Space News & Blog Articles

An Ariane 5 rocket carrying a European communications satellite is scheduled to launch from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana Wednesday (Sept. 7) at 5:45 p.m. EDT (2145 GMT). Watch it live here.

Bailey Burns learned how to 'speed cube' to solve the Rubik's Cube puzzle in 19 seconds during a parabolic flight.

Asteroid 3 Juno, half the length of the Grand Canyon, will whip past Earth at an average speed 30 times that of a jet fighter on its 4-year orbit around our star.

The story of how JWST's images of distant galaxies and the words of an astrophysicist were misused by science deniers to try and throw shade on the Big Bang.

NASA will replace a seal in an attempt to fix the leak that scuttled last weekend's planned Artemis 1 moon launch — and it will do the work on the pad.

The spaceflight doubleheader involved a Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket and a Long March 2D, which launched from different spaceports 115 minutes apart late Monday and early Tuesday (Sept. 5 and Sept. 6).

New research from historical sources indicates that Betelgeuse had a yellowish hue around two millennia ago.

A Michigan-based aurora chaser got an unexpected treat last night when an aurora-like ribbon of glowing stripes paraded just above his head.

Pearl Jam's new record, 'Gigaton,' moves listeners beyond Earthly bounds to reflect on our changing planet.

Mars appears closest to the bright star Aldebaran of the Taurus constellation Tuesday (Sept. 6). The pair will be visible high in the south before sunrise.

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed new details of stellar nursery 30 Doradus, known as the Tarantula Nebula.

Given all of the planned international lunar activity, emergencies could happen that will call for the unconstrained mobilization of all possible aids.

Observations of a violent galactic merger that occurred between 6 and 7 billion years ago could help solve the mystery of how galaxies "die," or stop forming stars.

Take a giant leap for mankind with the Lego Lunar Research Base.

As Earth passes through the primary spiral arms of the Milky Way, thick interstellar clouds may hammer the planet with comets that have helped create the continental crust.

The Anycubic Photon D2's exceptional print quality and detail mean it's the new go-to printer for miniature and jewelry enthusiasts.

Starburst, the fruit-flavored soft taffy, is taking a nod from its name and preparing to become the first brand to send TikTok videos into outer space in "Ask the Universe" challenge.

This is the spacecraft's 13th close approach to the sun, but its first in a new era of solar activity.

The iconic Voyager spacecraft seen through the eyes of an archaeologist.

The smallest robotic telescope yet impresses for casual deep-sky views, the Vaonis Vespera is a smart telescope for beginner astronomers.