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X-ray telescopes have helped uncover previously unknown, giant black holes right in our cosmic backyard.

An American, a Canadian and a Russian are headed to the International Space Station.

Falcon 9 lifts SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft to the ISS.

Falcon 9 lifts SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft to the ISS.

“We can summon the future. It doesn’t have to just happen to us.”  Experts of www.spacefrontierfoundation.org present their visions.

A new study of the some of the biggest known black holes has concluded with new estimates in size. 10 of the 18 surveyed could be 10 to 40 billion times more massive than our Sun.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured the image on Oct. 17.

Videos from different parts of the world highlight the Geminid meteor shower.

A night sky photographer shot this spectacular image of Venus and a crescent moon.

In an test of teleoperation, the METERON (Multi-Purpose End-To-End Robotic Operation Network) project will test haptic control device technology on Space Station that will be linked with robotic systems on Earth.

Telerobotics could eventually help astronauts control robots on Mars.

The engineers who built NASA’s Grail spacecraft gathered to watch the probes’ demise.

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spinning and gyrating white dwarf carving some incredible features into the planetary nebula (NGC 5189) it has formed.

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spinning and gyrating white dwarf carving some incredible features into the planetary nebula (NGC 5189) it has formed.

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spinning and gyrating white dwarf carving some incredible features into the planetary nebula (NGC 5189) it has formed.

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has spotted a leading supermassive black hole contender at the center of spiral galaxy NGC 3627. 36 other contestants were found among a survey of 62 galaxie

Atlantis takes flight.

The Akatsuki spacecraft may be able to bounce back from a 2010 orbit-insertion failure.

Ride had led Grail’s MoonKAM project, which allowed kids to choose sites for the spacecraft to photograph.

Ride had led Grail’s MoonKAM project, which allowed kids to choose sites for the spacecraft to photograph.

Ebb and Flow wrapped up their successful science mission in spectacular fashion.

NASA will provide coverage of the intentional crash today of its twin Grail moon probes.

See our top 100 images of the year in space exploration and astronomy!

Here’s a fresh teaser with nearly 2 minutes of footage from the sequel, revealing a bit more about the enigmatic villain.

Three Proton rockets have failed in 16 months.

A night sky photographer took these stunning photos of Jupiter and the moon in conjunction.

The Chinese Chang’e-2 probe flew by an asteroid that just made a close visit of Earth.