Space News & Blog Articles

The James Webb Space Telescope is ready to start probing the cosmos. An astronomer on the team explains what it takes to get to this stage.

Old Ben’s penultimate outing isn’t perfect, but it sets the stage for a high-stakes season finale and delivers a couple of moments fans have been clamoring to see.

A piece of Russian space junk forced the International Space Station to steer clear to avoid a chance encounter with orbital debris on Thursday (June 16).

The sci-fi droids in the Star Wars TV shows The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett are super cool, but don't reflect robotics reality.

NASA/ESA releases a new photo of the enigmatic globular cluster Ruprecht 106

NASA's Lucy mission has gained a new destination: a tiny asteroid that's orbiting one of its original target asteroids.

Scientists at the Palomar Observatory turned to the Pauma band, upon whose ancestral lands the facility sits, to name the asteroid, now dubbed 'Ayló'chaxnim, or 'Venus girl.'

SpaceX aims to complete a remarkable hat trick early Sunday (June 19), and you can watch the action live.

The new Disney documentary "Beyond Infinity" showcases the back story of the loveable astronaut known for falling with style: Buzz Lightyear.

The moon will pass main-belt asteroid Vesta this weekend. The pair will be visible to observers using a widefield telescope eyepiece.

NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket will start its "wet dress rehearsal" this evening (June 18), beginning a series of crucial launch countdown tests that will last through Monday (June 20).

With the crowd cheering "Ride, Sally Ride," a monument to the first American woman to fly into space was unveiled outside of the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Long Island, New York.

SpaceX plans to launch a German military satellite and land the returning rocket on Saturday morning (June 18), and you can watch the action live.

A large wildfire in Arizona is seriously threatening a key site for astronomy.

Stratolaunch's enormous Roc carrier aircraft aced its seventh test flight yesterday (June 16), flying higher than it ever has before.

A new NASA documentary featuring the achievements of numerous Black astronauts will premiere Sunday (June 19), during Juneteenth.

SpaceX has fired some of the employees involved in drafting and distributing within the company a letter criticizing the behavior of founder and CEO Elon Musk, according to media reports.

Despite the false alarm, SETI researchers are still pretty sure we're not alone in the universe.

The moon will join Saturn in the predawn sky on Saturday (June 18). The pair will be visible to the naked eye and through a pair of binoculars.

A fast-burning wildfire shut down all operations at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, home to one of the largest collections of astronomical instruments in the United States.

Hubble's cameras captured a fresh cosmic image of the spiral galaxy NGC 7496.