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You can re-enact the climactic scene of 1968’s “Planet of the Apes” with Charlton Heston’s astronaut character screaming on the beach next to the Statue of Liberty, thanks to a new Lego set based on “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.”

A full-dome fisheye view shows 180 degrees of the night sky over the United Kingdom’s Peak District on a crystal-clear winter night.

Check out these awesome new Lego sets that have been released for “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.”

SpaceX launched its eighth and final batch of Iridium Next communications satellites into orbit on Jan. 11, 2019. See photos of the historic mission here!

This summer, the most powerful solar telescope ever built should make its first observations of our sun — but the excitement isn’t just for scientists, the telescope team believes.

It looks like we’ll have a fictional Space Force before the real one gets off the ground.

Japan launched seven spacecraft to Earth orbit today (Jan. 17), including a little satellite designed to create dazzling artificial meteor showers.

NASA published moon-observation worksheets to teach kids about the science of total lunar eclipses.

The distant object Ultima Thule spins into view in a dramatic new video captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft.

The China Lunar Exploration Program has given the Maisto Tech toy company exclusive rights to manufacture toy versions of the Chang’e-4 lunar rover, which landed on the lunar farside on Jan. 2, 2019. See how the toys are made in this photo gallery!

Here’s something you don’t see every day — the glint of freshly fallen rain on the surface of an alien world.

Here’s something you don’t see every day — the glint of freshly fallen rain on the surface of an alien world.

The second season of “Star Trek: Discovery” will be back on your screens via CBS All Access this Thursday evening at 8:30 p.m. EST.

On January 17, 1985, the United States launched its 1,037th and final Aerobee rocket. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series!

Where should you go to get the best look at the dancing, dazzling display known as the aurora borealis?

It’s the 90th anniversary of Edwin Hubble’s discovery.

Asteroid impacts have a bad reputation here on Earth — it’s the dinosaurs’ signature public relations victory — but it’s the moon that really bears the scars of living in our messy neighborhood.

Saturn has not always had rings — the planet’s haloes may date only to the age of dinosaurs, or after it, a new study finds.

Ocean temperatures reached their highest point since accurate measurements first began in the 1950s.

Back in the first moment of the universe, everything was hot and dense and in perfect balance. A new quantum experiment aims to show how that changed.

China managed to grow some tiny cotton sprouts on the moon, but it killed them. Here’s how.

The primary mission for NASA’s Deep Space 1 was to test out a dozen new advanced technologies. During the spacecraft’s ride through space, it also swung by an asteroid and a comet.

Ethan Peck of “Star Trek: Discovery” tells us what we can expect in Season 2.

A Japanese Epsilon rocket will launch a suite of seven experimental satellites this evening (Jan. 17), including one little cubesat that will test out creating artificial meteors.

As the federal government shutdown nears its fourth week with no end in sight, some NASA employees gathered in Houston to protest the consequences of the budget impasse between Congress and the White House.

Astronomers barely know anything about dark matter, but now they know this: It behaves differently in old, dying galaxies than in new, star-forming ones.

The spacecraft that have peered at Saturn’s moon Titan discovered a strange, yet strangely familiar world where life could theoretically take root. Now, scientists want to return, buoyed by Earth’s fascination with drone technology.

The Hubble Space Telescope’s main eye on the universe should be back up and running soon.

NASA hasn’t been totally grounded by the government shutdown.

Taken from Cerro Paranal, a mountain in Chile’s Atacama Desert that is home to the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, an almost 360-degree panoramic view shows several interesting objects of the night sky.

The cast of “Star Trek: Discovery” tell us what we can expect in Season 2.

This probably tops your most embarrassing butt-dial moment: Back in 2012, Dutch astronaut André Kuipers mistakenly called 911 from the International Space Station.

This probably tops your most embarrassing butt-dial moment: Back in 2012, Dutch astronaut André Kuipers mistakenly called 911 from the International Space Station.

On January 16, 1969, two crewed spacecraft docked in orbit for the first time. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series!

Whenever we have a total eclipse of the moon approaching, as we do now, my mind always drifts back to my very first total lunar eclipse more than half a century ago.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has not furloughed employees due to the ongoing government shutdown but “may have to consider some adjustments on a mission-by-mission basis” if Congress does not approve NASA funding by the end of January.

The cotton plants that sprouted on the moon’s far side aboard China’s Chang’e 4 lander are dead, done in by the bitter cold of the lengthy lunar night.

The NROL-71 spacecraft is scheduled to launch atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base on Saturday (Jan. 19) at 2:05 p.m. EST (1905 GMT; 11:05 a.m. local California time).

Scientists think that they’ve spotted a rare, Jupiter-size black hole casually strolling through the Milky Way galaxy.

Scientists think that they’ve spotted a rare, Jupiter-size black hole casually strolling through the Milky Way galaxy.

Before China finished packing up its Chang’e 4 lunar lander to be blasted off on a never-before-accomplished journey to the far side of the moon, scientists slipped in a small tank of plant seeds. And now, the team announced, a cotton seed has sprouted.

NASA’s proposed Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway is a lunar outpost that could house astronauts for months at a time, allowing them to perform advanced scientific experiments and travel into deep space.

Earth’s north magnetic pole is on the move, unpredictably lurching away from the Canadian Arctic and toward Siberia.

Earth’s north magnetic pole is on the move, unpredictably lurching away from the Canadian Arctic and toward Siberia.

Physicists have built a ring in which pulses of light whip circles around each other and the normal rules that govern light’s behavior stop applying.

China’s bold moon-exploration plans don’t stop with the pioneering Chang’e 4 mission, which made the first-ever soft landing on the lunar far side on Jan. 2.

China’s Chang’e 4 lander and rover are now getting cold-soaked, as darkness falls on their touchdown site on the far side of the moon.

The #CaptainMarvelChallenge is now live.

On January 15, 2006, NASA’s Stardust spacecraft returned to Earth to drop off a capsule that contained the first samples of a comet and interstellar dust. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series!

The new television series “Roswell, New Mexico” premieres tonight (Jan. 15) at 9:00 p.m. EST, blending aliens with young adult drama.

A cigar-shaped space rock named ‘Oumuamua caused quite a stir when it became the first interstellar visitor discovered in our solar system. Is it an asteroid, a comet or an alien spacecraft? Whatever it is, it’s probably not unique.

Fancy some white wine on the Red Planet? Scientists in the Republic of Georgia are determined to grow grapes on Mars.

Half a century after the first manned space flight, space travel may be about to enter the age of steam.

SpaceX’s fourth Dragon capsule to make two trips to the International Space Station has returned to Earth overnight, with splashdown confirmed in the Pacific Ocean.

Two little cubesats will fly with a planned European asteroid mission to get some extra space-rock studies done.

What a difference a decade makes. Only 10 years after China sent its first lunar spacecraft on an orbital mission, the nation accomplished something nobody has managed to do before: plunk a lander, Chang’e 4, on the far side of the moon.

What a difference a decade makes. Only 10 years after China sent its first lunar spacecraft on an orbital mission, the nation accomplished something nobody has managed to do before: plunk a lander, Chang’e 4, on the far side of the moon.

Make sure to check out the full lunar eclipse occurring overnight from Sunday (Jan. 20) to Monday (Jan. 21), visible from all of North and South America.

For more than two decades, scientists have wondered whether extraterrestrial life may be flourishing deep below the icy coatings boasted by moons in our outer solar system.

Hubble has captured the universe for nearly 30 years. A new report estimates that the telescope will continue to function for at least another five.

On January 13, 1978, NASA selected its eighth and most diverse class of astronauts yet. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series!

SpaceX is laying off about 10 percent of its workforce, a cost-cutting move the company says is required to focus on development of its next-generation launch system and a broadband satellite constellation.

The Mirrorverse gets even weirder.

Scientists have used photos captured by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) to further pinpoint the landing locale of China’s Chang’e 4 far-side mission.

All ‘Star Trek: Short Treks’ — A Complete Review Round-Up that includes the latest episode “The Escape Artist.”

Here is a list of all the full moon names, dates and times (for the Eastern time zone) in 2019, beginning with the ‘wolf’ moon in January, to the ‘cold’ moon in December.

Planet-forming disks of material typically orbit around the equators of stars, but now scientists have discovered such rings can go dramatically awry and encircle the poles of stars instead.

Our senses are stuck in the past. There’s a flash of lightning, and then seconds pass until we hear the rumble of distant thunder. We hear the past.

The U.S. military’s highest priority weather satellite, a spacecraft requested by U.S. Strategic Command to observe clouds and theaters of operations, is on hold after NASA rescinded the contract award.

Researchers examining data produced by small satellites launched in 2016 to track ocean winds were surprised the mission produced valuable information on soil moisture and flooding.

For freshly grown produce, space is truly the final frontier.

On January 13, 1978, NASA selected its eighth and most diverse class of astronauts yet. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series!

The most powerful explosions in the universe may be even more exotic than scientists had thought.

The advisory group for the National Space Council is looking at ways that NASA’s human exploration plans can also support space science, while acknowledging the lack of representation of the scientific community in the group.

But “when, where, and how” remain to be seen.

Astronomers know our solar system better than any other, but they’re still learning new ways that it doesn’t seem to be particularly normal.

While it seems the movie element of the “Star Trek” universe is dead in space, the TV side of things is prospering.

On January 12, 2005, NASA launched its Deep Impact mission to crash into comet Tempel 1, also known as 9P/Tempel. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series!

More than three years have passed since most of North America saw a good total lunar eclipse. So be sure to put a big circle on your calendar for Sunday, Jan. 20.

China made history earlier this month with the first successful soft landing on the far side of the moon — and now, the mission has sent back an incredible panorama view of its work site.

Playing Captain Marvel required more than nine months of physical training.


Alara makes an important decision that affects the whole crew in Episode 3 of Season 2 of “The Orville.”

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lofted 10 final Iridium Next satellites into orbit today (Jan. 11), completing a two-year, eight-launch contract between the two companies.

Earth’s Shadow Will Swallow Wolf Moon

The energetic core of a distant galaxy blasts past the record for brightest object in the early universe, blazing with the light equivalent to 600 trillion suns.

Assembly of the test-flight version of SpaceX’s Mars-colonizing “Starship” vehicle is now complete, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk announced Thursday night (Jan. 10).

NASA’s InSight Mars lander is officially hunting for quakes on the Red Planet.

A Lego model of NASA’s proposed Large UV Optical Infrared Surveyor (LUVOIR) telescope has landed here at the 233rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society.

The latest taxi test of the giant aircraft being developed by Stratolaunch for its air-launch system is a sign the plane’s first flight may take place soon.

The ongoing partial government shutdown has upended aspects of a major astronomy conference this week but has not, for now, affected operations of NASA astrophysics missions.