Space News & Blog Articles

'The Orville' season 3 continues to wow us with enthralling stories, just the right amount of humor and mind-blowing space battles.

The Space Force's X-37B has now been aloft for 773 days, just a week shy of the program record.

A "peculiar" cloud over the Caspian Sea offers an interesting case study of how satellites can detect such phenomena in Earth's atmosphere.

Del Rey Books releases Adam Christopher’s new "Star Wars" novel, "Shadow of the Sith."

Houston-based Axiom Space has found the perfect place to develop its commercial orbital outpost: a sprawling facility that comes pre-equipped with a mockup of the International Space Station.

NASA's 55-pound (25 kilograms) CAPSTONE cubesat launched toward the moon today (June 28), but it won't get there until Nov. 13.

Martian rock samples collected by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover show signs of key ingredients of life as we know it on Earth.

Astronomers have spotted a white dwarf that miraculously survived its own thermonuclear detonation, raising questions over how and why these stars create supernovas.

Join in for free Wednesday (June 29) as NASA celebrates the forthcoming end of commissioning for its $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope.

Discover what Dobsonian telescopes are as we take you through their design and widespread popularity among astronomers.

It was NASA's first launch from a commercial facility outside the United States, and more are coming very soon.

A new image from NASA's HIRISE camera reveals strange 'polygons' cracking open the surface of Mars. It's just a typical sign of spring, scientists say.

‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ is far, far away from being perfect, but the finale boasts some of Disney’s most compelling Star Wars yet.

SpaceX's massive Starship project was on the move last week, as its "Booster 7" Super Heavy rocket prototype moved to its South Texas test pad Thursday (June 23).

NASA's tiny CAPSTONE spacecraft has begun its long, history-making journey to the moon.

A Cygnus spacecraft reboosted the International Space Station to its normal operating altitude on June 25, 2022.

Venus Aerospace has recently released design images of its new Mach 9 aircraft concept.

Can we time travel like they do in the movies? The laws of physics might forbid it.

Space exploration is feeling the shockwaves from the historic decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to revoke Roe v. Wade on Friday (June 24).

Northop Grumman's robotic Cygnus freighter is scheduled to undock from the orbiting lab at 6:05 a.m. EDT (1005) Tuesday. Watch it live here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA.

Landsat satellites have been pinpointing risks of extreme heat within cities.