Space News & Blog Articles

The mysterious Antikythera mechanism, thought by some to be the world's first computer, was first "started up" on Dec. 22, 178 B.C., archaeologists have now found.

Whether neutron stars have soft or hard cores and shells, like different types of cosmic chocolates, may depend on if they are heavy or light, new research indicates.

The Unistellar eQuinox is $1000 off and the eVscope 2 is discounted by $900 in this supermassive Black Friday deal.

NASA's Artemis 1 moon launch and LOFTID heat shield test successfully demonstrated hardware that could be key to landing astronauts on Mars.

The collapse of the world's most powerful radio and radar telescope didn't kill off science at the Arecibo Observatory, but the National Science Foundation might.

Snoopy, "the world famous astronaut" who is currently on a flight around the moon, has been assigned his next mission: entertaining and educating visitors at NASA's Florida spaceport.

Watch the Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft during its moon journey, or download the tracking information for use in data visualizations or other applications.

ABL Space Systems' RS1 rocket aborted its first-ever launch attempt today (Nov. 17) during engine ignition. The vehicle is healthy, company representatives said.

Two components of the Russian side of the International Space Station are a step closer to being robotically relocated after two cosmonauts completed a spacewalk to prepare the pieces for their move.

NASA's newest space telescope has left scientists seeing distant stars — and galaxies.

A United Nations report warns of imperiled glaciers at iconic World Heritage sites — but climate action could save most of them.

Artemis 1 has finally taken flight, and NASA officials took a bit of time to savor the success.

China launched its 53rd rocket of 2022 on Wednesday (Nov. 16), bringing it three launches shy of tying the record 56 liftoffs the country set last year.

A new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope shows a molecular cloud of gas and dust that harbors a compact object that will soon become an infant star.

European aerospace giant Airbus demonstrated how solar power could be beamed from space in a new experiment.

You can see what's coming next in space gaming and beyond in the PC Gaming Show: 2023 Preview today (Nov. 17).

Despite having radically different atmospheres, Mars and Earth seem to have similar cloud patterns, hinting that the features may form in much the same way.

Today's historic launch of NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission was saved by a courageous crew of technicians who stepped in to perform a critical repair beneath the fueled Space Launch System rocket.

Here's our list of the best time travel games with more timeloops and grandfather paradoxes than you can shake a stick at.

Two cosmonauts will venture outside the International Space Station for a seven-hour spacewalk today (Nov. 17) at 9:20 a.m. ET, and you can watch the action live.

From yeast cells to a Snoopy plush doll to Amazon Alexa tech, here are some of the strangest things on board the Artemis 1 mission.