Space News & Blog Articles

Astronomers have detected a new triple star system that is unlike any similar system seen before. Computer simulations revealed that the strange system likely used to contain a fourth star.

A Russian cosmonaut and an Italian astronaut worked outside the International Space Station Thursday (July 21), marking the first time in almost a quarter century that a European took part in a Russian spacewalk.

NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have new details to share on how they will bring pieces of Mars to Earth, and they'll share their plans next week.

SpaceX's next Dragon passengers will need to wait a little longer to get off the ground.

SpaceX aborted the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of the company's Starlink internet satellites just before liftoff on Thursday (July 21).

Writer/director David A. Weiner presents another plunge into the past in his new sci-fi movie salute to the '80s, "In Search of Tomorrow."

NASA's telescope-carrying jet has been damaged in a storm in Christchurch, New Zealand.

The Department of Defense has created a new office to track unidentified objects in space and air, under water, or that appear to travel between these domains.

Astronomers have spotted two candidates for the most distant galaxies ever, thanks to the power of a massive gravitational lens.

Find out what's going on at the International Space Station.

Jupiter is the biggest planet in the solar system and has 79 moons. Learn more about the gas giant in our ultimate guide.

Watch Italy's Samantha Cristoforetti and Russia's Oleg Artemyev deploy nanosatellites and do maintenance work during their spacewalk Thursday (July 21).

The Comedy Central host talks about how the new images from NASA's deep-space telescope blew his mind.

Early Friday morning the moon will be conveniently placed to guide you to Uranus. The pair will be close enough to share the same field of view in a pair of binoculars.

The inner solar system spins much more slowly than modern physics would expect, and a new study may help to explain why.

SpaceX will launch another batch of Starlink satellites aloft from California on July 21, and you can watch it live.

Mattel has entered into a multi-year agreement with SpaceX to create and market toys based on SpaceX rockets and spacecraft.

NASA is considering sending "hyper-specialized" scientists to the International Space Station to work alongside career astronauts.

Solar wind is blowing from the sun with unusual intensity these days, and space weather forecasters think it might make polar lights brighter.

China launched the SuperView Neo 2 (01) and (02) commercial sensing satellites into near-polar orbit with its 24th orbital launch of 2022.

NASA chose SpaceX's heavy-lift rocket to send a wide-field telescope into space that will search for dark matter.