Space News & Blog Articles

Perseverance has likely snagged its first-ever Red Planet sample, socking away a drilled-out core of a rock dubbed "Rochette."

SpaceX's newest drone ship, "A Shortfall of Gravitas" (ASOG) arrived in port Tuesday (Aug. 31) with its first catch secured to its deck.

Virgin Orbit has passed an FAA environmental review for future rocket launches from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.

Home movies from astronauts offer a glimpse inside Russia's new Nauka space station module.

Unity 23 will carry Italian Air Force Col. Walter Villadei and Lt. Col. Angelo Landolfi, as well as aerospace engineer Pantaleone Carlucci, a scientist with the Italian National Research Council.

Astronomers have uncovered evidence of explosions triggered by dead stars ramming into live stars, possible proof of a new type of supernova, a new study finds.

These planets are mostly made of gas, but a spaceship would have a rough time trying to get through a giant planet like Jupiter or Saturn.

A new theory suggests dark matter may have come from quantum bags that got squished together in the early universe.

Astronauts living and working on the International Space Station continue to monitor fires burning across California during a particularly serious fire season.

The classic TIE Fighter is a fan favorite, and it’s an easy build that will suit younger Lego enthusiasts well

Vesta, a massive world in the solar system's asteroid belt, sports two huge trough features that have long puzzled scientists, and it doesn't look like the mystery will be solved anytime soon.

A citizen scientist's lucky discovery of an eccentric brown dwarf illustrates the tantalizing borderline between stars and planets.

Firefly Aerospace plans to launch its first-ever orbital mission this evening (Sept. 2), and you can watch the action live.

The flight could have ended very badly.

The Taurid meteor shower is relatively sparse, but may display impressive fireballs.

The leak was confirmed by the game's creative director during Gamescom last week.

The Caldor Fire, one of the largest in California's history, has been blazing since Aug. 14, 2021.

The European-Japanese BepiColombo mission hopes to shed light on many of the unexplored mysteries of Mercury, the least explored planet of the inner solar system.

NASA's Perseverance rover is on track to collect its first-ever Mars sample in the next few days.

The European Sentinel 2 satellite has flown over Mount Etna just as the volcano, the most active in Europe, erupted for the 50th time this year on Sunday (Aug 29).

NASA personnel at the agency's manufacturing facility in Louisiana are continuing to evaluate damage caused by Hurricane Ida, which made landfall on Sunday (Aug. 29).