A satellite designed and built by Boeing appears to have exploded in orbit, for unknown reasons.

Hubble has homed in on a nearby star called R Aquarii, which is throwing out material for billions of miles around it.

The huge and detailed mosaic is just a preview of the data to come from this recently launched space telescope.

A comet that passes by Earth just once every 80,000 years has been spotted in the skies, but it may not survive for much longer.

NASA's Europa Clipper mission aims to study whether the liquid water ocean beneath Europa's icy crust could potentially support life.

Weather conditions in Florida mean that the return of four crew members from the International Space Station has been delayed again.

The launch of NASA's Europa Clipper mission to the icy moon of Jupiter was delayed because of Hurricane Milton. Now, the launch could go ahead on Monday.

SpaceX is getting ready to launch its mighty Starship on its fifth test flight, scheduled for Sunday, October 13.

Beautiful aurorae were visible in locations around the world this week because of increased activity from the sun.

As Florida prepares for the incoming Hurricane Milton, it has been captured from space by an astronaut on the International Space Station.

Researchers using James Webb have identified a new and exotic type of planet called a steam world, with an atmosphere almost entirely composed of water vapor.

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is passing by the sun and will soon pass by Earth, and could be a spectacularly bright object by mid-October.

NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications test has completed its first phase, showing that laser communications in space are possible and faster than radio.

The Voyager spacecraft, launched in the 1970s, has turned off its plasma science instrument to save power for exploring interstellar space.

The Dark Energy Camera has snapped a stunning image of a rose-like nebula located 5,000 light-years away.

At just six light-years from Earth, Barnard's star is close by and has long been of interest to researchers searching for exoplanets. Now, they've found one.

A much-delayed SpaceX Crew Dragon mission launched with just two crew members due to issues with the test flight of the Boeing Starliner.

The European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope has collected more than 500 terabytes of data on our galaxy.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted a weird galaxy that originated just a billion years after the Big Bang.

SpaceX has shared images of it Starship rocket, which is stacked and ready for a launch on its fifth flight test.

As Florida braces for the arrival of Tropical Storm Helene, the launch of NASA's Crew-9 mission from the Kennedy Space Center has once again been delayed.

This May, engineers working on NASA's Europa Clipper discovered a problem with the spacecraft and had to scramble to get it for launch.

The SpaceX Crew-9 mission, which will see just two astronauts head to the International Space Station, has been delayed once again.

NASA's Orion spacecraft will need to protect astronauts from dangerous radiation when they visit the moon in the upcoming Artemis missions.

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope captures one of the universe's most dramatic events: the colliding of two galaxies.

Earlier this month, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched its newest Earth-observation satellite, known as Copernicus Sentinel-2C.

Two NASA astronauts have spoken publicly for the first time since the Boeing Starliner departed from the International Space Station without them.

A gorgeous new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a bustling region of star formation at the distant edge of the Milky Way.

Two private astronauts have completed the first-ever commercial spacewalk, marking the first time that civilian astronauts have stepped out into space.

Researchers recently presented a stunning cloud atlas of Mars: a database containing 20 years' worth of images of clouds and storms observed on the red planet.

The historic SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission, which includes the first-ever commercial spacewalk, will launch tonight from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The European Space Agency's BepiColombo spacecraft recently made a close flyby of Mercury, and it snapped some stunning pictures along the way.

After an unexpected three months spent in orbit, the Boeing Starliner spacecraft has returned safely to Earth.

The troubled Boeing Starliner will depart from the International Space Station (ISS) tonight, traveling back to Earth without its crew. Here's how to watch.