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Martian dust storms have helped to strip water from the red planet.

The near-Earth asteroid Bennu continues to reveal its secrets to NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.

A NASA probe has peered into the sun's atmosphere and found 'bombs' of plasma, jets that affect solar wind and nanoflares that rapidly accelerate particles.

As Earth's twin, Venus offers much in the search for life and habitable worlds.

Students across the United Kingdom grew seeds that spent six months in space to learn how they would grow once back on Earth.

The first orbital Dream Chaser space plane recently got its wings, and a name: Tenacity.

An ancient Syrian village was destroyed by a fireball from the sky, scientists suspect.

Saturn’s ringing rings are revealing insights about the planet’s interior.

Plumes from Jupiter’s moon Europa could provide insights about the interior of the moon, but their deposits remain hidden.

In January 2020, Space.com had the chance to get up close and personal with the Daniel K. Inoye Solar Telescope, the world’s largest solar telescope.

NASA astronauts may use suborbital flights as training opportunities, while human exploration of the moon could open the door to more science.

You can now build your own "Earth-like" planet to see just how different it is from our own world.

The neutron-star merger that showered the solar system with its precious metals was fairly close and fairly recent.

Planets like Saturn's moon Titan, one of the most potentially habitable places in the solar system, could reveal their secrets to future telescopes.

The proposed 2021 budget could cancel Odyssey by default due to timing challenges.

Three teams of astronomers have been fascinated by an alien world known as K2-18b. But what's all the fuss about?

Hawaii's Inouye Solar Telescope has released its first detailed image of the sun.

A new satellite will provide more detailed information about rising sea levels and other changes in Earth's oceans. Meet Sentinel-6/Jason-CS.

A year after New Horizons buzzed its second target, Arrokoth, a wealth of science has been revealed.

A black hole was photographed, the farthest flyby was completed, and a beloved rover was proclaimed dead. Follow us through the highs and lows of 2019 space science.

If you've been holding out hope that some Ewoks survived the apocalypse at the end of "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi," you should probably squash it.

Researchers may be able to use this information to learn more about comets' paths around the sun.

Scientists have spotted an incredibly weird, 'impossible' white dwarf star in a discovery that suggests these objects are even more common than suspected.