Space News & Blog Articles

SpaceX sent 28 more of its Starlink satellites skyward from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California today (Oct. 3). It was the company's 125th Falcon 9 launch of the year already.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin just announced the passenger list for NS-36, the company's 15th space tourism launch.

Alien: Earth suggests a future where consciousness isn't confined to the body you're born in, but is this a realistic possibility, or merely science fiction? We spoke to experts to find out.

Here's a chilling peek at Episode 7 of Apple TV+'s riveting sci-fi thriller

Astronomers using JWST have captured the sharpest infrared view yet of the supermassive black hole jet in M87, offering new insights into its structure and physics.

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to New York as geomagnetic storm conditions are predicted to continue tonight.

A new rainbow spectrum from the STELES instrument on Chile's SOAR Telescope captures Eta Carinae in unprecedented detail.

The first supermoon of 2025 rises on Oct. 6 close to the gas giant Saturn.

How Ridley Scott's third sci-fi masterpiece proved there is life on Mars after all, by telling a deeply human, and oddly familiar story.

Paying tribute to the 'Star Trek' creator's posthumous space adventure that still resonates with fans today.

ESA is making use of spacecraft originally dedicated to its Mars and Jupiter missions to track comet 3I/ATLAS as it continues its journey through our solar system

China's Tianwen 2 spacecraft took a picture of itself, as well as the Earth, while en route to a mysterious asteroid that may tell us more about the moon's history.

The discovery strengthens the case for a new mission to orbit and land on Enceladus and search for evidence of life.

Astronomers used the Very Large Telescope to find exoplanet Cha 1107-7627 which is consuming gas and dust at an incredibly fast rate.

An unstable group of asteroids orbiting near Venus could threaten Earth — but not for a few thousand years

NASA has reported possible biosignatures in a Mars rock, but delays and funding woes cloud its sample return mission. Could China's Tianwen-3 step in and deliver samples from the site itself?

ESA has signed a €40m contract with Avio to develop a reusable upper stage demonstrator, marking a step toward Europe's own Starship-like ambitions.

Over 80% of NASA's workforce is being told to stay home during the government shutdown.

See what the grim darkness of the future holds for the Warhammer 40,000 universe in the realm of video games.

Does this flagship 44.3-megapixel photo and video hybrid camera have enough in its tank-like structure to satisfy astrophotographers?

Two centuries after its completion, the Erie canal is celebrated from space, with NASA satellite imagery showing the engineering feat of this structure.