Space News

Severe solar winds created these awe-inspiring auroras in Abisko National Park in Sweden, captured by lightsoverlapland.com on January 2nd.

China's postal service and largest bank are marking the country's first moon landing by launching new stamps and medallions featuring the Chang'e-3 probe and Yutu rover.

NASA scientists will present exciting new findings on a wide range of topics in the field of astrophysics next week at the American Astronomical Society's (AAS) 223rd annual meeting in National Harbor, Md.

Scientists discovered the asteroid, known as 2014 AA, early Wednesday morning. Orbit projections suggest that the space rock likely entered Earth's atmosphere sometime between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning.

Hurray! My first debunking of 2014! I mean, "Sigh. Do I have to do this already?" Yes. Yes, I do. Let me start off this way: You'll never hear me say, "Well, now I've heard it all." Long experience has taught me there is...

American Astronomical Society: Attendees at the 223rd AAS meeting in Washington, DC, this coming week are invited to attend two special events related to light pollution and observatory site protection: Workshop -- Dark ...

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: An international team of astronomers has discovered the first Earth-mass planet that transits, or crosses in front of, its host star.

Former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver made some of her most critical comments since stepping down in September about two key NASA programs: the Space Launch System and Mars 2020 rover.

Host: Fraser Cain Guests: Emily Lakdawalla, David Dickinson, Jason Major, Brian Koberlein, Brian Wang (...)Read the rest of Weekly Space Hangout – January 3, 2014: Quadrantids & What’s Coming in 2014 (89 words) © su...

The Star Trek actress, Nichelle Nichols, was employed by NASA to recruit new astronauts into the late 1980s.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: Landings of NASA Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity 10 years ago inspired some students to pursue careers that put them on the team still operating one of those long-li...

China's first moon lander and rover have been spotted on the lunar surface by a sharp-shooting NASA spacecraft. In the new NASA images, the Chang'e 3 lander and Yutu rover are clearly visible in photos by the Lunar Recon...

Earlier this week, Universe Today challenged North American readers to spot the slender, exceptionally “young” crescent Moon on the evening of New Year's Day. Three visual athletes based in Arizona took up the challe...

ESA won't provide details on where the savings would come from, what the total cost reduction will be and what effect they will have on science and industrial research.

As NASA's new lunar orbiter, LADEE, prepares to scour the Moon's atmosphere and China readies its Chang'e rover to land on the Moon by the end of the year, a physicist from The University of Western Australia has made ne...

This dazzling space wallpaper of the Antennae Galaxies shows obvious signs of chaos. Clouds of gas are seen in bright pink and red, surrounding the bright flashes of blue star-forming regions.

A revisited trove of data from the Apollo missions has helped scientists answer a lingering lunar question: How fast does moon dust build up?

Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases: A snapshot of some of the incredible science of 2013.

The unmanned Cygnus spacecraft, which is built by Orbital Sciences, is slated to blast off from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Tuesday afternoon, in a launch that could be visible from large stretches of t...

As 2014 opens, most of the half dozen comets traversing the morning and evening sky are faint and require detailed charts and a good-sized telescope to see and appreciate. Except for Comet Lovejoy. This gift to beginner ...

The status quo in space flight operations is no more. Private American rockets are leading the charge of overdue change into the innovative 'Commercial Space Race' by blasting 2014 open with a pair of 'Big Bang fireworks...

As part of the Planetary Society's celebration of the Mars Exploration Rovers' ten years on Mars, Jim Bell and I got together to look back at and tell stories about some of the great images they took.