Space News & Blog Articles

When supermassive black holes barrel toward collision, they can reach speeds of up to 1/10th the speed of light, new research suggests.

On Aug. 23, India's Chandrayaan-3 became the first mission to successfully land near the moon's south pole. But why is this dark, shadowy area so important to space agencies?

SpaceX plans to launch 22 of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit tonight (Aug. 25), bringing the total number it has lofted to date to more than 5,000. You can watch it live.

Star Wars video games are set to expand in the coming years, and Star Wars Outlaws will be at the center with a huge open world adventure.

SpaceX and NASA have scrubbed the planned Aug. 25 launch of the Crew-7 astronaut mission to the ISS. Liftoff is now targeted for Aug. 26 at 3:27 a.m. EDT (0727 GMT).

A satellite has spotted the wreckage of the plane that went down in northwestern Russia on Aug. 23, apparently with Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin on board.

North Korea's second attempt to launch a spy satellite this year ended in failure, after the rocket carrying the satellite encountered a stage-separation issue on Aug. 23.

Chris Christie was asked about UFOs during the 1st Republican Presidential Primary Debate held on Aug. 23, 2023.

SpaceX's Crew-6 astronauts spoke with journalists Aug. 23 ahead of their coming return to Earth and also discussed the expected Aug. 25 launch of the Crew-7 mission.

A robotic Russian Progress cargo spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station late tonight (Aug. 24), and you can watch the action live.

The Solar Orbiter has spotted tiny short-lived "picojets" for the first time. In just one minute, these tiny jets emit enough energy to power 10,000 households for a year.

A brown dwarf just 18.5 light-years from Earth has been found to host radiation belts. But why are scientists are so excited about this?

An interview with writer Charles Soule about the new Marvel Comics miniseries event, 'Star Wars: Dark Droids.'

India's Chandrayaan-3 mission landed near the moon's south pole on Wednesday (Aug. 23). Its expected lifetime is one lunar day, or two Earth weeks, until the sun sets on the moon.

The International Space Station fired its engines for 21 seconds to move out of the way of space debris on Aug. 24, Russia's space agency Roscosmos said through state media.

A puzzling bright smudge was captured clinging to this dark spot in Neptune’s atmosphere.

Satellite images reveal mass destruction of emperor penguin colonies in climate change-stricken Antarctica as sea ice melts underneath the birds' feet.

There's a new Mandalorian warrior in town and her name is Sabine Wren. Learn more about her role in Star Wars Rebels, the Ahsoka series, and more.

India's Pragyan rover rolled out of the nation's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander less than a day after the triumphant landing, commencing its two-week exploration mission.

Google is celebrating India's successful moon landing of the Chandrayaan-3 mission at the lunar south pole with a whimsical Google Doodle.

NASA's Jasmin Moghbeli will be the second Iranian-American in space, and joins three international astronauts on the SpaceX Crew-7 mission launching from Florida on Aug. 25.