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NASA's experimental X-59 jet is designed to fly faster than sound — but also dampen the infamous sonic "boom."

Though NGC 7456 looks like a modest spiral galaxy, new Hubble and XMM-Newton observations reveal a bustling system with star-forming regions and an active core.

Chile is a hotspot for telescopes peering up into deep space to study structures like stars, black holes, dark matter and galaxies.

Two NOAA satellites saw a solar eclipse on Sept. 7 as the moon blocked out the sun mere hours before a lunar eclipse was seen on Earth.

A panorama captures a breathtaking view of the night sky above a frozen landscape.

A recent close-up shows a turtle-shaped rock on the surface of Mars, captured by NASA's Perseverance rover.

This young star is surrounded by a protoplanetary disk, separating the "wings" of the butterfly.

The Soroya Ridge was the recent destination in NASA's Perseverance rover's journey to explore the landscape of Mars.

Aboard the International Space Station, astronauts use creativity and culture to make life in orbit feel a little more like home.

The view underneath SpaceX's Starship spacecraft shows the Super Heavy booster's complex array of 33 Raptor engines.