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On Sept. 24, 2014, India's first interplanetary mission entered into orbit around Mars in a stunning feat of space engineering. Here's why it mattered.

Black holes come in a vast array of sizes, from many times the mass of the sun, up to billions of times the size of our star, but the "burps" they emit when feeding seem to be remarkably similar.

Use September's full moon as a guide to spot the ringed planet, then turn a telescope toward two of the night sky's most rewarding sights.

A spectacular wildflower bloom has transformed parts of Western Australia's normally arid landscape following months of unusually wet weather.

SpaceX is gearing up for Starship's most ambitious mission ever.

There's also a possible nod to 'Deep Space Nine' in the time-hopping "Tomorrow's Enterprise"

Using the X-ray spacecraft XRISM, astronomers have observed stellar winds from a hypermassive star feeding a neutron star.

NASA's Perseverance rover uncovered evidence of water interacting with rocks in Mars' Jezero Crater multiple times, including a period of hot groundwater activity.

An imaginative new "Star Trek" comic book dropping this week from IDW Publishing sounds like a seriously suitable candidate for a film adaptation.

SpaceX has assembled the giant Starship on the launch pad at its Starbase, Texas, facility, and is progressing toward the rocket’s first launch to orbit.