges of NASA's first asteroid sampling attempt in an exclusive interview.

News of India's historic moon landing today (Aug. 23) reached the astronauts on board the International Space Station, many of whose partner nations are also shooting for the moon.

Sir Brian May and NASA's OSIRIS-REx chief scientist Dante Lauretta challenge Space.com readers to photograph solar system objects to win a signed copy of their new book about asteroid Bennu.

Rocky exoplanets could possess large amounts of water from the moment they form, observations by the James Webb Space Telescope suggest.

Space.com's night sky columnist Joe Rao explains what it was like to have asteroid 200009 Joerao named after him for his many years of astronomy outreach with the general public.

A geomagnetic storm forecast could make aurora borealis more visible at lower latitudes