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Comet SWAN, hailing from the Oort Cloud beyond Pluto, may not have survived its recent trip past the sun and is fading fast.

Spring’s first meteor shower is reaching its peak. The Lyrids have surprised skygazers in the past with as many as 100 meteors per hour, but it’s not predicted to be as active this time around.

Cambridge researchers using the James Webb space telescope say they have detected two gases in the atmosphere of the planet K2-18b that hint at alien life.

After Wendy’s appeared to troll Katy Perry for participating in the Blue Origin space expedition, the brand issued a statement addressing the matter.

Finding evidence of life in the cosmos is the “holy grail” of exoplanet science, one of the scientists said, but there is still a 0.3% chance that the observation is a statistical fluke.

Scientists may have found a new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system that orbits two failed stars.

The first all-female space crew launched from West Texas. Hetty Chang reports on the star studded names on the Blue Origin trip for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Monday, April 14, 2025.

Amanda Nguyễn realized a dream Monday when the graduate of Centennial High School in Corona flew to the edge of space as part of Blue Origin’s all-female crew. Nguyễn, a rape survivor, shared a heartfelt message after the capsule parachuted to a gentle touchdown in the Texas desert. “I just want every survivor and every person who’s ever had...

Blue Origin’s flight features the first all-female crew since 1963 and includes big names like pop star Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King and philanthropist Lauren Sánchez.

As Blue Origin prepares for its NS-31 mission, learn more about the spaceflight and all-female crew that includes Katy Perry, Gayle King, Lauren Sánchez, Kerianne Flynn, Aisha Bowe and Amanda Nguyen.

The planet famous for its rovers went roving itself, departing the Kennedy Center’s REACH plaza and rolling east onto the roadway.

Discovered late last year, the asteroid 2024 YR4 was predicted at one point to have a 3% chance of smacking Earth in 2032.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have made it back to Earth after enduring about nine months in space, far longer than originally planned for.

A SpaceX capsule has arrived at the International Space Station, delivering the replacements for NASA’s two stuck astronauts.

Four astronauts rocketed into orbit Friday evening on their way to the International Space Station.

The celestial event in which the moon turns an eerie red color will occur on March 13 to 14 and will be visible in all 50 states.

After several delays, the mission launched from California on Tuesday.

A mission that could provide a cosmic history lesson launched from the Southern California coast on Tuesday.

In a press conference on Tuesday, Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spoke about their nine months aboard the International Space Station in advance of their return home.

Sanchez invited Perry and King along with Aisha Bowe, a former NASA rocket scientist who now heads an engineering firm, research scientist Amanda Nguyen and movie producer Kerianne Flynn.