Space News

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight (May 9), carrying 26 Starlink satellites for the company's growing constellation.

Pour some coffee for our exclusive chat with the talented Scandinavian filmmaker, Victor Danell, as he talks about the influence of Spielberg, nostalgia, and the Swedish tradition of Fika.

President Trump has picked former Air Force colonel Matt Anderson to be second in command at NASA.

Every time this doomed star plunges through a supermassive black hole's accretion disk, it loses orbital energy and triggers a burst of X-rays.

Rocket Lab has signed a contract to launch its new Neutron rocket on a test flight that will advance the U.S. Air Force's point-to-point cargo transportation concept.

The lavish galactic saga of "Foundation" returns to Apple TV+ on July 11, starring Lee Pace, Jared Harris, and Lou Llobell.

The spiral galaxy NGC 3596 is viewed face-on in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image that incorporates six different wavelengths of light.

A perfect time to explore the lunar maria.

Astronomers have caught a black hole far from the center of its galaxy ripping a star to shreds — offering for the first time evidence of a rogue supermassive black hole in action.

A first-of a-kind space weather "tabletop" exercise has revealed major weaknesses in America's preparedness for major solar storms.

The best solar telescopes suitable for the next solar eclipse.

A new image from Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite shows the huge Antarctic iceberg A-23A stuck 45 miles (73 kilometers) off the coast of South Georgia Island.

I think we know who's supplying the c(r)atering for this dance party.

Small but mighty, the ZWO Seestar S30 is an affordable, portable instrument that's great for observing and imaging deep-sky targets.

The brilliant blue-white star lighting up the red nebula Sh2-46 hints at a dynamic and possibly fleeting encounter that could reshape the nebula's appearance over time.

The Soviet Venus probe Kosmos 482 is expected to fall to Earth on May 10, but exactly when and where remains unknown.

After a pair of satellites failed to reach their desired orbit around the moon last year, China used a novel gravity "slingshot" tactic to get the satellites in the correct spot.

The Virtual Telescope Project aims to observe the anticipated reentry of the former Soviet Union's Cosmos 482 spacecraft as it plunges toward Earth during a live webcast on May 9.

NASA is no longer asking U.S. companies for proposals to get the ice-hunting VIPER rover to the moon but still hasn't given up on the mission.

Recent sighting of spacecraft and debris burning through the atmosphere during their plummet back to Earth offer some clues as to what the reentry of a failed Soviet Venus lander might look like.