Space News

A new view from inside the International Space Station's Destiny module captures a dizzying number of experiments underway in orbit.

Iran launched three satellites simultaneously amid regional conflicts that involve what Western governments say are Iranian-backed militia groups.

Stars around the outskirts of our galaxy may hint at a secret about the Milky Way's dark matter.

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a 250,000-light-year-long 'bridge of stars' stretching through the Arp 295 galactic grouping that was pulled away from one galaxy as it interacted with another.

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed the glowing gas and dust patterns of 19 spiral galaxies in stunning detail, aiming to uncover the origins of these intricate structures.

Japan's first moon lander is furiously doing science after staying asleep for more than a week. How long it can keep going remains unclear.

The triple-spacecraft gravitational wave detector, named LISA, has received the go-ahead to become the first mission to detect spacetime ripples from space.

A brief flash of green light was recently spotted coming from Venus in the night sky. The colorful shimmer has only been seen a handful of times before.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch Northop Grumman's latest cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station Tuesday (Jan. 30), and you can watch the action live.

SpaceX launched two more batches of its Starlink internet satellites on doubleheader liftoffs departing from both U.S. coasts.

Watch this rousing concept trailer for director Fede Álvarez's upcoming xenomorph-filled movie, "Alien: Romulus."

On Feb. 22, 2022, a gigantic solar prominence formed on the surface of the sun, blasting a large coronal mass ejection (CME) into space.

Giant exploding craters only known to exist on Russia's permafrost-covered Yamal and Gydan peninsulas may result from a specific set of conditions not found elsewhere in the Arctic.

On Episode 95 of This Week In Space, Tariq and Rod discuss the future of space-based solar power with John Mankins.

Rocket Lab plans to launch four private satellites and recover the returning booster early Wednesday morning (Jan. 31), and you can watch the action live.

Moon-based telescopes would allow astronomers to conduct cutting-edge science. But given how busy the moon is getting, will the lunar surface be free enough from interference?

The "peculiar," twisted galactic disk of the "trainwreck" lenticular galaxy NGC 4753 offers evidence of its violent collision with a dwarf galaxy over 1 billion years ago.

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for the first time on Jan. 30, sending food, supplies and science equipment to astronauts on the ISS.

The 20th planned flight of the Cygnus resupply mission will bring a slew of incredible experiments to the International Space Station.

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an image of Japan's SLIM moon lander as it rests upside down on the lunar surface.