Space News & Blog Articles

The rocket stage helped heft the Echostar 23 satellite to orbit in 2017.

Earth and even the sun are puny compared to a mighty, hulking source of gamma-rays.

Our universe was born 13.7 billion years ago in a massive expansion that blew space up like a giant balloon.

The first-stage engines of Astra's Launch Vehicle 0008 fired up as planned today (Feb. 7), but the rocket aborted the liftoff try shortly thereafter due to a telemetry issue.

Elon Musk will give a big Starship update — his first since the fall of 2019 — on Thursday (Feb. 10) at 9 p.m. EST (0200 GMT on Feb. 11).

In life, Mary Golda Ross helped develop a rocket stage that served as a rendezvous and docking target for astronauts preparing to go to the moon. A new statue, donated by Olay, honors her legacy.

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