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A NASA rover on Mars is tackling a new challenge and climbing to the rim of a crater

DART appears to have derailed its asteroid target from its normal evolution progress. The impact also made a crater.

A new study suggests that millions of tiny space rock fragments, which were ejected from the deliberate 2022 collision between the asteroid Dimorphos and NASA's DART spacecraft, may be on a collision course with Earth and Mars. While these fragments are probably harmless, they could trigger the first human-caused meteor…

Nokia will take its 4G to the Moon to help astronauts communicate with mission control and one another.

Does everything about the Engineers and the Space Jockey in 'Alien' make sense? Let's unpack what we know after watching the latest entry in the franchise, 'Prometheus.'

The Polaris Dawn mission has been attracting lots of attention because it will feature the first ever spacewalk by commercial space travellers. There are many reasons why this is a landmark mission. But, with its ambition comes a degree of risk.

A galaxy's outstretched arms form a nearly perfect circle around its central disk in a striking new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope.

First-of-its-kind research shows how "ecoacoustics" can help scientists monitor the health of soils—using underground critter concerts.

All I want to talk about is zombie lore and character arc – but everyone else is over it, writes Zoe Williams