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Two stars are apparent at the center of the mesmerizing Southern Ring Nebula. But astronomers have uncovered three other hidden stars.

Half a century after U.S. astronauts brought it back from the moon’s surface, a minute piece of extraterrestrial rock has finally reached its intended destination, the east Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus

As humans return to the moon after five decades, the next lunar landing will look a lot different — it will require little work from humans.

Projects to develop space centers that can launch satellites into Earth's orbit are sprouting up around Europe, amid the soaring popularity of small rockets and the commercialization of space. By the end of this year, Spanish start-up PLD Space expects to launch its Miura-1 mini-rocket from the El Arenosillo site…

Scots might be able to spot both an eclipse of Mars and the Northern Lights if the skies are clear.

President Joe Biden is hosting the Second US-Africa Leaders Summit in mid-December 2022.

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The area between Venus and Earth is difficult to observe because of the Sun's glare

One ecologist says yes -- in about a hundred years -- but Martian forests are going to look pretty strange.