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One summer night in 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall was looking through his telescope in Washington, D.C. Mars was at ...

World Asteroid Day is observed every year on June 30 to raise awareness about asteroids and the potential hazards they pose ...

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This explorer spacecraft is heading to a rare asteroid with a naked metal core. It could hold clues to how Earth began ...

There’s Mars, Venus, comets, and of course lunar sample returns ... How did you feel when the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample container was finally opened at Johnson Space Center in Houston? It was a ...

Tourists shelter from the hot sun next to a fountain at the Sforzesco Castle in Milan.

From 'Gravity' to 'Ad Astra', here are six best space films to add to your binge-list. Christopher Nolan's sci-fi adventure ...