Space News & Blog Articles

The Chinese satellite internet startup Galaxy Space is planning to provide broadband connectivity to assist the nation's hypersonic vehicle program.

Cosmic rays coming from ultrapowerful sources in the distant universe can pose risks to humans on Earth — particularly frequent air travelers, who are routinely exposed at the high altitudes of commercial flights.

China will definitely put boots on the moon within the next seven years, according to a leading Chinese lunar scientist.

A coalition of environmental groups is suing the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, claiming the agency didn't fully analyze the environmental damage that SpaceX's Starship could cause.

The moon will darken but not completely disappear as it slips into Earth's outer shadow on Friday (May 5), creating a penumbral lunar eclipse.

From my viewpoint in the Exmouth Gulf of Western Australia, the solar eclipse's totality brought a colossal corona and a dramatic drifting diamond ring.

Veteran parabolic flight pilot Eric Delesalle sits down with Space.com to talk about what it takes to create weightlessness and lunar gravity in a plane.

Something is shaking on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn as moonquakes are linked to landslides that smooth out icy surfaces of bodies like Europa and Enceladus.

It's almost Star Wars day, and that means Lego is planning an event filled with free gifts, new sets and discounts.

Shortly after Mercury reached its closest point to the sun, its massive, comet-like tail became unusually visible in the night sky and was captured in a stunning new photo.

A blinding flash of light set off air raid alerts across Ukraine’s capital city. Officials at first thought it was a falling NASA satellite, but the space agency has said it isn’t.

We tried it, and yes, the Acebeam X75 flashlight power bank lives up to its self-given title of the most powerful flashlight in the world.

Funko Games releasing brainy new "Star Trek Cryptic" tabletop card game this June.

Skywatchers will get an excellent opportunity to spot the 124-mile-wide asteroid Iris 7 as it reaches opposition on April 30 as the main-belt object also makes its closest approach to Earth.

Zero-G, the zero gravity space tourism company announced their intent to start offering private concerts aboard their specially outfitted aircraft.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying three satellites aborted an attempted launch at the last minute late Friday (April 28).

Adobe Photoshop is an incredibly powerful layers-based photo editing software and its new set of intelligent tools can handle anything you throw at it.

Debris from a SpaceX Dragon broke up over several states in the western US early Thursday (April 17). SpaceX asks residents to report any debris they come across.

The Hubble Space Telescope is on the track of a supernova that exploded in the region of a galaxy in 2020.

A European radar instrument was designed to penetrate ice on Jupiter's icy moons. But now the JUICE mission is having issues deploying an antenna key to sending data back to Earth.

NASA's Curiosity rover has spent more than 10 years exploring the Red Planet. Now the mission has new software allowing the rover to explore Mars more efficiently.