Space News & Blog Articles

Structures that scatter seismic waves deep in Earth's mantle seem to be everywhere researchers look.

The perfect organism is as menacing on the pages as it is on the big screen. These are the must-read Alien comic books you should look out for.

SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets in just over an hour early Saturday (Aug. 31) and nailed back-to-back booster landings just days after a recent failure.

NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System successfully spread its "wings" in space.

An explanation of the android characters of Ash and Rook in the "Alien" film universe.

A new trailer and poster have arrived for Paramount's "Transformers One" animated feature, which arrives on Sept. 20.

On Episode 126 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Rosalba Perna about errant planets.

The twin ESCAPADE satellites have arrived in Florida for the highly anticipated inaugural flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn megarocket in October.

A review of Swedish director Michael Håfström’s psychological sci-fi thriller, "Slingshot"

The iconic Canadarm space robot makes a brief appearance in "Deadpool & Wolverine," a film that features fellow Canadian Ryan Reynolds.

Slower moving particles blasted out by the DART impact on the asteroid Dimorphos could create meteor showers on Mars — but it's unlikely they'll cause meteor showers over Earth.

SpaceX can resume flying its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration announced this evening (Aug. 30), two days after a landing failure grounded the vehicle.

Astronomers used artificial intelligence to calculate the five cosmological parameters that describe the entire universe in computer simulations with unprecedented precision.

Black holes may be behind why the newborn universe appeared to possess more huge galaxies than scientists could explain, a new study finds.

We provide the latest details on this comet, which might (or might not!) blossom into a bright naked-eye object in our October evening skies.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will spend at least eight consecutive months aboard the International Space Station as their Boeing Starliner spacecraft returns to Earth empty. Is their extended spaceflight record-setting?

NASA's Crew-9 mission now has only 2 astronauts instead of 4. The last-minute change gives room to return 2 astronauts on the ISS who needed a new ride home.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has started off on its most ambitious ascent yet to the rim of Jezero Crater.

Intuitive Machines, which aced the first-ever private moon landing earlier this year, just scored a $117 million NASA contract for a 2027 mission to the lunar south pole.

Explore the greatest sci-fi titles that emerged amidst rock, roll, and the Golden Age in our round-up of the best 50s sci-fi movies.

As history catches up with a pivotal moment in the "Star Trek" timeline, we look back at the events of "Past Tense," which took place on Aug. 30, 2024.