Space News & Blog Articles

On Episode 90 of This Week In Space, Tariq and Rod discuss archaeoastronomy with the amazing Dr. Ed Krupp.

International Space Station commander Andreas Mogensen will speak with two Nobel laureates on Dec. 11. You can watch the event live, for free.

Debris from the near-Earth comet 46P/Wirtanen could enter our planet's atmosphere, triggering a new meteor shower on Tuesday, Dec. 12, called the Lambda-Sculptorids.

Some physicists have hypothesized that in the earliest moments of the Big Bang, the forces of nature were so extreme and so exotic that they could have supported the growth of complex structures.

How to watch the 'Doctor Who' anniversary special 'The Giggle' online on Disney Plus and BBC iPlayer.

An instrument onboard India's Aditya-L1 spacecraft captured beautiful images of the sun earlier this week.

Betelgeuse, one of the most recognizable stars in the night sky, will disappear for several seconds in a rare asteroid occultation on the evening of Dec. 11.

What to expect from Zack Snyder's "Rebel Moon," the sprawling new sci-fi saga premiering on Netflix on Dec. 22, 2023.

Of all of the food items she helped send into space, Vickie Kloeris' favorite was the cherry-blueberry cobbler. A NASA food scientist for 34 years, Kloeris has published her memoir 'Space Bites.'

A new body in the Solar System starts a multi-trillion-dollar gold rush, while the shockwaves from a certain someone's departure continue to resonate on Mars.

Weird effects of space junk collisions could help researchers detect dangerous, hard-to-see orbital clutter.

On Friday, Dec. 8, Halley's Comet reaches its farthest point from the sun and begins its journey back through the solar system.

A fresh understanding of how black holes eat offers a new way to estimate their masses.

NASA is licensing a radical new form of propulsion that uses electromagnets to control the flow of plasma over aircraft and spacecraft flying at hypersonic speeds.

A new theory suggests the universe's most mysterious and dominant form of matter could exert a "dark force."

Scientists aren't sure whether humanity really detected moons outside the solar system.

We've seen the movies and read the books about what it would be like to have a lunar habitat — but to turn our Sci-Fi fantasy into a reality, scientists must develop a game plan.

Chinese startup Galactic Energy is flying high again after a successful satellite launch on Monday (Dec. 4).

Crossed wires likely prevented OSIRIS-REx's return capsule from deploying its drogue parachute during its descent through Earth's atmosphere on Sept. 24, NASA officials say.

SpaceX launched 22 more Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California early on Friday morning (Dec. 8).

NASA International Space Station astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli will pin candles on a felt menorah to honor Hanukkah, the Jewish festival that begins Dec. 7.