Steven Spielberg returns to sci-fi with a somber UFO invasion flick this summer

Saharan dust and atmospheric filtering combined to give the moon a dramatic red hue.

Here are some of the best model rocket kits for those counting down to their first blast off.

Artemis 2's launch may have been pushed back but you build your own adventure with these Lego Ideas and Lego Technic Artemis Space Launch System sets, up to 20% off in Amazon UK's Big Spring Deal sales.

A new NASA satellite image has captured a rare view of an erupting volcano, revealing its bright red lava flow as seen from space.

Dragonfly will explore the giant Saturn moon Titan by air, helping scientists learn about the proto-ingredients of life on the satellite's hazy surface.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base to begin the Starlink 17-31 mission on March 13, 2026. Image: SpaceX

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rockets from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California Friday morning, carrying 25 broadband internet satellites for SpaceX’s low Earth orbit megaconstellation.

The Solar System, comprising the Sun and the objects that orbit it, is estimated to be approximately 4.57 billion years old. This age is determined through various scientific methods, primarily focusing on the analysis of meteorites and other celestial bodies. The consistent results from these independent methods provide a high degree of confidence in this figure.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars above the clouds during the Starlink 10-48 mission, which lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on March 14, 2026. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now

Update March 14, 9:49 a.m. EDT (1349 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 29 Starlink satellites.

The DJI Mini 5 Pro is the best sub-250g drone ever made and now $500 off at Amazon; this Fly More Combo bundle packs in extra batteries, an LCD remote and more!

NASA will give an update about its Artemis 2 moon launch plans today (March 12), and you can watch it live.

Our sun and a host of "solar twins" may have migrated away from the core of the Milky Way galaxy together long ago, potentially making the solar system more hospitable to life.

Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket launched for the seventh time ever today (March 11), bouncing back from two explosive mishaps in 2025.

Discovery and Location

The Kuiper Belt, sometimes referred to as the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt, is a circumsolar disk in the outer Solar System, extending from the orbit of Neptune at approximately 30 astronomical units (AU) out to about 50 AU from the Sun. It is similar to the asteroid belt but is much larger—20 times wider and 20 to 200 times more massive. Like the asteroid belt, it primarily consists of small bodies, but unlike the asteroid belt's rocky and metallic composition, Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) are primarily composed of frozen volatiles, often referred to as "ices," such as methane, ammonia, and water.

Merging black holes and neutron stars have unusual oval orbits prior to colliding and merging, which challenge the laws of physics.

Northrop Grumman's first "Cygnus XL" cargo ship will depart the International Space Station Thursday morning (March 12), and you can watch the action live.

Voyager Technologies is backing lunar habitat developer Max Space with a new multi-million-dollar investment aimed at accelerating development of expandable modules for future missions to the moon.

The disk of gas that spirals onto a newborn magnetar wobbles, creating "bumps" in the brightness of the supernova that accompanied this object's birth.