Space News & Blog Articles

From black holes to the search for life, scientific breakthroughs are on the horizon as new observatories come online.

Venus and Saturn will appear close together in the night sky on Tuesday (Jan. 24) beneath a crescent moon.

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Get your telescopes ready: Uranus will disappear behind the moon on Saturday (Jan. 28) and the event will be visible to a select few in Asia or the far north of the world.

The new range of highly detailed Star Wars Micro Galaxy Squadron miniature ships from Jazwares are loaded with play features and let you bring home the battle against the Empire.

A roadside rocket display that has stood as a welcome sign for drivers entering the state of Alabama is no longer safe to be left standing, according to NASA and the museum charged with its care.

A classified Chinese technology verification satellite that launched earlier this month has released an object into orbit alongside it, for reasons that remain mysterious.

SpaceX fueled up a fully stacked Starship for the first time ever on Monday (Jan. 23), notching a huge milestone on the path toward the vehicle's debut orbital flight.

Satellite photos showing poop stains in the West Antarctic snow and ice have revealed a previously unknown breeding colony of emperor penguins.

The first of a new generation of United Launch Alliance rockets has arrived at its Florida spaceport to prepare for a debut flight.

Solar activity increased on Jan. 13 as massive active regions of the sun rounded its east limb to face Earth.

This Bresser planetarium star projector, designed for kids, has true to life projections, a five year warranty and is simple to operate.

Bad weather has pushed Rocket Lab's first-ever launch from U.S. soil back a day, to Tuesday (Jan. 24).

Look in the northern skies during the early morning hours and green comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) may be visible to the naked eye.

The three crew members of Shenzhou 15 decked out their in-space living quarters in red to celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Rabbit on Sunday (Jan. 22).

Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin married for the fourth time on Friday (Jan. 20) to Romanian chemical engineer Anca Faur, who is executive vice-president of one of Aldrin's companies.

Ask the average person to name the US politician who earned the title "Mr. Space," and Lyndon B. Johnson is not likely to be the first reply. A look back at LBJ's space legacy 50 years after his death.

The Earth's protective ozone layer is recovering thanks to the successful implementation of the Montreal Protocol. But new threats are emerging that might set back the efforts, scientists say.

Mercury will reach its highest altitude of its Jan.–Feb. 2023 morning apparition on Tuesday, Jan. 24. From New York City, it will reach 14 degrees above the horizon in the southeast sky.

Lucy is producing enough power to perform its mission despite undeployed slice of solar array.

Researchers can use vortices in protoplanetary disks to weigh and date exoplanets.