Space News & Blog Articles

"Escaping Gravity" tells the story of Lori Garver's rise to be NASA's second in command, and how she brought one of the agency's most successful programs to reality.

Earth is no stranger to the sun's wrath. From solar flares to coronal mass ejections, we take a look at some of the worst solar storms in history.

Abrams ComicArts releasing the next volume in Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's "Dune: The Graphic Novel" project.

A cosmic crime scene has revealed the gory details of black holes' eating habits.

German launch services startup Rocket Factory Augsburg has taken a new step in the development of an orbital launcher with the hot fire test of its Helix engine.

We honor the heroes of Apollo 11 and all those who made their accomplishment possible, yet many still deride astronauts in the U.S. private space industry.

Rocket Lab says its National Reconnaissance Office mission will stand down for now, with new launch date 'to come.'

China is all set to launch the Wentian module for its crewed space station after rolling out a Long March 5B heavy rocket to the pad at Wenchang spaceport.

A Tianzhou 3 cargo spacecraft has undocked from China’s Tiangong space station and is now ready to be deorbited in the near future.

Two major U.S. defense contractors announced the successful test flight of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, or HAWC, on Monday (July 18).

Here's how to observe these solar system worlds overnight Wednesday (July 20) and Thursday (July 21).

We also get our first look at the "builders" who originally constructed the Kaylon artificial lifeforms

In space, no one wants to deal with the cleanup from liquids, flames or other messy science experiments.

Two private companies, Relativity Space and Impulse Space, unveiled plans for the first commercial flight to Mars in 2024 using reusable rockets.

New research motivated by string theory suggests possible, and equally strange, fates for evaporating black holes.

The James Webb Space Telescope could reveal hints about exoplanet surfaces by studying the planets' atmospheric temperatures and moisture levels.

NASA has delayed to launch of its VIPER moon rover to 2024, a one-year slip, due to the need for tests of its Astrobotic lunar lander.

One argument in favor of space exploration highlights benefits that help study, monitor and address serious concerns on Earth, like climate change and food production.

Smashed temperature records, wildfires and broiling soil are revealed in satellite data as Europe swelters in an extreme heatwave that is set to exacerbate a months-long drought.

Massive binary star systems in the galaxy form at the edges of open clusters or the leading edge of a spiral arm, a team of astronomers found.

Chinese launch services company CAS Space has signed a cooperation agreement with a giant state-owned travel company in an apparent boost for fledgling space tourism efforts in China.