Space News & Blog Articles

Mars and Venus will shine close to the crescent moon 45 minutes before sunrise on Jan. 29, 2022. Look to the southeast on the horizon to see them, weather permitting.

A Mars probe has snapped a peculiar image of the Red Planet's surface that looks like a giant tree stump, rings and all.

A solar eclipse on one side of Earth stimulated aurora displays on the opposite side of our planet, according to a new study.

NASA leaders emphasized the importance of safety and having an inclusive culture in a discussion held during the agency's annual Day of Remembrance to honor fallen astronauts.

A British-American climate scientist who launched on three missions to the International Space Station is being honored with the naming of a U.S. commercial spacecraft bound for the orbiting complex.

How big is the moon? Our moon is the fifth largest moon in the solar system, with a radius of 1,079.6 miles (1,737.5 kilometers).

The first Vulcan Centaur rocket launch will launch the ashes and DNA of "Star Trek" fans and actors in 2022.

The sound of the Tardis crashing isn't the only Doctor Who audio drama, check out these excellent audio entries into the Whoniverse.

Based on what we can observe, the universe appears to be almost 28 billion light-years in diameter. However, it is far larger than that.

Learn how stars form, how stars and constellations are named, what happens when stars like our sun evolve, and ultimately, die.

The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is primeval radiation emitted shortly after the Big Bang. Regarded as an 'echo' of the Big Bang, CMB fills the universe.

A Japanese company that plans to put a robotic lander on the surface of the moon later this year had to postpone its second planned mission by at least 12 months.

Astronomers have discovered a mysterious, flickering object in the Milky Way that belches enormous amounts of energy toward Earth three times an hour.

The country is already testing a radiation vest on Artemis 1, the first uncrewed mission of the program.

As Comet Leonard bid farewell to Earth and flew past Venus, a sun-studying spacecraft flew through the comet's long tail, giving humans a new perspective on the icy wanderer.

The successes notched by Webb, the biggest and most complex space telescope ever launched, reflect the grit and unity of thousands of people who worked together to place it in the heavens.

The Higgs boson particle could have kept our universe from collapsing within a larger multiverse, physicists say.

SpaceX has won a contract, worth over $102 million, to transport military supplies and humanitarian aid around the world using a rocket.

China launched the first of a pair of radar satellites that will provide important geological data following earthquakes and landslides.

The first animals reached space in 1947, but it wasn't until 1960 that animals orbited Earth and landed safely.

NASA released a new video today (Jan. 27) to remember the three crews and other fallen astronauts who lost their lives in the pursuit of space exploration.