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Hubble's iconic images captured the public's imagination. Will NASA's next big space telescope, which sees infrared light, produce astronomy scenes that pack a similar punch?

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On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 took off for the moon - a historic mission for Americans, and for people all around the globe. See vintage newspaper headlines from that day here!

Do you know the difference between a pulsar and a quasar? Or how about the history of their discovery? A pulsar (portmanteau of pulsating star) is a highly magnetized, rotating neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation. This radiation can only be observed when the beam of emission is pointing toward the Earth,...

Sotheby's is auctioning off a Russian space capsule identical to the one Yuri Gagarin rode in to become the first human in space in 1961. The Vostok 3KA-2 capsule is expected to fetch between $2 million and $10 million.

Thirty years ago, astronomers found the Kuiper Belt, a region of space home to Pluto and other icy worlds that helped show how the solar system evolved.

A space suit is an environmental suit used for protection from the harsh environment of outer space, mainly from its vacuum as a highly specialized pressure sui...

The origins of an enigmatic type of lightning in the upper atmosphere has been traced to a 10-microsecond flash of bright blue light.

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