Space News & Blog Articles

The Taurid meteor streams have a reputation for generating impressive fireball meteors.

Hundreds of satellites may soon be flying in orbital regions that are already too packed to allow safe and long-term operations, a new study suggests.

We talk to "Solar Opposites "executive producers Mike McMahan and Josh Bycel about the show's wild final season.

SpaceX's Starship megarocket aced its test flight today (Oct. 13), the 11th overall for the program and the final mission for this version of the giant vehicle.

Rocket Lab will launch a radar satellite for the Japanese Earth-observation company Synspective today (Oct. 14), and you can watch the action live.

The discovery of what is potentially the smallest clump of dark matter ever seen strengthens the case for cold dark matter.

If the universe is expanding, then what is it expanding into, and what is it expanding from? Where's the edge of the universe, and where is its center?

In 2030, the International Space Station will be deorbited: driven into a remote area of the Pacific Ocean.

New research suggests that this mystery platinum signature underneath the Greenland ice sheet may have originated from a volcanic fissure eruption in Iceland, not space.

The Vezda might be vanquished, but there are more cosmic threats for Captain Pike and the Enterprise crew to confront in 2026.

"Show me you’re worthy of this uniform!" — We finally have a release date for 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy', with the Paramount+ TV series warping onto our screens on Jan 15, 2026.

The isotopic ratio of sulfur-33 on the moon differs from that of Earth. Did the moon's sulfur instead come from the impactor that formed it?

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Simonyi Survey Telescope scans the heavens to start its decade-long exploration in the search for dark matter.

The annual Orionid meteor shower comes to a peak on Oct. 20-21

We actually know very little about what's going on inside Uranus and Neptune, causing researchers to propose that these planets be called "rocky giants" instead.

Two bright wanderers share the autumn sky as Jupiter rises beside the half moon.

Don't miss the moon, Jupiter and the stars of the constellation Orion rise along the southern horizon on Oct. 12.

From phases to phenomena, this moon-themed skywatching quiz will test your lunar knowledge.

Microbes essential for human health have proven resilient against the extreme forces of space travel, offering hope for maintaining astronaut well-being on future long-duration missions.

SpaceX plans to launch Flight 11 of its huge, reusable Starship rocket on Monday evening (Oct. 13), and you can watch the action live.

An academic dives into using quantum physics to explore dark matter.