Space News & Blog Articles

LandSpace conducted a static-fire test with its Zhuque-3 rocket recently, an important step in the prep work ahead of the partially reusable rocket's debut launch.

At the end of October Europa Clipper will fly in line with 3I/ATLAS’ ion tail — but will any of the charged particles reach the spacecraft, and will the spacecraft be ready to receive them?

We spoke with Neil deGrasse Tyson about his new Q&A book "Just Visiting This Planet: Further Scientific Adventures of Merlin From Omniscia" arriving on Oct. 21, 2025.

Titan's chemical inventory is believed to bear some resemblance to the prebiotic soup on the early Earth.

Not even The People's Champion can save you from this Martian disaster.

An academic dives into "the other space race" as countries work to send satellites and other objects into orbit around the Earth.

Test your knowledge of NASA's triumphs, setbacks, and space-age breakthroughs that define this space agency's legendary history.

The Artemis 2 SLS rocket that will launch the next astronauts around the moon is all put together inside NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building.

JAXA has successfully deployed three new Cubesats from the International Space Station's Kibo module, marking another step in democratizing access to space.

In a surprise to researchers, the small, icy bodies beyond Pluto's orbit tend to rotate opposite the way they move around the Sun, which might say something about how they formed.

Better in-flight streaming and video-calling might just become more accessible thanks to a project supported by the European Space Agency (ESA). Building upon the success of an experiment for a new type of antenna terminal together with ESA, Viasat – a global leader in satellite communications – now plans to commercialise its new in-flight connectivity solution called Viasat Amara.

Reflect Orbital has applied for a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license to launch a giant mirror to space next year.

Are you ready to take your first step into the space sector? The countdown has begun for the launch of the European Space Agency's 2026 Student Internship Programme, and you could be part of it. Applications open the first week of November.

The new Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission has delivered its first images, highlighting concentrations of atmospheric nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and ozone. Despite being preliminary, these images mark a major milestone in Europe’s ability to monitor air quality all the way from geostationary orbit, 36 000 kilometres above Earth.

A piece of smoldering wreckage found in Western Australia is likely part of a Chinese rocket that crashed to Earth on Saturday (Oct. 18), experts say.

SpaceX has long held the contract to land NASA's Artemis 3 astronauts on the moon a few years from now. But the agency plans to reopen the bidding, according to acting NASA chief Sean Duffy.