SpaceX won’t be launching its big Starship test flight today after all

SpaceX fans will have to wait a little longer to see the mighty Starship in action once again.

Space News         January 15, 2025

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost mission launches to the moon

A spacecraft carrying NASA instruments has launched on its journey to the moon.

Space News         January 15, 2025

See the amazing images of Mercury captured by the BepiColombo mission

The BepiColombo mission recently made its sixth flyby of Mercury, snapping some images along the way.

Space News         January 14, 2025

How to watch Firefly launch its Blue Ghost mission to the moon on Tuesday night

Firefly Aerospace will launch its first mission to the moon this week. Here's how to watch.

Space News         January 13, 2025

NASA has two ideas for how to get samples back from Mars

NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is only in development and has already struggled. Now, the agency has laid out two paths forward.

Space News         January 8, 2025

Watch India attempt a rare space feat for the first time tonight

India's space agency is attempting a rare feat tonight: docking two satellites in orbit.

Space News         January 8, 2025

NASA spacewalks are back! Two spacewalks this month after long break

Following a spacesuit leak in June last year, NASA suspended its spacewalks from the International Space Station. Now, they're back.

Space News         January 8, 2025

Firefly Aerospace to launch its first mission to the moon next week

Another private company will attempt a landing on the moon. It's set to launch next week.

Space News         January 7, 2025

There’s still time to catch the stunning Quadrantids meteor shower

If you're hoping to catch the first meteor shower of the year, you have time until January 12.

Space News         January 6, 2025

Can private spaceflight benefit more than just a lucky few?

A program is collecting data from commercial space missions to help determine the effects of space flight on human health.

Features         December 26, 2024

Celebrating a white Christmas — martian style

The Mars Express spacecraft has snapped an image of icy and snowy hillsides on Mars.

Space News         December 19, 2024

Boeing Starliner astronauts will stay in space a little while longer

Two astronauts who traveled to space on the troubled Boeing Starliner spacecraft will have their stay extended a little longer.

Space News         December 18, 2024

Chinese astronauts perform record-breaking 9-hour spacewalk

Two Chinese astronauts have performed the longest-ever single spacewalk, from the Tiangong space station.

Space News         December 18, 2024

NASA telescopes capture a cosmic wreath for the holidays

Two NASA telescopes have worked together to capture a stunning view of a star cluster.

Space News         December 17, 2024

NASA orbiter captures one last image of retired InSight lander on Mars

An image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows one last view of the now-retired InSight lander mission.

Space News         December 16, 2024

See the majestic Southern Pinwheel Galaxy in this Dark Energy Camera image

The striking Southern Pinwheel Galaxy is one of the brightest barred spiral galaxies in the sky.

Space News         December 13, 2024

Group wants to launch a telescope to study black holes from space

The next phase in imaging black holes is to study them from space.

Space News         December 13, 2024

NASA learns how the Ingenuity helicopter ended up crashing on Mars

The Ingenuity helicopter flew on Mars for an incredible 72 flights. Now, NASA has shared findings of why the mission came to an end.

Space News         December 11, 2024

Astronomers spot strange exoplanet with a tail 350,000 miles long

The recently spotted exoplanet WASP-69 b has a long tail of gas, like a comet.

Space News         December 11, 2024

Feast your eyes on 10 years of Hubble images of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

The Hubble Space Telescope has been imaging the outer planets of our solar system for a decade, learning about their strange weather conditions.

Space News         December 10, 2024

Jupiter will be at its biggest and brightest this weekend. Here’s how to see it

There's a special chance to see Jupiter in the sky this weekend as it comes closest to Earth.

Space News         December 6, 2024

NASA pushes back its Artemis moon missions due to heat shield issues

NASA is delaying its Artemis II and Artemis III missions to 2026 and 2027 respectively due to issues with the Orion capsule's heat shield.

Space News         December 5, 2024

James Webb spots ancient Spiderweb cluster that’s 10 billion years old

An image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a group of galaxies called the Spiderweb protocluster, and it dates to when the universe was young.

Space News         December 5, 2024

Watch Europe’s Vega-C rocket return to flight after two years

Europe's Vega-C rocket is back in action after a failure in 2022. It will launch the Sentinel-1C satellite tomorrow -- here's how to watch.

Space News         December 3, 2024

This pair of satellites is going to create an artificial solar eclipse

A pair of spacecraft are launching on a mission to observe the sun's corona by having one cast a precise shadow from which the other can observe.

Space News         December 3, 2024

Take a flight over Mars’ Ares Vallis in a new video from Mars Express

A video shows a flight over one of Mars's longest channels, the Ares Vallis.

Space News         November 30, 2024

It lives! 47-year-old Voyager 1 is back in action

Despite its age and an ever-dwindling power supply, the Voyager 1 probe is back in action following an issue with its communication system.

Space News         November 29, 2024

Webb and Hubble snap the same object for two views of one galaxy

Two different space telescopes have looked at the same galaxy, so you can see the difference in how they observe the universe.

Space News         November 29, 2024

SpaceX to launch NASA’s Dragonfly drone mission to Titan

In 2028, a NASA mission called Dragonfly will launch using a SpaceX Falcon Heavy on a trip to Saturn's moon Titan.

Space News         November 25, 2024

Stunning view of the Sombrero Galaxy captured by James Webb

The James Webb Space Telescope recently captured a new image of a galaxy famously named after the Mexican hat style.

Space News         November 25, 2024

Watch Blue Origin launch its latest space tourism flight this morning

Blue Origin will shortly be launching its ninth space tourism flight that will carry six private crew members on a 10-minute flight.

Space News         November 22, 2024

Astronomers snap first up-close image of a star outside our galaxy

Astronomers have taken a detailed image of a star outside of the Milky Way for the first time.

Space News         November 21, 2024

Check out this incredible panorama of Mars taken by Curiosity

A stunning panorama shows the haunting terrain of the Gediz Vallis channel, where the Curiosity rover has been exploring.

Space News         November 20, 2024

Scientists discover a baby exoplanet ‘just’ 3 million years old

Scientists have discovered a nearby exoplanet that is just a baby by planetary standards, located 520 light-years away.

Space News         November 20, 2024

SpaceX makes nail-biting sixth Starship test flight, but fails to catch booster

The SpaceX Starship sailed through a sixth test flight, but unlike the previous historic test, this time the company wasn't able to catch the booster.

Space News         November 19, 2024

Here’s what NASA plans to do with its shiny new SpaceX spacecraft

NASA has big plans for its two new lunar spacecraft, currently under development by SpaceX and Blue Origin.

Space News         November 19, 2024

Stunning images of nearby galaxies from the VLT Survey Telescope

A telescope in Chile has taken five beautiful images of nearby galaxies.

Space News         November 16, 2024

Starliner astronauts are healthy and not losing weight, NASA says

NASA has denied rumors that two of its astronauts are losing weight on the ISS, saying they are in outstanding health.

Space News         November 15, 2024