Space News & Blog Articles

Pluto may have lost its status as a full-fledged planet in 2006, but that doesn't mean it's a joke of a world this April Fools' Day and the folks behind Pluto TV want to make that clear.

Observations for the ULLYSES program, the Hubble Telescope's largest operation yet, are now completed. Scientists are now diving into some cosmic Easter treats.

While many Americans are deciding where to go and how to experience the total solar eclipse on April 8, Navajo (Diné) astronomers explain the vast differences in how their culture views these celestial events.

NASA's CADRE mini rovers have been test driven across the agency's "Mars Yard" and subjected to various other tests to confirm they are ready to launch to the moon.

The future European Space Agency mission could include an orbiting spacecraft as well as a lander, both of which would sample ocean material in Enceladus' plumes.

Current leaders across the space industry share wisdom and advice as we reflect on the achievements of women in space during Women's History month.

Dune: What the climate of Arrakis can tell us about the hunt for habitable exoplanets

On Episode 104 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with National Space Society chapter leader Robert Aillon about NASA's Artemis Accords.

The total solar eclipse on April 8 is part of a repeating pattern of eclipses that last visited North America in 1970. Here’s why the same eclipse repeats every 54 years.

SpaceX aims to launch three Falcon 9 rockets today (March 30) from both coasts in a roughly five-hour span.

New observations provide an intriguing window into what happens when a slumbering black hole awakens to devour a star.

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have been training on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft for years. The team says they're ready for the first astronaut launch no earlier than May 1.

On March 28, Earth was hit by an X-class solar flare that was strong enough to ionize part of the planet's atmosphere.

Cumulus clouds rapidly dissipate as the land surface cools. This isn't just good news for eclipse chasers on April 8, but also has implications for sun-obscuring geoengineering efforts.

Varda Space has written up the results of its groundbreaking W-1 mission, which successfully crystalized the metastable Form III of the antiviral drug ritonavir in space and returned it to Earth.

Earlier this month, a sudden atmospheric warming event caused the Arctic's polar vortex to reverse its trajectory. The swirling ring of cold air is now spinning in the wrong direction, which has triggered a record-breaking "ozone spike" and could impact global weather patterns.

The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory just hit a milestone with its 5,000th comet detection.

This impressive Lego Star Wars ship packs in plenty of detail without breaking the bank.

A small galaxy is bursting with star formation in a dazzling new image from the James Webb Space Telescope.

A quasar over three billion light-years away was found to be rather gentle on its host galaxy, allowing its black hole to keep growing.

We explore how eclipses repeat and what it takes to earn a 'black belt' in eclipse chasing, according to our skywatching columnist Joe Rao.