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The space around Earth is turning into a junkyard. Researchers think a refundable deposit scheme could force satellite operators to clean up their act before a tipping point is reached.

SpaceX launched its Starfall return capsule for the second time ever this morning (Oct. 20), sending it up on the Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid-sampling mission formally ended on Sept. 30, 2026, though scientists will continue to study the pieces of space rock it returned for decades.

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Japan just launched an epic mission to Mars' moons that could make history as the first spacecraft to return to Earth from the Red Planet — and it plans to come back with samples onboard.

On Oct. 19, 2016, the European Space Agency's ExoMars orbiter and Schiaparelli arrived at Mars! Here's why it mattered.

One new study shows how much the moon has diminished over time.

Using NASA’s SPHEREx spacecraft, astronomers have studied a horde of mysterious "failed stars," or brown dwarfs, not-so-stellar loners that wander the darkness of space alone.

The European Space Agency's Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite mission captured a close-up of West Antarctica from its perch high above Earth.