Space News

NASA astronaut Don Pettit's latest photography from the International Space Station showcases not only his visual prowess, but also his engineering skills.

SpaceX has readied its next Starship vehicle for testing ahead of the megarocket's 7th test flight.

Here's the full rundown of new space-related game titles from The Game Awards 2024.

SpaceX plans to launch the RRT-1 mission —perhaps an advanced GPS satellite — from Florida's Space Coast tonight (Dec. 13).

The December full moon, the final full moon of 2024, rises overnight on Dec. 14 during the peak of the Geminid meteor shower.

SpaceX launched 22 more of its Starlink internet satellites from California's central coast on Friday (Dec. 13).

Despite the nearly full moon illuminating the skies, the Geminid meteor shower could still put on a great show tonight.

NASA has released a new document that highlights planned programmatic paradigm shifts in Mars exploration over the next 20 years.

We have only one example of biology forming in the universe – life on Earth. But what if life can form in other ways?

Look up! The Geminds could put on quite the show tonight despite the bright moon.

Humanity needs to address the growing space junk problem now, before it gets completely out of hand, scientists stress.

Naughty Dog's first new IP in over a decade is taking the developer back to its light-hearted action roots.

NASA's Perseverance rover has summited the rim of Mars' Jezero Crater, a climb of 1,640 vertical feet that took about 3.5 months.

Using NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope, astronomers witnessed a massive black hole jet slam into an unknown object in space.

By doubling the number of known "dark comets," astronomers have been able to split them into two camps depending on their location in the solar system.

India continues to perfect hardware and recovery procedures for its Gaganyaan human spaceflight program.

A total of 50 nations have now joined NASA's efforts to establish peaceful and cooperative international space exploration.

Violent superflares erupt from sun-like stars about once a century, far more frequently than previously expected. As a civilization around such a star, what does this mean for us?

Several brief flashes on the lunar surface were captured from Earth.

A fireball lit up the skies over Indiana early Tuesday morning (Dec. 10), illuminating the cloud cover as it burned through the atmosphere.