Space News & Blog Articles

See the moon and Antares team up in the evening sky on Sunday (July 10). The duo will be close enough to see together through binoculars.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has a blue-eyed special among its solar system observations.

Elon Musk aims to back out of his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, but the social media company wants the deal to go through.

NASA's Perseverance rover has snagged its ninth sample from the Martian surface, collecting material that was once part of an ancient river delta.

The James Webb Space Telescope, also known as Webb or JWST, is a high-capability space observatory designed to revolutionize astronomy.

NASA's asteroid-sampling spacecraft OSIRIS-REx had a near-death experience at Bennu, according to the mission team.

Mira, the 'Wonderful Star,' will be at its peak brightness around July 13. See how to find Mira and learn more about this variable star's odd behavior.

NASA issued a statement formally condemning Russia's blatant misuse of the International Space Station for propaganda purposes.

NASA has released which celestial objects the first science images from the James Webb Space Telescope will show.

Asteroid Bennu nearly swallowed the OSIRIS-REx probe when it touched down on the rock to collect a sample, revealing that the space rock's nature was much different than scientists had thought.

The rocket that launched the first astronauts to the moon will blast off from the back of a new dollar coin in 2024. NASA's Saturn V will be featured on Alabama's American Innovation $1 Coin.

The Space Race was a bitter competition that took place in the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, between the USA and the Soviet Union.

Prime Day is here once again, but should you part ways with your hard-earned cash and buy a telescope?

NASA's next-generation space telescope has completed tests of another science instrument, bringing it one step closer to starting formal operations.

Recent Google Earth images reveal construction at what appears to be a sophisticated laser system at a Russian space facility designed to blind adversary satellites.

NASA and the European Space Agency are planning a mission into the little-explored region of Earth's atmosphere where space weather impacts are keenly felt, but it won't be ready for this solar cycle.

The James Webb Space Telescope will soon turn its eyes to the solar system's king, the gas giant Jupiter.

The moon's 'Golden Handle' is visible this Saturday (July 9). The striking feature is created when low-angled sunlight strikes the Montes Jura mountain range.

The records keep falling for the U.S. Space Force's robotic X-37B space plane, which has now spent 781 days in orbit on its latest mission.

CAPSTONE successfully performed its first engine burn today (July 7), an 11-minute maneuver that changed its velocity by about 45 mph (72 kph) as planned.

A citizen scientist used old telescope data to find a trove of binary star systems that include what are sometimes dubbed "failed stars."