Space News & Blog Articles

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, who is currently in orbit, is lead author on a scientific paper. The topic is the Curiosity mission that reaches its 10th anniversary on Mars Aug. 5.

Imagine a system with one gaseous planet, a little larger than Saturn, skimming the surface of its host star on an extremely fast orbit. It’s hellishly hot and glows a dull red, baking in stellar radiation.

Might this be the perfect headlamp for sky watchers, and everyone else? We put it to the test.

China is testing out its new Wentian space station module aboard the Tiangong space stati, including putting a new robotic arm through its paces.

A guide to the best headlamps that keep your hands free and won't ruin your night vision when stargazing or taking astrophotographs.

Here's our round-up of the best tripods on the market, and we think every astrophotographer should have one.

Because of the brightness of the moon, the best times to see the Perseid meteor shower this year will be during the predawn hours several mornings before the night of full moon.

A distant neutron-star merger unleashed one of the most powerful short gamma-ray bursts (GRB) ever seen.

Officials with SpaceX are going to Australia to examine a crash site possibly associated with space debris generated from the Crew-1 Dragon spacecraft.

Curiosity landed on Mars on Aug. 5, 2012, with one main goal: to determine whether the planet was once habitable. In 10 years, it has answered that question and many others.

The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), also known as Danuri, lifted off today (Aug. 4) atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, kicking off South Korea's first-ever deep-space mission.

For the second time in two years, China has launched a classified reusable vehicle — thought to be a robotic space plane — on a mystery mission to Earth orbit.

Blue Origin's New Shepard vehicle carried six people on a roughly 10-minute flight today (Aug. 4) — a brief mission, but long enough to change the passengers' lives forever.

It's unclear at the moment how Masten's Commercial Lunar Payload Services mission for NASA will make its delivery to the moon.

SpaceX is making some changes following transport damage to a Falcon 9 rocket, with Crew-5 commander Nicole Mann telling reporters she's confident the system will fly safely.

China launched a carbon and ecosystem monitoring satellite and two smaller payloads with the country's 28th launch of 2022 late on Wednesday (Aug. 3).

The annual Perseid meteor shower is approaching its peak, and you can enjoy the event live online.

If epic space battle set pieces are you thing, like they are ours, then you're going to love 'The Orville' season 3, episode 9: 'Domino.'

This exclusive behind-the-scenes clip showcases how the iconic bricks played an instrumental role in the production and development of "Lightyear."

A spaceship, a Zyclops and a Zurg are all available now on Lego.com.

NASA plans to launch its debut Artemis moon mission no earlier than Aug. 29 on a rigorous certification test, to see if the system can safely accept humans on future lunar missions.