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A Queensland astrophysicist is warning stargazers that a once-in-50,000-year comet may be a let down, but there are other key space events you should be looking out for.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The planned Saturday liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center has been delayed until Sunday.

ORLANDO, Fla. — There could be more SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches in 2023 than it has ever flown with the first one set for liftoff at 5:55 p.m. from Kennedy Space Center.

Scientists expect global average temperatures to potentially set records in 2023 or 2024.

Russia's space agency Roscosmos announced new contingency plans on Saturday for the three crew of a damaged capsule docked to the International Space Station, saying the U.S. member of the trio would return to Earth in a separate SpaceX vessel if they needed to evacuate in the next few weeks.

“Most Critical Time Is Now,” Says Former NASA Astronaut.

The MESSENGER mission needed a few gravitational assists to enter orbit around the smallest planet.

Hundreds of light years away, the hot Jupiter exoplanet has temperatures high enough to melt silver and is orbiting its sun in the length of a working week.

President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida were holding wide-ranging talks at the White House on Friday as Japan looks to build security cooperation with allies in a time of provocative Chinese and North Korean military action. The two administrations were also ready to seal an agreement to…

The James Webb Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet, LHS 475 b. NASA says the planet is just 41 light-years away from us.