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Arianespace launched an Ariane 5 rocket Tuesday (Aug. 6) from Kourou, French Guiana, sending two new telecommunications satellites into orbit.

Astronomers have stumbled upon a new class of pulsating stars.

Glaciologists mapped out ice velocity in Antarctica using data from six satellites.

A lightning storm in Guatemala made for a spectacular scene.

Heavy metals were seen escaping from the top of this odd, football-shaped exoplanet.

Scientists built a miniature sun in the lab in order to gain more insight into solar physics.

Scientists just discovered a "super-Earth" exoplanet that could harbor life.

The discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a young star could provide new information on planet formation.

Two studies paint a full picture of the sun's 11-year cycle.

A team of astronomers calculated the strength of the magnetic fields of four hot Jupiter exoplanets.

"The Space Race" audiobook revisits the events behind the Apollo missions.

A new children's book gives its young readers the perspective of walking onto a new world through the eyes of Apollo 12 moonwalker and painter Alan Bean.

The Apollo missions helped us solve many of the moon's mysteries, but many questions were left unanswered — and even more arose as a result of the samples the astronauts brought back.

NASA released these panoramic images of the Apollo landing sites for the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11.

This massive asteroid was 222,160 miles (357,500 kilometers) from Earth.

New research provides clues as to how the water may have escaped its icy grave and splattered across the lunar surface.

We already knew it was there, but now astronomers have mapped out the void neighboring our galaxy.

Using red giant stars, scientists calculate new universe expansion rate.

NASA is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon mission with some out-of-this-world events.

Astronomers can't spot this asteroid within the estimated collision course, so fingers crossed!

Scientists had some major misconceptions about the moon before the Apollo missions.

"Moonshot" paints a beautiful and informative picture of humanity's first mission to the moon.

This year's Amazon.com Prime Day megasale gives you the chance to own two of the most popular droids in science fiction history — R2-D2 and BB-9E.

Discovery of this black hole disk could provide insights regarding relativity theory.

As a former NASA intern prepares to auction off original footage of the first moonwalk, NASA released a statement addressing the 'lost tapes' claims.