Space News & Blog Articles

A rare seasonal "Blue Moon" wowed skywatchers Sunday (Aug. 22), marking the last time this type of moon will grace the sky until 2023.

A Scottish court has thrown out objections of a billionaire landowner against a planning permission granted to an operator of a prospective spaceport in the north of Scotland.

NASA has called off a spacewalk outside the International Space Station this week due a medical issue with one of the astronauts due to join the excursion.

The newfound asteroid 2021 PH27 completes one lap around our star every 113 Earth days. That's the shortest orbital period of any known solar system object except the planet Mercury.

Dr. David A. Boboltz of the National Science Foundation will answer your questions on the sun, red giants and more in the the Space.com forums AMA this week!

An iceberg 20 times the size of Manhattan careened dangerously close to its parent ice shelf in Antarctica, a series of satellite photos show.

Scientists now understand the composition of Earth a little better thanks to new study.

Gravity isn't just a force that keeps things glued together. Through our understanding of general relativity, we know that gravity can make gravitational waves, or ripples in the fabric of space-time.

Thanks to data from three different Mars orbiters, scientists have determined that small, local dust storms, like their much larger counterparts, play a key role in drying out the Red Planet.

As parts of New England brace for Hurricane Henri to make landfall in New York Sunday (Aug. 22), astronauts and satellites are tracking the historic storm from space.

Fishing on the high seas is a bit of a mystery, economically speaking.

The August full moon rises tonight (Aug. 22), bringing skywatchers a rare seasonal "Blue Moon." 

Scientists have demonstrated that beamed microwaves can be converted to electricity to power drones.

Arianespace launched dozens of internet satellites for the communications company OneWeb this evening (Aug. 21).

Watch Space.com's video of every SpaceX Starship explosion and see what Elon Musk and team learned from them.

Step outside around 45 minutes after sunset on Saturday evening (Aug. 21) and in a single glance you'll be able to partake in a gathering of the moon and the biggest planet of our solar system.

Permanent flooding has become commonplace on this low-lying peninsula, nestled behind North Carolina’s Outer Banks. The trees growing in the water are small and stunted.

Sweden's highest mountain has shrunk by two meters in one year due to the melting of the glacier that covers it.

Netflix's first trailer for a documentary series on SpaceX's Inspiration4 private astronaut mission is here. Check it out.

Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket is one step closer to spaceflight.

The next SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to visit the International Space Station will launch next Saturday (Aug. 28), and if you're an early-bird you can watch it all online.