Space News & Blog Articles

The U.S. military is ready to take the next step in developing a nuclear rocket to help monitor Earth-moon space, an area it has deemed a high strategic priority.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has by far the strongest series start for any of the "Nu-Trek" live-action shows on Paramount Plus.

Despite being mostly quite predictable, it's still a considerable improvement on the first season's finale

The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office will launch a joint mission with the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense on Virgin Orbit's first-ever launch from the UK.

For over 70 years, astronomers have been scanning for radio or optical signals from other civilizations in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, called SETI.

A statue of the first American woman to fly into space will soon stand near where the first lunar landing spacecraft were built, just as NASA works toward landing the first woman on the moon.

Scientists are keeping an eye on a sunspot that fired off an X-class flare while "having an identity crisis," according to SpaceWeather.com.

Using a full spectrum of wavelengths, observations of the Messier 66 galaxy shows the distribution of ionized gasses.

Hubble’s law tells us that the universe is in a constant state of expansion

Lens heaters prevent cold and condensation from ruining a night spent shooting the stars. Find out why you need one and which options best suit your kit bag.

As adaptations of sci-fi video games, such as Halo, gain momentum, it might be time to reconsider some franchises with tons of potential.

Don’t the time or inclination to start in on a new science fiction show? Here are five superb sci-fi shorts that will have you hooked and, even better, they’re free.

Science institutions around the world will stream press conferences announcing the discovery; here's your guide to tuning in.

The Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 revealed spectacular details of this spiral galaxy over 42 million light-years away from Earth.

Astronomers have revealed the trails of nearly 1,500 new asteroids hidden in data gathered by NASA's most venerable space telescope.

We can end the current fossil fuel war, by providing abundant resources and clean energy from the moon to Earth, and by moving our toxic industries away from our unique and precious biosphere.

In the Halo games, Master Chief uses a number of vehicles to finish the fight, and the human-made constructs of the UNSC remain the franchise’s most iconic.

The robotic Tianzhou 4 docked with Tianhe, the core module of China's under-construction Tiangong space station, about 6.5 hours after launching today (May 9).

The passengers on Blue Origin's fifth crewed flight, known as NS-21, include the first Mexican-born woman to visit space.

Out in the desert in Arizona, "analog astronauts" gathered this weekend for an annual conference in a giant, futuristic habitat called Biosphere 2.

Ingenuity appears to be in recovery from a communications glitch on Mars.