Space News & Blog Articles

The sun unleashed an X2.8 solar flare today (Dec. 14), its most powerful such eruption since September 2017.

A recent study suggests the aurora-like STEVE and "picket fence" phenomena are generated by low-altitude electric fields parallel to Earth's magnetic field.

Hot Jupiters are gas giants so close to their star that the star's heat and radiation can blow the planets' atmosphere away.

The Federal Aviation Administration should evaluate and improve the way it investigates space launch mishaps, according to a new report.

China launched its secretive reusable space plane into orbit for its third mission on Dec. 14, just one day after the U.S. Space Force took its own X-37B space plane off the launch pad.

Humpback whale "conversations" provide valuable insight on how humans may one day communicate with life beyond Earth.

Black holes are some of the most powerful objects in the universe — and humans could devise ways to harness that power as an energy source, a new theoretical study claims.

The two small moons of Mars, Phobos (about 22km in diameter) and Deimos (about 13km in diameter), have been puzzling scientists for decades, with their origin remaining a matter of debate.

Scientists are building a 'beyond state-of-the-art' digital model of near-Earth space to improve forecasting of solar storms and their effects on infrastructure.

Tonight (Dec. 14), Rocket Lab plans to launch its first mission since a failure this past September, and you can watch the action live.

This festive holiday telescope deal means you can save 33% on a refractor telescope, well suited to kids and beginners, and you can get it in time for Christmas.

Don't know what to buy a photographer? We've got you covered — find the perfect Christmas gifts for astrophotographers, for all budgets and experience levels.

NASA's MAVEN orbiter has collected data of the unexpected dynamics on Mars, showing how extreme solar events influence the planet's atmosphere, an insight valuable to understanding its evolution.

Ireland has joined the space club with the launch of Eirsat-1, a tiny brick-sized satellite with a big future.

A seamount sitting on a subducting tectonic plate off the coast of Japan and plowing its way into Earth's mantle may be at the root of several magnitude 7 earthquakes in the past 40 years.

One month before SpaceX launches the Ax-3 astronaut mission toward the ISS, Axiom Space's president said he hopes similar missions will become less expensive in the future.

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed record-breaking free-floating "failed star" and two other brown dwarfs. The discovery could help scientists better determine where the line between a planet and a star is drawn.

New research suggests elements crucial for life may have existed on Earth while the planet formed, not brought from a crashing asteroid, like some scientists hypothesize.

Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment released a new trailer for director Denis Villeneuve's upcoming sci-fi epic "Dune: Part 2."

SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship is scheduled to leave the International Space Station Dec. 15 after a weather delay. You can watch live here at Space.com.

The Geminid meteor shower 2023 peaks overnight tonight (Dec. 13), and you can watch the action live with these free livestreams.