Space News & Blog Articles

Edgar once designed science experiments for astronauts to perform. Now she'll be the astronaut performing them.

Here are six stunning night sky objects to find as we celebrate astronomy day on Sept. 27.

The European Space Agency aims to develop an orbiter-lander mission that will sample the icy plumes of Saturn's icy ocean moon Enceladus and search for signs of life.

A moon rock brought back over 50 years ago by the Apollo 17 mission has been connected with the birth of the Sea of Serenity — if true, it means the lunar mare formed hundreds of millions of years earlier than thought.

'Futurama' co-creator David X. Cohen dives into the details of the show's 13th season.

Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket is taking steps toward the launchpad to fly NASA's ESCAPADE Mars mission, now lifting off no earlier than (NET) mid-October.

Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and astronauts.

Orionid meteors become visible when debris from Halley's Comet collides with Earth's atmosphere.

The 2025 Harvest Moon won't shine in September; instead, October claims the title. Here's why it happens and when to see it.

The crescent moon shines close to the red star Antares on Sept. 27.

The Viltrox AF 35mm f/1.2 LAB FE delivers image quality, functionality and build quality that belie the incredibly attractive price of this ultra-fast prime lens for Sony full-frame cameras.

New images from the European Space Agency's Trace Gas Orbiter reveal Mars' atmosphere to have delicate layers of dust and ice, offering insights into the planet's evolution.

The team behind Europe's Euclid space telescope just published the world's most extensive simulation of the universe, which maps an astonishing 3.4 billion galaxies.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two dozen Starlink internet satellites from California this morning (Sept. 26) and then came back to Earth for a landing on a ship at sea.

Modifications to a cargo deal between Sierra Space and NASA may mean the Dream Chaser space plane never reaches the International Space Station.

Scientists have confirmed that the Silverpit Crater in the North Sea was caused by an asteroid impact over 40 million years ago, ending years of controversy over its origin.

Katalyst Space Technologies has scored a contract to raise the altitude of NASA's Swift Observatory, which has been hunting for gamma-ray bursts from low Earth orbit for more than two decades.

The star-forming region called Sagittarius B2 contains half of the galactic center's stars, yet only 10% of the gas.

The names of human ancestors are now on an asteroid map.

How we talk about space exploration shapes the futures we imagine and build.

New JWST observations show Saturn's auroras dotted with dark beads and a star pattern missing two arms, puzzling astronomers.