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The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, promised an investigation into the failed Oct. 11 Soyuz crew launch, and the preliminary report should be complete by the end of this week, the agency announced in a statement released yesterday (Oct. 17).

Electrons are extremely round, and some physicists will not be pleased about it.

Electrons are extremely round, and some physicists will not be pleased about it.

Is there room for God in the endless, expanding universe? In his final book, Stephen Hawking says no.

Is there room for God in the endless, expanding universe? In his final book, Stephen Hawking says no.

AI like the malevolent HAL in the movie “2001” are already among us.

We still have a long way to go in the search for intelligent aliens.

Scientists have ruled out black holes as a possible source for most of the elusive dark matter scattered throughout much of the universe.

Moonlit skies over the Chinese city of Chengdu may get a boost from a second moon.

Spaceflight experts talked about the romance and danger of someday traveling to Mars during a panel at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.

To help humans really connect with one another, former astronaut Mae Jemison has a simple request — just look up. The campaign runs all day today (Oct. 18) and people can share their experiences through a free app.

The United States already has a space agency: NASA. So why do we need a Space Force, and what would it do? Could a Space Force strain diplomatic relationships, reigniting the race to militarize space?

Fifty years ago, Walt Cunningham became one of NASA’s first Apollo astronauts to fly into space and, aboard the same mission, one of the first people to use a Space Pen.

On Oct. 18, 1963, a cat went to space! Félicette was a French “catstronaut” who became the first and only feline to fly to space at that time. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!

Mercury is a tiny, shrinking greyish ball of metal, an unassuming neighbor that’s easy to overlook — but don’t laugh off the possibility that the little world could rewrite our understanding of our own solar system and those all around us.

Evidence of a big, unseen world in the extreme outer solar system continues to mount, giving astronomers more and more confidence that “Planet Nine” is real.

The latest mystery mission of the U.S. Air Force’s robotic X-37B space plane has now passed the 400-day mark.

We’ve known for about 20 years that the expansion of our universe is accelerating, but how does the dark energy that causes it work?

NASA’s InSight Mars lander carries a five-fingered metallic claw at the end of its robotic arm that’s crucial to the robot’s mission. Here’s how that claw will work.

NASA has opened a submission period for commercial moon-lander proposals, noting that selected technology might fly as soon as next year.

In his final book, released Oct. 16, Stephen Hawking tackles big questions about the universe, delving into physics, cosmology, the existence of God and the future direction of humanity.

In his final book, released Oct. 16, Stephen Hawking tackles big questions about the universe, delving into physics, cosmology, the existence of God and the future direction of humanity.

Everything was going smoothly — until NASA astronaut Nick Hague felt a sudden tremor. “The first thing I really noticed was being shaken pretty violently side to side,” he said.

What do you do when you’re a self-described “fierce fan” of famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson? Write a children’s book about him, of course.

This year’s Breakthrough Prize honors pulsar discoverer Jocelyn Bell Burnell, a pioneer in the field of multi-messenger astronomy, gravitational-wave researchers and scientists investigating the nature of gravity and the quantum realm.

“Replicas,” Keanu Reeves new, little-known, indie sci-fi movie looks awesome in a brand-new trailer.

The universe might be tricking us with its optical illusions.

“First Man” is a movie steeped in even more space history than audiences might be aware. Here’s a look at the hidden details, or “easter eggs,” that maybe only eagle-eyed space geeks might notice.

Cataclysmic mergers of the superdense stellar corpses known as neutron stars may be common across the cosmos, a new study suggests.

Space is an amazing physics laboratory, because we can see stars and other objects behaving under extreme conditions.

Scientists recently uncovered the largest known structure from the ancient universe.

To get astronauts to the moon, scientists built the largest rocket ever.

To get astronauts to the moon, scientists built the largest rocket ever.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen was a billionaire with a passion for space travel.

The private spaceflight company Rocket Lab has a new spaceport, and it’s in Virginia.

By launching a tiny, atom-packed chip into space and blasting it with lasers, German scientists have for the first time created an exotic state of matter known as a Bose-Einstein condensate in space.

On Oct. 17, 2016, Orbital ATK returned to flight, successfully launching a cargo shipment to the International Space Station after its previous cargo mission failed to launch.

An advanced U.S. military communications satellite soared into space in the midnight hour Wednesday (Oct. 17), lighting up the sky over Florida as it launched into orbit.

NASA’s next Mars spacecraft will soon know its landing site, as scientists meet to debate the relative merits of four final contenders. The mission will investigate whether the Red Planet ever hosted life.

From stargazing gear to cosmic bling and out-of-this-world toys, here are Space.com’s picks for the coolest space gifts of 2018.

From robots to rockets and toddler-size telescopes, here are Space.com’s picks for the best space and STEM gifts for kids this year.

The death of billionaire technologist, philanthropist and private-spaceflight entrepreneur Paul Allen has hit hard for people from many different walks of life. Read a few tributes to him from folks in the spaceflight and SETI communities.

Alien characters allow writers to thematically discuss feelings of ostracization, said “Roswell, New Mexico” writer and show developer Carina Adly MacKenzie during a New York Comic Con 2018 event.

But how is such a mission even possible?

Are we all going to be replaced?

BepiColombo is a planned European-Japanese mission to Mercury. It is set to launch in 2018.

One day after a Soyuz rocket failed just after liftoff, sending its two-man crew on a dramatic abort in midflight, the head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos said the American and Russian aboard the flight will fly again next year.

In an astronomical first, four gigantic planets have been detected around a very young star, a new study reports.

Dark energy may be decreasing, which puts a crimp in the notion that the universe will expand forever.

Stephen Hawking’s final paper provides a possible way to measure how black holes store information

Moons could possess moons of their own. Kepler-1625b-i, a newfound candidate to be a giant alien moon, may even possess one or more moons that once had habitable surfaces, a new study finds.

A wealth of exciting news about “Star Trek: Discovery” came out of this year’s New York Comic Con, so strap in for our breakdown of the details of Season 2.

On Oct. 16, 1975, NASA launched the first operational GOES satellite! See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!

Wally Schirra was an accomplished astronaut who spent time in space with three NASA programs in the 1960s.

An Atlas V rocket will light up the midnight sky over Florida early Wednesday (Oct. 17) to launch a new high-tech military satellite into orbit and you can watch liftoff live online.

The show opens precisely when you would expect it to, on July 16, 1969, as a rocket carrying three American men lifts off into history.

Rocket Lab just unveiled a huge new facility in New Zealand designed to enable fast mass production of the company’s Electron booster. And William Shatner was on hand to lend some more excitement to the proceedings.

The leptoquark is down to couple with leptons and quarks.

NASA astronaut Nick Hague spoke to the public for the first time since his failed launch, sharing what it was like to be in the capsule and how he and his family are responding to the event.

The dramatic Soyuz rocket launch abort and an earlier Progress failure highlight poor policy decisions on access to space, astronaut Leroy Chiao says.

Some of the brightest and swiftest shooting stars will bedazzle the night sky this year during the Orionid meteor shower, which will peak between Oct. 20 and 22 and continue through early November.

Astronaut Harrison Schmitt saw Earth from space, but doesn’t see that human activity is shaping climate change.

The technology titan, philanthropist and private-spaceflight entrepreneur Paul Allen died Monday (Oct. 15) at the age of 65.

Sometime in perhaps the not too distant future, a robotic rover, or maybe even an astronaut, will visit a small crater on the moon to answer a mystery inspired by the movie “First Man.” (Spoiler warning: this article reveals a major detail from the film.)

Sometime in perhaps the not too distant future, a robotic rover, or maybe even an astronaut, will visit a small crater on the moon to answer a mystery inspired by the movie “First Man.” (Spoiler warning: this article reveals a major detail from the film.)

As a growing number of organizations propose satellites to monitor greenhouse gases, national space agencies who already operate such spacecraft welcome those new entrants — as long as they’re willing to share their results.

This scene shows the magnificent presence of the Milky Way galaxy, full of nebulous clouds of interstellar gas and dust and sparkling star clusters shining bright in one of the most pristine dark-sky sites in the world.

With NASA’s decision to continue using an interim upper stage for additional flights of the Space Launch System, Boeing is working on changes to both that stage and a more powerful upper stage.

The whole sky appears to glow in a new photo from the European Southern Observatory.

Bolding going where no crossover has gone before.

On Oct. 15, 1997, NASA launched the Cassini spacecraft on a mission to explore Saturn and its moons. It lifted off aboard a Titan 4B rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!

We take a closer look at the new “Star Trek: Discovery” Season 2 trailer first shown at this year’s New York Comic Con.

As NASA and its Russian counterpart Roscosmos continue to investigate what went wrong during last week’s crew launch to the International Space Station, both agencies’ chiefs have expressed confidence in Soyuz’s ability to fly again soon.

NASA has identified the glitch that sent its Chandra X-ray Observatory into a protective safe mode last Wednesday (Oct. 10). The scope should be up and running again next week, agency officials said.

An eyewitness at the aborted Soyuz launch yesterday (Oct. 11) to the International Space Station saw an odd smoke trail emerging from the rocket as the crewmembers’ craft separated to make a daring landing back on Earth.

A new trailer and footage for YouTube Premium’s sci-fi series “Origin” were shown at New York Comic Con.

From his career as a test pilot to his famous first steps on the moon, Neil Armstrong donned all kinds of interesting outfits at work. While filming the new Armstrong biopic “First Man,” lead actor Ryan Gosling got to look and feel like the real Neil whil

On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeagerbroke the sound barrier for the first time! See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shouldn’t be sidelined for too much longer. Mission team members are working to get a balky gyroscope online, but Hubble can operate without it if needed, agency officials said.

NASA’s Kepler space telescope, which has discovered more than 2,600 alien planets to date, emerged from yet another slumber Thursday (Oct. 11).

On Oct. 13, 1773, a French astronomer named Charles Messier discovered the “Whirlpool Galaxy,” also known as Messier 51, or M51. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!

When skywatchers acquire their first telescope, I suspect there are two objects at the top of their observing list: the moon and the ringed planet Saturn.

The European MASCOT lander bounced down to the rocky surface of an asteroid last week.

When director Rory Kennedy set out to make “Above and Beyond: NASA’s Journey to Tomorrow,” a documentary film about the agency’s first 60 years of space exploration, she did not expect that her focus would turn back toward Earth.

When a Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 11, everything seemed fine — but just in case it wasn’t, search-and-rescue crews were stationed across the region, ready to jump into action.

The organization that helped NASA’s Apollo spacecraft land on the moon a half-century ago is now working with an industry team that includes a Japanese lunar lander company to propose a commercial return to the lunar surface.

NASA astronaut Nick Hague was one of the two men aboard the Soyuz rocket that failed soon after launch yesterday (Oct. 11) — and NASA had hardly confirmed that he was safe before speculation about his flight schedule began.

Members of an independent NASA safety panel said they were worried that the Oct. 11 Soyuz launch failure could make safety concerns with the agency’s commercial crew program even worse.

Weather satellites tracking monster Hurricane Michael captured this incredible view of the now-tropical storm’s clouds over North Carolina early yesterday morning (Oct. 11).

Details surrounding the dramatic abort of the Oct. 11 Soyuz MS-10 launch are coming into focus. Russian space officials say that one of the Soyuz rocket’s four strap-on boosters failed to properly separate and nicked the core stage.