A five-planet alignment will be visible in the night sky on Tuesday, March 28.

The asteroid will be at least 100,000 miles away from Earth in the once-per-decade moment

A look back at Earth's close encounters with asteroids through the years.

An asteroid between 140 and 310 feet in size will safely pass by Earth on Saturday.

Virgin Orbit says it is pausing all operations amid reports that the company is furloughing almost all its staff as part of a bid to seek a funding lifeline

NASA released the picture at the South by Southwest conference in Austin.

The rocket is made almost completely of 3D-printed parts.

The crew includes the first astronaut from the Arab world on an extended trip.

The European Space Agency said Friday that an investigation into the failure of a rocket carrying two Earth observation satellites last year indicated the cause was a faulty part procured from Ukraine

With more lunar missions coming, the European Space Agency wants moon time zone.

Plus, WNBA star Brittney Griner made a special appearance at the NAACP Image Awards.

The galaxies found could date back to within 600 million years of the Big Bang.

A space burial company has unveiled plans to send hair samples of four U.S. presidents into deep space. ABC News’ Will Ganss explains.

A Japanese startup is planning to launch commercial space viewing balloon flights that it hopes will bring an otherwise astronomically expensive experience down to Earth

Onlookers captured video of a meteor as it streaked through the skies over England.

Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92

The night sky will look a tiny bit greener this week as a rare comet travels close to Earth.

The night sky will look a tiny bit greener this week as a rare comet travels close to Earth.

A comet is streaking back our way after 50,000 years

NASA scientists said an asteroid the size of a box truck will make one of the closest approaches to the planet in recorded history. It is not expected to make impact.

An asteroid is predicted to make one of the closest approaches to Earth in recorded history, scientists said.

The European Space Agency chief says he wants to rebuild Europe’s access to space following the botched launch of a European rocket carrying two Earth observation satellites last year and the delayed introduction of the Ariane 6 launcher

Today marks one year since the James Webb Space Telescope reached its destinations. Here are some of the most striking images that NASA has released

It was the first spacewalk for the NASA astronaut.

A galactic photo shoot has captured more than 3 billion stars and galaxies in one of the biggest sky surveys ever

Comets are large objects made of dust and ice that orbit the sun.

Scientists from NASA announced Tuesday that they discovered an Earth-size planet orbiting its star's habitable zone.

British officials and space scientists say they are disappointed but not deterred after the first attempt to launch satellites into orbit from the U.K. ended in failure

Humanity has made great strides in exploring the deep mysteries of space.

ABC News' Stephanie Ramos spoke with billionaire Sir Richard Branson and filmmaker Chirs Smith about their new HBO docu-series “Branson” and his push for civilian space travel.

These are some of the top space stories from 2022.

The launch of a European rocket carrying two Earth observation satellites failed and ditched in the sea less than three minutes after lift-off from a spaceport in French Guiana on Wednesday

A coolant leak hit a Russian capsule on the ISS.

The crew of the International Space Station is inspecting an attached Russian space capsule that may have been damaged by a micrometeorite

A team of researchers with physical disabilities set out to make space more inclusive and prove anything is possible.

NASA revealed the leak happened right before the Russian cosmonauts were about to do a spacewalk. The agency says the crew members are safe and were not in any danger during the incident.

The Artemis I Orion capsule has splashed down after a 25-day trip that reached within 60 miles of the moon.

A Tokyo company is aiming for the moon with its own private lander

ABC News’ Gio Benitez reports on NASA’s latest mission to the moon on “This Week.”

The spacecraft has concluded its 25-day voyage around the Moon and the un-manned capsule will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere Sunday afternoon.

The Japanese tycoon launched plans for the lunar voyage in 2018.

They were working to complete construction of the Tiangong station.

ABC's Gio Benitez gets an exclusive look at the Orion capsule with splashdown just one week away.

The six-month mission will be the last for space station's construction phase.

NASA’s Orion spacecraft has gone where no spacecraft designed for human transport has gone before and ABC News’ Gio Benitez communicates with the spacecraft from Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas

NASA's Orion capsule is now circling the moon in an orbit stretching tens of thousands of miles

NASA has released new images of the moon taken by the Orion spacecraft as the agency advances its Artemis mission to send humans back to the moon.

The European Space Agency has made history by selecting an amputee who lost his leg in a motorcycle accident to be among its newest batch of astronauts — one step toward its pioneering ambition to send someone with a physical disability into space

The European Space Agency has made history by selecting an amputee who lost his leg in a motorcycle accident to be among its newest batch of astronauts

Plus, President Joe Biden celebrates his 80th birthday at the White House.