Space News & Blog Articles

Tune into the SpaceZE News Network to stay updated on industry news from around the world.

Astronomers discover traces of 'super-supernovas' that destroyed earliest stars

Astronomers have discovered the chemical traces of the universe's earliest stars that died in super-supernova explosions.

  296 Hits

Lego ISS, Saturn V, and Star Wars Star Destroyer among kits that are retiring soon

In total, five space and Star Wars Lego sets are due to retire soon so you'll have to act soon to grab them while they're here.

  398 Hits

SpaceX's Crew-5 mission will carry Native American woman to orbit for 1st time

NASA astronaut Nicole Mann will head to the space station aboard SpaceX's Crew-5 mission for NASA, which is slated to lift off on Oct. 4.

  339 Hits

New Omega Marstimer watch keeps time on Earth and the Red Planet

The maker of the Moonwatch is ready to keep time on Mars. Omega has announced the Speedmaster X-33 Marstimer, a new timepiece that can keep track of time and time zones on Earth and the Red Planet.

  400 Hits

Repeating fast radio burst with weird magnetic field challenges magnetar explanation

The repeating blasts of a fast radio burst from a galaxy like our own is challenging a proposed explanation for these fleeting but energetic bursts of radio waves.

  396 Hits

NASA's flying telescope is coming to the end of its mission but leaves a strong science legacy

Since 2014, SOFIA has been cruising through the night skies around the world, looking at the cosmos, but that mission ends this week.

  413 Hits

Mars is littered with 15,694 pounds of human trash from 50 years of robotic exploration

  404 Hits

Hurricane Ian delays SpaceX's Crew-5 astronaut launch to Oct. 4

Hurricane Ian has pushed the launch of SpaceX's next astronaut mission for NASA back by at least a day.

  330 Hits

Small fire breaks out at Artemis 1 moon rocket's hurricane shelter

NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket left its launch pad for safety's sake last night (Sept. 26), only to encounter a bit of drama shortly after arriving at its designated shelter site.

  473 Hits

As Hurricane Ian closes in, NASA weighs options for Artemis 1 moon rocket launch

The agency says an October launch is unlikely, but it won't "take anything off the table" after the storm comes through.

  385 Hits

Hurricane Ian approaching Florida as powerful Category 3 storm, satellite images show

Hurricane Ian battered Cuba and turned toward the west coast of Florida on Tuesday (Sept. 26) as satellites track the harrowing storm from space.

  383 Hits

DART's impact won't make asteroid Dimorphos hit Earth — but here's what would happen if it did

NASA's DART mission didn't nudge its target asteroid toward Earth, but there could be other space rocks on a collision course with Earth.

  355 Hits

Startup Vast Space wants takes artificial gravity station concept for a spin

Vast Space, which is backed by a cryptocurrency billionaire, says it is in the early stages of looking at artificial gravity space stations, but few details are available..

  359 Hits

Behold the 1st images of DART's wild asteroid crash!

DART truly made a mess last night.

  344 Hits

China launches three more satellites after recent rocket doubleheader

China launched three new satellites atop a Long March 6 rocket on Monday (Sept. 26), following two recent launches just 40 hours apart.

  361 Hits

Listen live today as NASA discusses Artemis 1 moon rocket's hurricane rollback

NASA officials will be discussing the rollback of Artemis 1 Tuesday (Sept. 27) to shelter from Hurricane Ian. The livestream starts at 2 p.m. EDT.

  381 Hits

Moon's best friend: Robot dogs could be future lunar explorers

Future lunar robots could fetch incredible science by borrowing from thousands of years of dog evolution. These companions can dig, jump and flip items over on the moon.

  401 Hits

Astronomers stunned as binary asteroid Didymos-Dimorphos brightens after DART space rock impact

Astronomers watched in awe as binary asteroid Didymos brightened up immediately after the impact of NASA's DART mission on Monday (Sept. 26).

  365 Hits

'Quantum Leap' showrunner, tech advisor on recreating space shuttle for 'Atlantis'

It could probably go without saying, but for the record, the space shuttle mission shown on "Quantum Leap" did not happen. The episode "Atlantis" had Ben Song leap into the body of an astronaut.

  440 Hits

NASA maps objectives to guide 'moon to Mars' space exploration

NASA is working on a blueprint to guide space exploration and infrastructure for the moon, Mars and to destinations across our solar system.

  488 Hits

Contact with ET: How would humanity react?

The knowledge that we're not alone in the universe could have far-reaching effects on our view of ourselves and our place in the universe. But it's tough to get more specific than that.

  446 Hits

SpaceZE.com