Space News & Blog Articles

Binary black holes are believed to inevitably spiral together, but dark energy and the expanding universe could help them maintain a safe distance and mimic a single black hole.

A new NASA video explains what will happen when the space agency's Lucy probe flies by the space rock Dinkinesh on Nov. 1, in a test ahead of its trek to the Trojan asteroids in Jupiter's orbit.

Improved lighting standards coming into force across the whole of Chile will protect astronomy observations, public health and wildlife.

NASA engineers created a simulated lunar environment, including large rocks, steep slopes and deep craters, to test the mobility of a new moon rover prototype called VIPER.

What astronomers can measure using telescopes is not what we really want to know – instead, we calculate the properties we're interested in studying by observing and interpreting apparent properties from afar.

A sneak peek at Insight Editions' "Star Wars: The Secrets of the Wookiees," a new all-ages book from Insight Editions available on Nov. 28.

India will conduct a historic test of its Gaganyaan crew module tonight (Oct. 20), and you can watch the liftoff live.

At the very end, it was the rocket that took itself down. The Saturn IB was in the final minutes of being laid down when it fell the last 15 feet to the ground.

The Potensic Atom has set a new benchmark for what we can expect from low-cost beginner drone models thanks to impressive features and functionality.

When complete, the Square Kilometer Array Observatory (SKAO) will be the world's most powerful radio telescope — if SpaceX's Starlink satellites don't ruin its view.

The third episode of Loki season 2 brings back major players, teases the creation of the Time Variance Authority and is a bit convoluted.

During the third week of October, the meteor display spawned by the debris shed by Halley reaches its peak: The Orionid meteor shower.

NASA wants to put astronauts on the moon again in the 2020s, and lunar dust is expected to pose a major issue. An electric field spacesuit project received a big grant to find a solution.

Martian biosignatures might be lurking in an ancient mud lake on the Red Planet, a new study suggests. But a landing mission is needed to confirm the satellite study.

NASA wants to fly a better design of engine for its upcoming Artemis moon missions. The first of a 12-part series of engine tests kicked off Oct. 17 with a firing that lasted for more than nine minutes.

Magnetic snake-like energy patterns could bring scientists a step closer to solving a lingering solar mystery: how the outer atmosphere of the sun can be tremendously hotter than its lower layers.

The Breakthrough Listen initiative has moved its headquarters to the U.K. to take advantage of the reams of data set to come from the Square Kilometer Array.

An 8 billion-year-old Fast Radio Burst could help astronomers solve the mystery of the universe's missing matter.

The JWST's perspective on our solar system has offered us the 1st evidence of a superfast Jovian jet stream.

Researchers have shared a radical new idea for how to put a spacecraft in orbit around Neptune: Use the thin atmosphere of Triton, Neptune's largest moon, to capture it.

An exclusive interview with Joe Bennet, co-creator and director of the new animated series "Scavengers Reign" that follows a group of astronauts stranded on a strange alien world.