Latest Space Stories
When Voyager 1 goes dark, what comes next?
NASA’s Perseverance rover is on a hunt for microbes on Mars
The origin of Saturn’s slanted rings may link back to a lost, ancient moon
Space diamonds sparkle from the wreckage of a crushed dwarf planet
The switch to LEDs in Europe is visible from space
Interested in launching a satellite? Three space companies have put together a ‘best practices’ guide
Scientists used lasers to make the coldest matter in the universe
The Hubble Space Telescope’s ‘galactic overlap’ image is truly stellar
A new class of super-watery planets may exist beyond the solar system
What’s next for NASA’s Artemis 1 launch
How Tiangong station will make China a force in the space race
The sun’s chromosphere is shades of golden in these new images
The James Webb Space Telescope opens spooky season with stunning images of Tarantula nebula
Are solar panels headed for space?
Scammers are using a Webb Telescope photo to hide complex malware
See the first image of an exoplanet caught by the James Webb Space Telescope
Perseverance’s MOXIE tool turns Martian air into pure oxygen
With Artemis, NASA is aiming for the moon once more. But where will it land?
NASA’s uncrewed Orion spacecraft will get a hand from a Star Trek-inspired comms system
Hubble image captures stars forming in a far-off phantom galaxy
NASA delays Artemis 1 launch due to engine bleed
In a first, James Webb Space Telescope reveals distant gassy atmosphere is filled with carbon dioxide
This is how astronomically loud a rocket launch really is
5 new insights about Mars from Perseverance’s rocky roving
Newly discovered exoplanet may be a ‘Super Earth’ covered in water
Jupiter is a dreamlike jewel in new James Webb Space Telescope images
‘Phantom’ mannequins will help us understand how cosmic radiation affects female bodies in space
This Space Shuttle concept was too cool to be realized
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
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?