Space News & Blog Articles

SpaceX launched a spy satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office and landed the returning rocket back on Earth today (April 17), acing yet another spaceflight twofer.

Here's how many tiny and large space rocks hit the moon on a regular basis.

Over the decades, the Big Bang theory has taken on some pretty heavy challengers. Let's explore those alternatives and why they didn't work.

SpaceX will launch a spy satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Sunday (April 17), and you can watch the liftoff live.

Charlie Duke thought he was on his way to exploring an area of the moon that was different from where astronauts had gone before. He just did not know how different it really was.

Director Sam Raimi embraces cinematic insanity with Marvel's "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" in this new featurette.

Mercury will join the evening sky of April after sunset starting on April 16. Here's how to see it.

The wave likely scoured the surface of the weakly magnetic planet.

The Full Pink Moon of 2022 will rise tonight amid Easter, Passover and Ramadan.

A Shenzhou spacecraft carrying three astronauts landed safely in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region today (April 15), wrapping up the Shenzhou 13 mission.

The next attempt to fuel Artemis 1's huge Space Launch System rocket could come as early as Thursday (April 21).

SpaceX's Crew-4 astronaut mission to the International Space Station is 'go' for launch next weekend.

After months living and working in space, NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts are nearing the end of their mission and ready to come home.

China's first astronaut crew to spend a record-setting six months aboard the country's new space station returns to Earth tonight and you can watch it live online.

Amateur astronomer Alexander Krivenyshev snapped a gorgeous shot this morning (April 15) of Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn shining over Manhattan's Upper West Side.

Finding alien worlds in distant solar systems is a delicate task.

A serene new NASA photo shows the agency's Artemis 1 moon rocket as the International Space Station flies overhead during a critical test.

Three savings of over $100 on top-quality telescopes are available on Adorama.

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captured an image of the aptly named Butterfly Nebula, also known as Westerhout 40 (W40).

In 2006, and after much debate, the International Astronomical Union came up with a new definition for a planet. And for the first time, the term "dwarf planet" was used.

The private Ax-1 astronauts on the International Space Station told students they'd love to go to the moon after their historic trip