Space News & Blog Articles

John F. Clauser reflects on receiving the 2022 Nobel Prize in physics for the groundbreaking work he did 50 years ago.

The Royal Astronomical Society briefly mandated that all journal articles refer to the observatory as 'JWST', before NASA cleared former chief James Webb of persecuting queer staffers.

Satellite imagery from NASA shows snow, ice and clouds blanketing the northeastern U.S. during the peak of the holiday travel season.

NASA's supersonic X-59 plane is now one step closer to its flight demonstration over U.S. communities now that it has its 13-foot engine for quiet sonic booms.

Take a grand tour of the solar system tonight (Dec. 28) as each of the planets in the solar system will be visible at the same time.

Former Roscosmos director-general Dmitry Rogozin is 'on the mend' after being flown from Ukraine to Russia for the 'complex operation, state media reported Monday (Dec. 26).

Over the past year, astronomers have gleaned new insights into black holes across the universe. Here is a list of 15 times black holes surprised us in 2022.

Peking University wants to build the largest optical telescope in Asia and close the gap in astronomy capabilities with the rest of the world.

SpaceX plans to send a test group of a new generation of Starlinks to space as the network is reportedly fighting congestion.

A galaxy-mapping project drafted in thousands of amateur scientists to swipe right on a cosmic Tinder and identify almost 250,000 galaxies.

Each of these Hubble Space Telescope images is a unique spectacle, and feature different colors that highlight various pieces of invisible information.

The latest book from All About Space editor Gemma Lavender is 'The Short Story of the Universe.' It rounds up our complicated cosmic history in an engaging guide.

Physicists have measured no changes in time or space for any of the fundamental constants of nature.

SpaceX's Starlink internet system could allow Iranians more freedom to access internet services, according to media reports.

Earth displays its characteristic blue color as China's completed Tiangong space station, adrift high above the planet, appears in the foreground.

Outpost recently tested a stratospheric paraglider to return space tech ahead of orbital ventures for NASA and other companies later in the 2020s.

The Artemis moon landing program will get full funding in NASA's budget, including money for a second moon lander to supplement SpaceX Starship.

While Starlink satellites consistently make headlines, there are plenty of weird facts about Starlink that fly below the radar.

In a new Hubble Space Telescope image, the color blue tells a story of young stars.

Scientists are getting a better handle on how fast Greenland's ice is flowing out to sea. Old models that used Antarctica as a baseline were way off the mark.