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A Long March 5B rocket launched the eighth batch of satellites for China's Guowang broadband network on Wednesday (Aug. 13). It was the fourth Guowang launch in less than three weeks.

Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.

NASA's Orion spacecraft for the crewed Artemis 2 mission to fly astronauts around the moon is all fueled up and going through final preparations to ready the vehicle for stacking with its SLS rocket.

It's a 300-year reunion in our violent peek at this week's episode, 'The Shape of Time'.

Artificial intelligence helps astronomers observe what may be the first known case of a star exploding while interacting with a black hole.

The medieval-looking "helmet" is the latest addition to Mars' gallery of odd-shaped rocks.

A new study finds that liquids other than water might be able to support life on worlds beyond Earth, potentially expanding the envelope of life throughout the cosmos.

The star, called DFK 52, is a member of a cluster of similar red supergiants, but it's losing mass at an extreme rate never seen before.

Forecasters warn Erin may intensify into the season's first major hurricane within days.

WorldView-3 is a high-resolution imaging satellite that can resolve features as small as 1 foot (31 centimeters) across.