Space News & Blog Articles

Robot Rollin' Justin is a pioneer in testing how astronauts can control a machine on another world. He just finished a test on the simulated sands of a Mars-like world.

Researchers have found a new way to measure dark energy — the mysterious force that is causing the expansion of the entire universe to accelerate — using data from our own cosmic backyard.

Europe's Aeolus satellite will crash back to Earth today (July 28) in an unprecedented 'assisted reentry' that could provide a template for other missions.

Mars' mighty Olympus Mons may have once been a volcanic island surrounded by an ocean nearly 4 miles deep, according to geological evidence found in towering cliffs that ring the extinct volcano.

It's been a full month since Kelly Haston moved to 'Mars.' As commander of NASA's CHAPEA mission, Haston and her three crewmates volunteered to live for more than a year inside 'Mars Dune Alpha.'

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy was photographed from space by Maxar Technologies before the rocket launches their largest satellite ever.

The world’s largest array of sun-monitoring radio telescopes has begun trial operations in southwest China.

SpaceX could launch two rockets just 44 minutes apart tonight (July 27), if all goes according to plan.

One astrophysicist is suggesting we remove Saturn's status as a gas giant, saying the planet tried but didn't quite make the cut.

SpaceX and NASA are working to include Starship in an architecture of low Earth orbit opportunities by considering the massive spacecraft for use as a space station.

Check out this exclusive clip of Ben Kingsley in "Jules," a new sci-fi comedy about an elderly man befriending an extraterrestrial who crashed to Earth.

Denmark's Andreas Mogensen will fly to the International Space Station on SpaceX's Crew-7 mission while the sun is active, and hopes to catch auroras on camera.

Scientists measured the innate "twinkling" of three stars as waves of energy traveled from their cores to their surfaces. Then, the team set their findings to a familiar and apt tune.

Can it fill the boots of the powerful A7R IV? We tested Sony's newest full-frame mirrorless camera to see whether the upgrades are worth it.

Data from NASA's Juno mission shows that the spacecraft routinely encounters giant swirling waves, or vortices, at the boundary between the planet's magnetic field and the solar wind.

This major system, which transport heat from the tropics to the north Atlantic, are now at high risk of collapse due to human-induced climate change.

The Hubble Space Telescope captured a new view of a spiral galaxy called UGC 12295, which is believed to have recently hosted a supernova, allowing astronomers to study the debris of the stellar explosion.

A series of stunning rainbow contrails were captured by amateur photographer Soumyadeep Mukherjee over Kolkata, India.

Astronomers have witnessed a cosmic tug of war between Haley's Coronet and its neighboring dwarf galaxy. The gravitational tussle is one the smaller galaxy is bound to lose. That could ultimately result in a merger between the two.

SpaceX scrubbed Wednesday's (July 26) planned launch of its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket, stopping the countdown with 65 seconds left on the clock.

NASA and DARPA plan to launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Earth orbit in the next few years, to test propulsion technology that could help humanity get to Mars.