Space News & Blog Articles

It will soon be time to bid a fond adieu to an object that has been a fixture in our evening sky since late last summer: the planet Jupiter.

A new SpaceX video has captured a striking view of two critical moments in any rocket launch: stage separation for its booster and nose cone jettison.

These wild myths about space that just won't go away.

Could we mine Earth's newly discovered companion?

Scientists spotted two space rocks that may be Earth's freshest asteroid neighbors, but have to wait until 2033 to see them again.

Astronomers may have for the first time detected and measured the mass of an isolated stellar-mass black hole, a new study finds.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster will crash into the moon on March 4, and you can track the rogue rocket during live webcasts on Feb. 7 and Feb.

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has launched a new center to fight the threat of satellite megaconstellations, which it now describes as worse than urban light pollution.

Satellite data shows that Greenland’s ice sheet has lost enough water over 20 years to submerge the entire United States.

A stunning new video from SpaceX captures what it's like to watch a rocket launch and then witness the booster return to Earth, all from mid-air.

Dynamite Entertainment is releasing a new “John Carter of Mars” comic book title in spring 2022.

IDW Publishing rolls out a turbulent new "Transformers: War's End" miniseries in February.

A new U.S. Space Force video "demands action" on space debris and asks the private sector for their help cleaning up the growing space mess.

Scientists detected two ancient ranges of 'supermountains' that criss-crossed the Earth hundreds of millions of years ago — and may have jump-started animal evolution.

Titan Books delivers another deluxe volume of classic “Flash Gordon” newspaper strips on February 15

It's been a whirlwind 38 days in space for the James Webb Space Telescope, but its chief scientist says the mission is well on track to uncover the universe soon.

Storms in the U.S. and Uruguay set new records for longest lightning bolt and longest-duration lightning flash.

Astra planned to launch the ELaNa 41 mission for NASA today (Feb. 5) from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station but was thwarted by an issue at the launch range.

What would it take to dislodge the moon from its orbit and send it on a collision course with Earth?

Astra will launch its first-ever mission from the Lower 48 on Saturday (Feb. 5), and you can watch the action live.

New research suggests that stellar radiation may commonly strip away the atmospheric outer layers of exoplanets slightly smaller than Neptune, transforming them into super-Earths.