Space News & Blog Articles

The current definition of habitable zone only examines the amount of sunlight reaching a planet. It may be time to question that definition.

Buddha Lo's pavlova will someday travel "miles and miles" on a NASA mission. Lo, a cheftestant on the Bravo competition "Top Chef: Houston," won the show's space food challenge.

Researchers have detected eight new "echoing" black hole systems in the Milky Way, and they sound like passing through an eerie wind tunnel.

The very best star projectors for staying cosy beneath the cosmos.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is on a mission to study the sun closer than ever before. Learn more about the fastest spacecraft to date in our solar probe guide.

SpaceX's Dragon capsule "Endurance" brought four astronauts back from the International Space Station after an almost six-month stay. The splashdown off the coast of Florida safely returned Crew-3.

NASA will take its fourth crack at fueling up its Artemis 1 moon rocket next month, if all goes according to plan.

A SpaceX spacecraft carrying four astronauts will return to Earth before dawn on Friday (May 6) and you can watch it live online.

The Russia-Ukraine war has already stretched into space, with satellites providing internet and intel and longstanding international relations in outer space shifting rapidly.

We also got a glimpse from a solar telescope in Chile.

NASA scientists have begun to study 50-year-old samples of the moon's surface, collected during the agency's final moon landing mission, Apollo 17.

Cady Coleman, Tony Antonelli and Susan Kilrain may or may not be foodies, but they can now say they have played one on TV. The three former NASA astronauts are guest judges on "Top Chef."

Here's our handy guide to all the best Nikon binoculars deals with something for every level of astronomer and budget.

Satellites have captured stunning new views of the early season wildfires raging across northern New Mexico since mid-April.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 53 Starlink satellites to orbit on its record-tying 12th space mission this Friday (May 6), and you can watch the action live.

Scientists at Nanjing University believe they can use compounds found in lunar soil to locally produce oxygen and fuel to support crewed moon missions.

Record-setting former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is putting more of his digital space art up for auction, and the proceeds will again go to a very worthy cause.

Photograph perfect lunar eclipse images every time with our in-depth guide on how to set up and shoot.

Technicians stacked Starliner atop its United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Wednesday (May 4) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" premieres May 5 on Paramount Plus.