Space News & Blog Articles

A new low-cost concept for interstellar travel combines solar power with a slingshot, but it would take a long time to reach the stars.

The comet will come closest to Earth on Oct. 20. There's hope that it may become bright enough to glimpse with the naked eye.

SpaceX conducted a static-fire test with Super Heavy booster B15 on Sunday (Sept. 7), preparing the booster for Starship's Flight Test 11 — a fast turnaround from their successful Flight 10 launch two weeks ago.

The shooting stars appear to emanate from a patch of space in the constellation Perseus.

'EVE Frontier' developers Helgi Freyr Rúnarsson and Guðlaugur Jóhannesson talk galaxy merger models, black holes, and the thin line between science and fun.

The only problem with being an astronaut? Less time for video gaming.

A U.S. House of Representatives task force will once again hold a hearing on Sept. 9 to hear from witnesses who claim the U.S. government is hiding evidence of UFOs.

The James Webb Space Telescope has investigated the "Goldilocks zone" planet TRAPPIST-1e to search for a potential atmosphere and hints of habitability.

Yes, even Jupiter's moons produce auroras.

"'Oumuamua is in a different category of object. It's much harder to find, but there are a lot more of them."

A panorama captures a breathtaking view of the night sky above a frozen landscape.

See spectacular photos from the Sept. 7-8 total lunar eclipse.

See the first photos of September's majestic total lunar eclipse.

Dive into the fascinating crossroads of astronomy and astrology — where science meets symbolism, and the sky tells two very different stories.

Chemistry in the first 50 million to 100 million years after the Big Bang may have been more active than we expected.

A team of astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope has found tiny dust particles traveling far from their home galaxy, surviving a perilous journey through a harsh cosmic environment that should have destroyed them.

The second total lunar eclipse of 2025 delivers a long, blood-red moon.

The ringed gas giant Saturn will be less than 5 degrees from the lunar disk at sunset on Sept. 8.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink internet broadband satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025.

Could an ocean – likely needed to sustain life – even survive on a planet orbiting close to a dead star?

This quiz is a deep dive into the physics, history, and mysteries of our nearest star.