Space News & Blog Articles

Look up tonight (Feb. 2) to see the moon pass near Jupiter in the night sky.

Learn about the Big Bang theory and the evolution of the universe in ten steps.

NASA won't roll its first moon-bound megarocket out to the launch pad any earlier than March, again delaying the launch of its Artemis 1 mission.

A new SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a classified spy satellite for the United States today (Feb. 2). Watch it online here.

NASA just released a report outlining the big-picture goals for the rest of the orbiting lab's operational life, which is expected to end with a controlled deorbit in January 2031.

This will be the third virtual 'Destination Station' session.

"Top Gun" star Tom Cruise and NASA astronaut Victor Glover bonded virtually over fast planes and SpaceX spaceships in a wide-ranging conversation about astronaut training.

Astronomy is one of the most power-hungry science disciplines, but astronomers are committed to curb their large carbon footprint to survive in the climate-anxious future.

We'd hoped Boba Fett would've had a deeper story rather than simply serve to set up the third season of "The Mandalorian."

A powerful solar flare has been traveling through space and it will arrive at planet Earth Wednesday (Feb. 2).

A detailed new telescope image of the heart of our galaxy is now giving researchers their best view yet of hundreds of strange magnetic filaments seen nowhere else.

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has snagged a sample to replace the material that got stuck in its throat.

SpaceX appears to be targeting Wednesday (Feb. 2) to fly its next batch of Starlink satellites, setting up what could be a coast-to-coast launch doubleheader.

Space shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after liftoff on Jan. 28, 1986, changing NASA's space program forever.

Spacecraft controllers started powering up James Webb Space Telescope's four cutting-edge instruments as they prepare to take test images of the first star.

In 2020, astronomers thought they'd found something incredible: the second so-called Earth Trojan asteroid ever seen. Now, a new team of researchers has confirmed that it's real.

Astronomers say there are 100 billion to 200 billion galaxies in the universe. But accurately counting the number of galaxies depends on several factors.

Today (Feb. 1) marks a new moon and the first day of a new lunar year.

Pocket-sized, affordable and now available with large objective lenses, the best monoculars have increasing astro value.

The Shenzhou 13 astronauts are the first to celebrate the holiday in orbit on the Tiangong space station.

Albert Einstein profoundly changed physics and ideas about space and time. Learn his theories, find facts and quotes from the man with an IQ of 160.