Space News & Blog Articles

After more than three years, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy — the world's most powerful operational rocket — is about to launch again.

Skies will be mainly clear tonight (Oct. 31) across the contiguous United States; making for ideal Halloween skywatching conditions. What will you be looking out for?

OWLS, the Ocean Worlds Life Surveyor, would autonomously search for life on the icy moons of the outer solar system.

The dwarf planet Haumea may be the weirdest object in the solar system. Now NASA researchers may finally understand how it was formed.

JPSS-2 and the LOFTID technology demonstration will now launch no earlier than Nov. 9, because a battery on the upper stage of their Atlas V rocket ride needs to be replaced.

Unlike House of the Dragon, the bright heat from this celestial monster is nothing to be feared. In fact, it's a super helpful tool that helps gauge the expansion of the universe.

IDW Publishing is releasing new comic book series "Star Trek: Defiant" in March of 2023.

Explore blocky galaxies, planets and spaceships with these Minecraft space mods and builds.

A newly discovered, "potentially hazardous" asteroid almost the size of the world's tallest skyscraper is set to tumble past Earth just in time for Halloween, according to NASA.

Atoms are the basis of all the elements in the universe, the building blocks of all visible matter, and the secret to nuclear power.

Curious Kids: what is exotic matter, and could we use it to make wormholes? – Julia, aged 14, London

Hubble has just grabbed a brilliant new photo of a cosmic 'keyhole' in a stellar nursery

The Celestron AstroMaster 130EQ reflector telescope is best suited to beginners and is now $70 off on Amazon.

A new crowdsourcing science project called "Spritacular" is asking skywatchers to use their digital cameras to try to capture images of unusual electrical discharges above thunderstorms.

The powerful JPSS-2 satellite is go for liftoff early Tuesday morning (Nov. 1) — provided the weather cooperates.

A new NASA study has found that the protection of the Apollo landing sites remains a concern. The report, though, recommends "extreme restraint" in seeking protection for future heritage sites.

A massive dust storm on Mars that threatened a NASA lander is finally fading away.

Stratolaunch flew a prototype of its planned air-launched Talon hypersonic vehicle for the first time on Friday (Oct. 28).

NASA will continue to develop its troubled Psyche asteroid mission, with the aim of launching it in October 2023 — a year later than planned.

If you're seeking something unsettling from space this October, this audio track provides a disturbing sonic representation of the Earth's magnetic field under attack.

NASA will destroy one of its buildings at Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama on Saturday morning (Oct. 29), and you can watch it live.