Space News

Researchers have discovered tiny, never-before-seen carbon crystals in meteorite dust left over from the explosion of the Chelyabinsk meteor in 2013.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has selected candidates for its next round of space missions, which are projected to launch between 2026 and 2030.

The blobs are irregular groups of young blue stars thought to have formed in a galactic collision that scientists liken to a belly flop.

Earth is home to some truly alien-looking landscapes. From ice caves to martian-red deserts, discover some of the strangest places Earth has to offer.

Explore the eight (or nine) planets of the solar system in order from nearest to the sun and discover the many wonders of our solar system along the way.

Here's where to watch Independence Day on the day itself.

Solar eclipses are one of nature's most spectacular events. Here we explore what they are and the different types of solar eclipses.

NASA's CAPSTONE mission successfully executed a spacecraft burn Monday (July 4) and started its solo journey to the moon.

By studying how flat Earthers talk about their beliefs, we can learn how they make their arguments engaging to their audience, and in turn, learn what makes disinformation spread online.

The Perseverance team says the rover can still take key weather measurements after pebbles struck a wind sensor amid strong Red Planet gusts.

Earth will be the farthest from the sun on Monday (July 4) as it reaches aphelion at 3 a.m. EDT (0700 GMT).

The James Webb Space Telescope's powerful infrared instruments will be trained on three types of comets, potentially providing insight into the solar system's early life.

It's clear that space weather can cause blackouts, but scientists are still working to predict extreme events and forecast their potentially devastating effects.

A stubborn solar array on the NASA Lucy mission might yield enough to allow the mission to continue its asteroid-hunting mandate with few issues, NASA reports.

For its last international deployment, the aircraft returns to Christchurch for a seventh and final time.

One of the instrument's early programs includes performing spectroscopy on stellar nursery NGC 133 to spot the small, dark celestial bodies.

Virgin Orbit just aced its fourth mission in a row, launching seven small satellites in the company's first-ever night flight.

A missile-warning satellite and another spacecraft are on their way to orbit to help the U.S. military get better at tracking fast-moving threats.

Capable of both destruction and creation, space volcanoes are common on planets and moons throughout the solar system and beyond.

China's first successful interplanetary mission has completed mapping the Red Planet more than a year after its arrival.