Space News & Blog Articles

As NASA continues to diagnose a computer glitch on the Hubble Space Telescope, engineers are preparing to turn on backup hardware.

Information about Northrop Grumman's uncrewed Cygnus cargo vehicle.

Aviator Wally Funk wanted to be an astronaut in the earliest days of spaceflight. Sixty years later, she'll finally go to space with Blue Origin on July 20.

The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) Hope Mars mission made its first major finding just a couple months after arriving at the Red Planet when it snagged unprecedented observations of a tricky aurora.

See what's up in the night sky for July 2021, including stargazing events and the moon's phases, in this Space.com gallery courtesy of Starry Night Software.

The universe is populated with stars that live in pairs, and these systems could mean double trouble for scientists wanting to find Earth-like planets.

China's Zhurong rover landed safely on Mars on May 15, making China only the third country to successfully land a rover on the red planet.

Scientists now seem to understand why the gas has been detected at ground level on Mars but not higher up in the air.

Arianespace will launch 36 OneWeb broadband satellites into orbit today (July 1), and you can watch it live.

Find out what's up in your night sky during July 2021 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

This Friday (July 2), Space Chat will explore what's new in space, including Hubble repairs, a Virgin Orbit launch and the Pentagon's UFO report.

Inspire others to look up by giving the gift of a telescope or astronomy binoculars. We've rounded up some of the best deals

Warner Bros. has tweaked its fall release schedule and the eager-awaited "Dune" has been pushed back again to Oct. 22, 2021.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 88 satellites into orbit and aced a landing in Florida on Wednesday (June 30).

Astra today (June 30) completed its previously announced merger with Holicity, a special purpose acquisition company backed by Bill Gates and billionaire telecom pioneer Craig McCaw, among others.

Rockets of all kinds are still our only way of reaching space — but how exactly do they work?

Gaze upon the lunar surface tonight, and you’ll see where astronauts, rovers, and landers stepped onto another world.

The Russian Progress MS-17 cargo ship, which launched toward the International Space Station on Tuesday (June 29), will come dangerously close to a Starlink satellite and a Falcon 9 rocket fragment.

Virgin Orbit launched seven satellites today (June 30), taking a big step toward regular and reliable commercial launch service.

3D rocket-printing startup Relativity Space said it plans a "major expansion" of operations and manufacturing to boost production of its Terran rocket line.

Construction of the Square Kilometer Array Observatory, the largest radio telescope ever built, will start on July 1 after nearly 30 years of preparations.