Space News & Blog Articles

China has completed a first hot fire test of a fully-assembled powerful new engine that could power new launch vehicles and boost the country's space capabilities.

By sheer chance, astronomers have spotted the stripped core of a star that was once 12 times the mass of the sun during a stage of stellar evolution that lasts the blink of a cosmic eye.

NASA's huge Artemis 1 moon rocket stares up at its blood-red target in amazing lunar eclipse photos posted by the space agency today (Nov. 8).

The last of NASA's space shuttle crew cabin mockups to leave the training room floor has arrived at its new home, the Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston.

NASA astronaut Josh Cassada voted in the U.S. midterms from a bunk bed aboard the International Space Station, joining an elite cadre of people who cast their ballots from orbit.

An alternative biosignature on alien planets could be the same chemical that makes laughing gas.

The James Webb Space Telescope's supercold camera MIRI is back in full science mode after a technical problem on its grating wheel forced scientists to halt some observations.

Scientists have sent a batch of seeds to the International Space Station to create new strains of agricultural plants resistant to climate change.

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) was not the only mega-moon rocket to recently roll out at the agency's Florida spaceport — albeit the other was considerably smaller and much more tasty.

NASA has begun the contracting process for the next-generation lunar rover to be used during the Artemia Moon missions, starting in 2024.

The moon passed through Earth's shadow in the final total lunar eclipse of 2022 on Nov. 8, 2022. See spectacular photos here!

The last lunar eclipse of 2022 has begun! It is already thrilling skywatchers around the world and we have some of the first Blood Moon photos here.

The lunar occultation of Uranus on Tuesday (Nov. 8) will give skywatchers a good guide to finding the distant and dim ice giant planet Uranus.

Skywatcher Alexander Krivenyshev captured stunning shots of the Antares rocket shining brightly above New York City's famous skyline early Monday morning (Nov. 7).

How do astronauts vote from space? The process isn't too different from how we do it here on Earth.

Two SETI telescopes came together for an evening in May to scan a zone where a purported alien signal emerged in 1977. They saw no sign of life, but will likely return for more searches.

NASA is sticking by its Nov. 14 launch date for its historic Artemis 1 mission even as a subtropical storm develops in the Atlantic Ocean that is heading toward Kennedy Space Center.

The oldest dead star found to have a planetary system, dating back 10.7 billion years, has been discovered covered in the rubble of destroyed worlds.

SpaceX had been aiming to launch two telecom satellites on Tuesday (Nov. 8), but the developing Subtropical Storm Nicole has nixed that plan.

China has a new, powerful communications satellite heading to geostationary orbit after a successful launch over the weekend.

About half of the contiguous 48 states will enjoy mainly clear skies, providing a perfect backdrop for viewing the total eclipse of the moon that will take place early on Election Day morning.