Space News & Blog Articles

On 28 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) took a major step forward in strengthening Europe's ambition for more resilient satellite navigation, as the first two satellites of the Celeste in-orbit demonstration mission lifted off from New Zealand aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron. Their mission is to begin testing a complementary low Earth orbit layer for Galileo.

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Artemis 2 aims to fly to the moon with four astronauts on April 1 at 6:24 p.m. EDT (2224 GMT). Here's how you can watch live.

The Astronauts for NASA's Artemis 2 mission to fly around the moon have arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, just five days before their historic mission is scheduled to lift off.

NASA's long-anticipated Artemis 2 mission — the first crewed flight to the moon in more than half a century — could lift off as soon as April 1. Here's how you can watch it live.

Sperm struggles to find its way to an egg in microgravity, suggesting mammalian reproduction in space may not be possible.

While you wait for Star Wars: Ahsoka Season 2, step back through time with Ahsoka's Clone Wars-era ship, now $9 off at Walmart.

With bright meteors sighted over Ohio, Texas, and Europe, you might wonder what's going on. Is meteor activity really increasing, or is there just a surge in reporting?

New simulations suggest Saturn's rings formed from a shattered moon called Chrysalis, offering clues to the planet's tilt and surprisingly young rings.

'We will not back down! It's high time we bring Mars back under control.'

A NASA X-ray telescope has captured a breathtaking portrait of a supernova remnant, revealing unseen features of the exploded star.

NASA may not be able to move forward with all three of its planned Venus missions as budget pressures force difficult trade-offs across its planetary science portfolio.

What is nuclear electric propulsion and how is it different from radioisotope thermoelectric generators?

Winter's gone, but the Winter Triangle remains (for now). Trace out this gigantic asterism right after dark before it sinks. Jupiter glares inside its top.

Image: Hubble image of barred spiral galaxy IC 486

Image: Western Australia’s Kimberley region is featured in this double view from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

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The unprecedented observations of comet 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresák show its rotation slowing, reversing and then speeding up, and jet-like outbursts of gas might be providing the push.

The powerful magnetic field belonging to the sun is generated far beneath the visible surface.

“We're thrilled to have the opportunity to finish the story the way we’ve always hoped”