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Two satellites just carefully lined up to form a perfect "artificial total solar eclipse" in orbit. The results are stunning.

Scientists Line Up Satellites to Create “Artificial Total Solar Eclipse”

By Victor Tangermann

While it was getting ready to power down its Gaia spacecraft, the European Space Agency encountered some unusual resistance.

Scientists Tried to Kill Spacecraft But It Was So Tough That It Refused to Die

By Victor Tangermann

During an important rocket test, some students decided to strap some cheese onto one of the craft's landing legs.

Rocket Launch Threatened by Sliced Cheese Stuck on Leg

By Noor Al-Sibai

The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer probe has spotted a habitable planet astonishingly close to us.

Rejoice! Spacecraft Confirms That Earth Is a Habitable Planet

By Victor Tangermann

A former ESA director and a former NASA administrator argue that we should boost the space station's orbit as a gift to future generations.

Former Space Agency Leaders Horrified by Plan to Destroy Space Station, Say It Would Be Easier to Save It

By Victor Tangermann

The European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope has revealed some of the saddest parts of our dark Universe.

Astronomers Find Lonely Starless Planets That Drift Through the Darkness of Space All by Themselves

By Noor Al-Sibai

In Portugal, a comet shot through the sky and illuminated it turquoise — and one lucky girl captured the entire thing on camera.

Girl Awestruck After Capturing Brilliant Blue Comet By Chance on Camera

By Noor Al-Sibai

A massive, defunct satellite is set to come crashing through the Earth's atmosphere and plummet to the surface below in a matter of weeks.

Massive European Satellite to Plummet Back Down to Earth Uncontrollably

By Victor Tangermann

The European Space Agency carefully de-orbited its Aeolus satellite in July. Newly released images reveal its fiery, headlong descent.

Amazing Images Show Final Moments of Satellite Before It Burns Up Completely

By Frank Landymore

Sweden made a major whoopsie Monday when its experimental rocket accidentally landed in Norway, its neighbor.

Swedish Scientists Accidentally Shoot Norway With Rocket

By Noor Al-Sibai

If you're worried about NASA's plan to bring Mars rocks back to Earth to study them, you probably don't need to be, scientists say.

Mars Rock Samples Probably Won’t Infect Earth With Deadly Martian Plague, Scientist Says

By Noor Al-Sibai

A British astronaut teased the idea that UFOs are not alien visitors to Earth but could instead be human time-travelers coming back from the future.

Astronaut Speculates That UFOs Are Time Travelers From the Future

By Noor Al-Sibai

The European Space Agency (ESA) has discovered a planet shaped like a rugby ball due to the enormous tidal forces of its host star.

Science & Energy

Scientists Just Discovered a Planet That’s Not a Sphere

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA announced on Monday that the controversial spacecraft has been loaded with a propellant it’ll use for its thrusters to move around while in orbit.

James Webb Space Telescope

The Mighty James Webb Space Telescope Is All Fueled Up for Launch

By Tony Ho Tran

Researchers are studying the effects of spaceflight on the human body by placing women in water tanks for five days.

Scientists Are Putting Women in Giant Waterbeds to Study Outer Space

By Tony Ho Tran

The European Space Agency is planning to launch a massive claw designed to clean up larger pieces of space junk.

Europe Is Launching a Giant Claw to Grab Space Junk

By Victor Tangermann