Space News & Blog Articles

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.

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

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.

New JunoCam 3D renders of Jupiter's cloud tops look like a magical fairyland.

Telescopes here on Earth captured the DART asteroid probe's spectacular deep-space death.

DART may have completed its journey, but the work is only just starting for scientists as they set about learning how much the asteroid Dimorphos was deflected by its impact.

Cameras aboard the International Space Station are providing a birds-eye view of Hurricane Ian as it churns northward toward Florida.

Artemis 1 is headed for Kennedy Space Center's huge Vehicle Assembly Building, where it will be safe from Hurricane Ian, should the storm's lash fall on Florida's Atlantic coast.

It's rare for spacecraft mission personnel to cheer at the words "loss of signal," but tonight, that's exactly what happened.

In NASA's galactic game of pinball, Didymos is the jackpot.

NASA's DART spacecraft is no more, but its final view is incredible.

SpaceX's Crew-5 astronaut mission for NASA remains on target to launch next week, provided Mother Nature cooperates.

For the first time in history, a spacecraft from Earth has crashed into an asteroid to test a way to save our planet from extinction.

Something in space shuttle history needs changing. Or that seems to be case in the episode "Atlantis" of "Quantum Leap," which finds Ben Song headed into orbit on the space shuttle Atlantis.

It will take days to weeks for astronomers to confirm whether or not NASA's asteroid smasher DART changed the orbit of its target, asteroid Dimorphos.

SpaceX's launch of 52 more Starlink satellites was visible all along the East Coast of the United States, generating footage of Saturday's sunset launch.

The massive United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket put on a show in its last flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

NASA will slam the DART spacecraft into an asteroid for target practice to get ready for the next big hit, but don't worry: nothing big is set to come at us for the next 100 years.

China just launched two missions less than 40 hours apart, sending three satellites to Earth orbit.

The DART spacecraft's tiny companion is ready to photograph a brand-new impact site Monday night (Sept. 26).

How big a space rock must be to no longer be just a mesmerizing sight? What size is big enough to wreck a whole city? And a continent? And what else does the damage depend on?