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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.

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

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.

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

On Monday, students across the U.S. will use Mercury's transit to measure the distance between Earth and the sun.

Hit-and-run collisions and those that leave debris can affect a planet's orbit and growth.

Cast members from "Star Trek: Discovery" shared backstage stories at Atlanta's DragonCon.

A special class of water-rich asteroids would make great targets for asteroid mining.

Asteroids and comets hidden in Jupiter's shadow may be in "safe mode" now, but a small change could send them flying towards Earth.

Once upon a time, a spacecraft made a dramatic quest to a distant land to bring back a treasure — and some science.

Io, the most volcanic body in the solar system, may not boast a magma ocean after all.

Astronaut and medical doctor Serena Auñón-Chancellor weighs in on how experiments on the ISS help medical research on Earth.

The Dream Chaser space plane continues to eye future crewed trips to the International Space Station, despite the plane's cargo focus.

The U.S. has declared its intention to once again put boots on the moon. That sort of exploration comes with a giant price tag, leaving some to wonder where the money will come from.

NASA is working with private companies to send humans back to the moon. But what happens if those companies get there first?