Space News

Here's our first good look at Comet (C/2012 S1) ISON. The Hubble Space Telescope captured this shot on April 10, when the comet was slightly closer than Jupiter's orbit at a distance of 634 million kilometers (394 millio...

Talk about a light show! A massive bolide was captured on video during a middle-of-the-night rock concert in Argentina on April 21, 2013. The band, Los Tekis performed at an outdoor concert venue and in perfect timing, r...

In a gorgeous mix of archeology and space exploration, photographer Tim Burgess captured a stunning view of the International Space Station passing over the historic and iconic Stonehenge on April 20, 2013. Tim said this...

A large comet that peppered Jupiter two decades ago brought water into the giant planet's atmosphere, according to new research from the Herschel space observatory. Shoemaker-Levy 9 astounded astronomers worldwide when i...

SpaceX's Grasshopper flew 250 meters (820 feet) straight up, tripling the height flown on its previous leap. The video provides a great overhead view from SpaceX's hexacopter. Via Twitter, SpaceX CEO said the Grasshopper...

This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Pamela Hoffman at the Everyday Spacer blog.