Latest Space Stories
‘Odie’ is en route for its potentially historic moon landing
A Martian solar eclipse turns the sun into a giant googly eye
NASA’s Hubble space telescope reveals a galactic ‘string of pearls’
NASA’s PACE satellite takes off to monitor phytoplankton—from space
NASA’s Perseverance Rover spots damaged, lonely Ingenuity helicopter in the ‘bland’ part of Mars
ESA will send a triangle of satellites into space to study gravitational waves
New map of half the known universe shines with cosmic energy
This may be SLIM’s farewell transmission from the moon
Why interstellar objects like ‘Oumuamua and Borisov may hold clues to exoplanets
February’s skies shine with Orion, a harmless comet, and an extra day of stargazing
JWST images show off the swirling arms of 19 spiral galaxies
The moon is shrinking (very slowly)
RIP Mars Ingenuity, the ‘little helicopter that could’
Japan’s SLIM lunar lander stuck the landing—upside down
Check out JWST’s new image of a star factory
Watch a giant, inflatable space station prototype explode during its intentional ‘ultimate burst’
This is what’s inside NASA’s previously stuck asteroid sampler
NASA bounced a laser off a cookie-sized device on the moon
Japan makes history with its first uncrewed moon landing
Astronomers produce most sensitive radio image of a globular cluster ever taken
The first-ever space solar power tests are finished after a year in orbit
John Deere and Starlink partner to provide satellite internet for rural farmers
Earth isn’t the only planet with seasons, but they can look wildly different on other worlds
Watch this rocket ‘eat’ its own body for fuel
NASA finally pries open stuck Bennu asteroid sampler
Peregrine sent back this image from its now abandoned lunar mission
The best telescopes for deep space in 2024
NASA delays two crewed Artemis moon missions
NASA plans to unveil experimental X-59 supersonic jet on January 12
Peregrine lunar lander experiences ‘critical loss of propellant’ following successful launch
These are the exciting space missions slated for launch in 2024
This is what Uranus and Neptune may really look like
Lexington, Kentucky sent a tourism ad to ‘extraterrestrials’ with a DIY laser rig
The best binoculars for astronomy in 2024
NASA is headed for the moon next week, and it’s bringing lots of weird stuff
Halley’s comet is on its way back towards Earth
See the most volcanic world in our solar system in new NASA images
The Full Wolf Moon and Quadrantids meteor shower ring in 2024
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter set a new flight distance record on Mars
The best budget telescopes for 2024
The Running Chicken Nebula shimmers in new ESO image
Taters the cat stars in first ‘ultra-HD’ video sent from deep space
Lava may have flowed over parts of Mars
How do you make cosmic sausage?
Amazon’s Project Kuiper successfully tests satellite space lasers
More evidence for key ingredients to life detected on Saturn’s moon Enceladus
The ISS missing tomato scandal has come to a close
Record-breaking ‘failed star’ spotted by JWST
Voyager 1 is sending back bad data, but NASA is on it
JWST releases new image of famous supernova remnant—with a twist
Looking at the stars through a puddle of mercury
Why scientists think it’s time to declare a new lunar epoch
The planet that should not exist
The best telescopes for astrophotography in 2024
Two meteor showers and a bright Mercury to light up December’s sky
Astronomers spot an extragalactic star with a disc around it for the first time
Scientists want to use the sun’s gravity to communicate between stars
How AI could help scientists spot ‘ultra-emission’ methane plumes faster—from space
This editor-approved telescope is on sale for Cyber Monday
Chaotic region shines bright with 500,000 stars in new JWST image
Elliptical galaxies may just be spiral galaxies with their arms lobbed off
Another SpaceX Starship blew up
NASA’s Psyche wins first deep space laser relay
Watch NASA’s supercomputer simulation of the Apollo 12 lunar landing