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SpaceX launched more than 130 missions this year and made significant progress with its new Starship vehicle, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built.

A magnificent totality across North America, raging northern lights and a naked-eye comet were just three skywatching highlights in 2024. Here's how they all unfolded.

An intricately plotted festive tale checks into a hotel that takes guests everywhere in history.

Surrounded by candy canes and a makeshift snowman made out of stowage bags, the astronauts on the International Space Station gathered together to wish a Merry Christmas to everyone back on Earth.

The Christmas evening sky is especially rewarding now. The eastern sky is filled with brilliant stars, a sort of a celestial Christmas tree.

Space.com's image of the day rounds up the most awe-inspiring space photos right here, with a new image everyday.

The latest aurora forecast for tonight help you make sure you're in the right place at the right time to see the northern lights.

For better or for worse, a small part of the Apollo 11 spacecraft will now be Jon Mesick's to have and to hold for all the days of his life. The tape is the centerpiece of Mesick's wedding band.

On Dec. 25, 2004, NASA's Cassini spacecraft dropped a lander named Huygens at Titan, Saturn's largest moon.

NASA administrators play a vital role in deciding what NASA does and how it does it, and they also help build political support for space exploration.