Space News & Blog Articles

A stunning new Hubble Telescope image showcases NGC 612's orange-hued star-forming disk.

NASA's Perseverance rover may have taken a brief detour to Walt Disney World in Florida. Guests visiting EPCOT can now come across a tread like that left by the six-wheeled rover.

October sees both a partial lunar eclipse and a 'ring of fire' annular solar eclipse, although seeing them both in person will require a good deal of travel.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said his company is ready for the next flight of Starship. In a new keynote address, he talked about what comes next, and how the system will ready SpaceX for future Mars exploration.

If we can understand how stars form, perhaps we can understand how planets do, too.

With the return of 'For All Mankind quickly approaching, now is the time to 'button up' for the alternate space history series' journey to Mars. Fortunately, Icon Heroes has exactly what you need.

There is a better way to bring artificial intelligence into workplaces. I know, because I've seen it, as a sociologist who works with NASA's robotic spacecraft teams.

The well-known Vela Pulsar just smashed a record for the highest-energy radiation ever detected from one of these highly magnetized spinning neutron stars.

There is an allure to moon dust. Just like its unique adhesive properties, causing it to stick to everything it touches, it tends to draw the attention of everyone who sees it.

Engineers suggest giving satellites launched into space a designated 'parking spot' to prevent accidents and make space more equitable.

U.S. scientists have a rare chance to practice for totality. On Oct. 14, researchers across the country will test their projects during a "ring of fire" annular eclipse ahead of the U.S. total solar eclipse in April 2024.

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk will give an update about the company's Starship vehicle today (Oct. 5), and you can watch it live.

Virgin Galactic's reusable spaceplane, VSS Unity, will launch its fourth commercial spaceflight mission Oct. 6. Here's how to follow the action.

The 26th Annual International Mars Society Convention will start Oct. 5. Here's how you can watch online.

A NASA mission called APEP will launch three sounding rockets into the annular solar eclipse to measure changes in electric and magnetic fields, density, and temperature of the ionosphere.

Scientists worldwide are already using artificial intelligence and machine learning to sort through huge amounts of data, suggesting that the future of astronomy belongs to AI.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe captured photos during the release of its return capsule last month, preserving the historic moment for posterity.

Astroscale just scored up to $80 million from the Japanese government to develop a demonstration mission that will study a large, dead satellite in orbit.

Russia's Luna-25 lander crashed into the moon in August because an onboard control unit failed to shut the spacecraft's thrusters off at the right time, investigators found.

SpaceX plans to launch 22 of its Starlink internet satellites atop a Falcon 9 rocket tonight (Oct. 4), on the company's 70th orbital mission of the year.

A new trailer for the IMAX documentary "Deep Sky" promises jaw-dropping cosmic shots of the revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope and the groundbreaking images it has already produced.