Space News & Blog Articles

The spinning, solid inner core of the Earth may be slowing down by a minuscule amount, according to evidence from earthquakes.

Judging by the astronauts who came to remember Walt Cunningham, the Apollo 7 pilot's reach extended far beyond his 1968 launch into space. The group took part in a panel before a funeral service.

SpaceX will launch 56 more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit early Thursday morning (Jan. 26), and you can watch the liftoff live.

The weather station on NASA's Perseverance rover has chronicled the meteorology above Jezero Crater.

A new teaser for the third and final season of "Star Trek: Picard" has dropped, itself teasing a longer trailer that will air during the AFC championship on Sunday (Jan. 29).

Every spacecraft glitches occasionally, and even the most powerful space telescope ever launched isn't immune.

The image shows a close-up view of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) during perihelion, when it was at its closest to the sun on Jan. 12, 2023.

It's the lowest price we've seen on the Celestron NexStar 4SE telescope for a while and you can now get a huge $135 discount.

The Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption that stunned the world last January injected so much water into the stratosphere that it will likely make the ozone hole larger in the coming years, scientists believe.

On Wednesday (Jan. 25) the moon will meet up with Jupiter in the night sky as the two bodies share the same right ascension and make a close approach to each other.

The small satellite launch company Rocket Lab aced its debut liftoff from American soil on Tuesday (Jan. 24).

SpaceX fueled up a fully stacked Starship vehicle for the first time ever on Monday (Jan. 23), and dramatic photos preserve the process for posterity.

While on leave in January 1986, NASA administrator James Beggs turned on the television and spotted icicles on Challenger's launch tower. A day later, seven astronauts lost their lives.

Material collected by the Perseverance rover will be handled at the Mars Sample Receiving Project office at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers discover a rich catalog of frigid interstellar ice in the depths of a dark, dense molecular cloud.

Reasonably priced and easy to use, the Nikon Prostaff P3 8x42 binocular is suitable for beginners and hobbyists alike who want bright, sharp optics in a compact device.

A giant iceberg almost the size of London has broken off the Brunt Ice Shelf in western Antarctica on Sunday (Jan. 22) after years of cracking.

NASA and DARPA announced a collaboration to demonstrate a working nuclear thermal rocket by 2027 with the goal of sending humans to Mars as quickly as possible.

The Holy Stone HS700E has its pros and cons but comes in at a competitive price that could be attractive to beginners.

Asteroid 2023 BU will pass Earth at a distance of 2,178 miles (3,506 kilometers) on Thursday (Jan. 26) — closer than satellites in geostationary orbit.