Space News & Blog Articles

A futuristic study suggests that a spinning, rubbly asteroid could support a massive space settlement the size of Manhattan.

Astronomers have observed elusive outbursts from baby stars cloaked within the thick clouds of gas and dust of the Orion Nebula.

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter flew for the 37th time on Saturday (Dec. 17), acing a hop designed in part to test the capabilities of its new software.

The first women to fly on Blue Origin's New Shepard have been honored with their own bobbleheads. The figurines feature Wally Funk, Audrey Powers and Laura Shepard Churchley.

The Red Planet's harsh dust has claimed another spacecraft.

The central objective of the Paris Agreement is to limit Earth's warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, but preferably below 1.5 degrees.

Warner Bros. releases the first "Barbie" trailer in a nod to Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey."

A piece of Russian space junk forced NASA to call off a spacewalk and the International Space Station to dodge out of the way on Wednesday (Dec. 21).

A new trailer for 65, a sci-fi action movie featuring dinosaurs where the past meets the future, is available to watch and it looks epic.

With the world's largest solar telescope now conducting formal observations, scientists are eager to watch the sun's increasing activity and better understand the threats of space weather.

The winter solstice is today (Dec. 21), marking the official start of astronomical winter in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest day of the year.

One year after its launch, the flagship space telescope is already making discoveries that are transforming our knowledge of the universe, both near and far.

Europe's Vega C rocket failed during its second-ever mission on Tuesday night (Dec. 20), which was supposed to loft two satellites for Airbus' Pléiades Neo Earth-imaging constellation.

Astronomers have discovered two Earth-like exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf near our solar system that orbit their star with respective 'years' lasting just 10 and 21 days.

Two NASA astronauts will conduct a spacewalk early Wednesday (Dec. 21) to install new solar arrays on the International Space Station, and you can watch it live.

AstroAccess flew 14 individuals from 5 countries on a parabolic research flight Dec. 15, to open up space research to more people.

SpaceX will soon start launching a new generation of Starlink broadband satellites, which could help the company deal with surging demand, according to a report.

Scientists may have explained the mysterious distribution of small satellite galaxies around our Milky Way that has long puzzled astronomers, but not everyone is in agreement.

NASA lost contact with its Mars InSight lander on Monday (Dec. 18) after the spacecraft failed to respond to communications from its control team.

A mysterious shock wave in a gust of solar wind has sent a barrage of high-speed material smashing into Earth's magnetic field, opening up a crack in the magnetosphere.

NASA restoration wizard Andy Saunders on Apollo 17's restored photos in his new book, "Apollo Remastered"