Latest Space Stories
NASA’s oldest probe, Voyager 2, is turning 45 at the solar system’s edge
A second asteroid may have crashed into Earth as the dinosaurs died
Need more air in space? Magnets could yank it out of water.
A private company wants to look for life just above Venus
Hackers prove it doesn’t take much to hijack a dead satellite
NASA releases Hubble images of cotton candy-colored clouds in Orion Nebula
The most powerful telescope of all time is coming to Chile
An asteroid the size of a blue whale is speeding past Earth today
Space tourism is on the rise. Can NASA keep up with it?
How engineers saved NASA’s new asteroid probe when it malfunctioned in space
This glittery Hubble image shows how far we’ve come in studying distant stars
NASA’s new Sample Recovery Helicopters will make flying on Mars less ‘boring’
Counting down to the Artemis 1 launch, NASA’s biggest moon mission in decades
Private trips to space may require NASA supervision
JWST’s latest snap captures the glimmering antics of the Cartwheel Galaxy
June 29 was Earth’s shortest day since the invention of atomic clocks
Exoplanet hunters want to block starlight with a giant orbiting shade
Get alerts every time the James Webb Space Telescope drops a heavenly new look
The chance of being hit by China’s falling rocket booster is very low
A new law is putting astronomy back in the hands of Native Hawaiians
Jupiter formed dinky little rings, and there’s a convincing explanation why
Astronomers are already using James Webb Space Telescope data to hunt down cryptic galaxies
Buzz Aldrin is auctioning off rare pieces of US space history
A short history of US hypersonic weapons testing
Want to catch the Perseid meteor shower? Here’s your best shot.
SpaceX will break a major rocket-launch record this week
Why NASA is sending a dust-scanning spectrometer to the ISS
The James Webb Space Telescope is about to beam us monster amounts of cosmic data
The James Webb Space Telescope’s first glimpses into deep space reveal 4 mind-blowing finds
The James Webb Space Telescope’s first image shows the universe in a new light
A massive comet and supermoon will light up the night sky this week
The world’s best dark matter detector whiffed on its first try
NASA sampled a ‘fluffy’ asteroid that could hold clues to our existence
This sailplane could cruise Mars for months on only wind
After a few months in space, astronaut bones don’t look so pretty
Earth has more than 10,000 kinds of minerals. This massive new catalog describes them all.
What do fireworks look like from space?
Organic carbon on Mars could be from old life—or volcanoes
Amazon to FCC: SpaceX’s satellite expansion plan is a little much
We may be underestimating how many cold, giant planets are habitable
What happens when a rocket hits the moon? It’s not always what astronomers predict.
‘Rogue black holes’ might be neither ‘rogue’ nor ‘black holes’
Look up at the sky to see a parade of perfectly aligned planets
This tiny, trailblazing satellite is taking on a big moon mission
NASA finally fully fueled up its Artemis moon rocket
Here’s what it’s like to drive on the moon
Satellite images of Las Vegas show just how extreme urban heat islands can get
Hubble’s largest near-infrared image helps astronomers see 10 billion years into galaxies’ past
UFO research is stigmatized. NASA wants to change that.
How did Mars get its gasses? A special space rock holds clues.
See the stars from the Milky Way mapped as a dazzling rainbow
What SpaceX’s final Starbase permits could mean for Texas wildlife
In NASA’s new video game, you are a telescope hunting for dark matter
Astronomers caught a potent radio burst blasting at us from a dwarf galaxy 3 billion light-years away
The James Webb Space Telescope survived its first collision
NASA chose these designers to make over its ancient spacesuits
Uranus and Neptune both have the blues. But different hues.
What comes after the James Webb Space Telescope? Some astronomers want LIFE.
This novel solar sail could make it easier for NASA to stare into the sun
Gladys West’s mathematical prowess helped make GPS possible
Space stations could wage war on hitchhiking bacteria with self-cleaning tech
Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered pulsars, but someone else won the Nobel
To grow food in space, we had to start in the Antarctic
NASA recorded a black hole’s song, and you can listen to it
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