Space News & Blog Articles

Today (Aug. 9), President Joe Biden signed into law the CHIPS Act, which includes a NASA authorization bill — the first one to pass Congress in five years.

Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket is about to get an all-American upgrade with the help of Firefly Aerospace.

Other seasons of sci-fi shows come and go, but 'The Orville' will almost certainly be missed the most.

NASA is asking people to share their "moon snaps" to celebrate Artemis 1, which is scheduled to launch on an uncrewed mission around the moon no earlier than Aug. 29.

A politician who helped save the Hubble Space Telescope has now donated her space souvenirs to the operations center that runs the observatory, the Space Telescope Science Institute.

Zoom in to see the incredible Cartwheel Galaxy, which is 500 million light-years away from us.

The crew included the first people from Egypt and Portugal to reach space.

A new NASA video shows how the Gateway space station will put together modules to support Artemis astronauts during their sorties on the lunar surface.

Images on social media show that Galactic Energy of China lifted off successfully from the Jiaquan Satellite Launch Center on Tuesday (Aug. 9).

The Month on Mars expedition traveled to the Haughton-Mars Project base for its summer field season at a simulated Martian outpost.

New research suggests a way for black holes to merge quickly: They must be caught in the accretion disk of a supermassive companion.

SpaceX will launch 53 of its Starlink internet satellites and land a rocket at sea on Tuesday (Aug. 9), and you can watch the action live.

For planetary scientist Alan Stern, witnessing the 20th century deep sea sarcophagus that is the Titanic serves up analogies to spaceflight.

Iran will soon have access to sharp orbital imagery, thanks to a newly launched Russian-built spy satellite.

We round up the best stargazing tents for all situations, from solitary travelers to hosting parties.

The Stellina is a combination of a telescope and camera, and brings the Universe to the palm of your hand in minutes.

When it comes to sci-fi on the small screen, there’s an abundance of choices to populate our best sci-fi TV shows of all time list.

There's a 70% chance that the weather will be good enough to allow another batch of SpaceX's Starlink satellites to get off the ground from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Soviet-era cosmonaut Anatoly Filipchenko, who launched on two docking tests, first for a possible Russian moon landing and then the first joint flight with the United States, has died at age 94.

NOAA reported that a "moderate" solar storm struck Earth over the weekend, and another once could hit today.

SpaceX's massive "Booster 7" Super Heavy rocket prototype moved back to the launch pad Aug. 5 and 6 to prep for an orbital test flight with Starship later this year.