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

See SpaceX’s mighty Starship on the launchpad ahead of sixth test flight

SpeceX is gearing up for another test flight of the Starship on Monday, November 18.

Space News         November 14, 2024

Don’t miss the Beaver Moon, the last supermoon of 2024

Keep a look out tomorrow night for the moon to appear bigger and brighter in the sky.

Space News         November 14, 2024

How to watch the prolific Leonid meteor shower, which peaks this weekend

The Leonid meteor shower is an impressive yearly astronomical event that you can catch this weekend.

Space News         November 14, 2024

Planetary defense mission Hera blasts off toward Mars

The European Space Agency's Hera mission is on its way toward Mars, where it will get a gravity assist before going on to its asteroid target.

Space News         November 9, 2024

NASA astronauts keep quiet about medical issue returning from ISS

Three NASA astronauts who recently returned from the International Space Station have declined to discuss a medical issue that occurred following landing.

Space News         November 9, 2024

NASA fires up its X-59 quiet supersonic jet engine for the first time

NASA wants to bring back supersonic air travel with its X-59 jet.

Space News         November 8, 2024

SpaceX Dragon to give the International Space Station an altitude boost today

Today sees a first for the International Space Station as a SpaceX Dragon performs a reboost maneuver.

Space News         November 8, 2024

How the 47-year-old Voyager spacecraft are still exploring space

The Voyager 1 and 2 probes were launched in 1977 and they're still going. Keeping them working isn't easy, though.

Space News         November 7, 2024

How NASA astronauts vote from space

How do you vote when you're 250 miles above the nearest polling station? NASA came up with an answer for its astronauts.

Space News         November 1, 2024

Creepy cosmic eyes stare out from space in Webb and Hubble image

In time for Halloween, the Webb and Hubble space telescopes have worked together to image a creepy pair of cosmic eyes.

Space News         October 31, 2024

See the dramatic and spooky Dark Wolf Nebula

See a spooky cosmic wolf in this stunning space image from the European Southern Observatory.

Space News         October 31, 2024

See the polar moon sites where NASA plans to land its astronauts

NASA has plans to send astronauts back to the moon in 2026. Now, it is sharing a short list of locations where they could land.

Space News         October 30, 2024

A SpaceX Crew Dragon is doing a shuffle at the ISS — here’s how to watch

This week a SpaceX Crew Dragon will take one of the tiniest flights ever, hoping just a few meters over from one port of the ISS to another.

Space News         October 29, 2024

Scientists find evidence of hellish, volcanic moon orbiting a distant exoplanet

Scientists have not yet found direct evidence of a moon outside our solar system -- but they just found a hint of a hellish one.

Space News         October 22, 2024