Space News

Inspired by a book and poster from 1995, titled “Rockets of the World,” graphic artist Tyler Skrabek has provided a new and updated "clean" look for his latest work. "The 'Rockets of the World' poster emulates a 1960...

PR N° 5-2015: Estonia took a step further in its relations with ESA by signing the Accession Agreement to the ESA Convention on 4 February 2015, to become the 21st ESA Member State

ESA's Rosetta probe is preparing to make a close encounter with its comet on 14 February, passing just 6 km from the surface.

NASA Breaking News: NASA's New Horizons spacecraft returned its first new images of Pluto on Wednesday, as the probe closes in on the dwarf planet. Although still just a dot along with its largest moon, Charon, the image...

As part of his Senate confirmation process, President Obama's pick to be the next U.S. secretary of defense submitted written answers to 328 questions, including 17 about space. The post 17 Space Questions Posed to Ash C...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: The "Pineapple Express" has set up again and is bringing wet weather to the U.S. Pacific Northwest.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover can be seen at the "Pahrump Hills" area of Gale Crater in this view from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter....

The three-disc "Interstellar" Blu-Ray Combo Pack, which hits stores March 31, contains an HD version of the film and three hours of bonus content, including in-depth looks at the spacesuits, spaceships and robots feature...

Iridium Communications has signed a partnership agreement with telematics solutions provider Appareo Systems to provide machine-to-machine communications services globally via the Iridium satellite constellation. The pos...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit talks about being poked and prodded over the extent of his career to understand the effect of spaceflight on humans and to help make medical advances on Earth.

It was '3, 2, 1... build-off!' at LEGO stores nationwide Feb. 3, as the toy company gave away thousands of space shuttle model kits to kids. The latest of LEGO's free "Monthly Mini Model Builds," the shuttle resembled a ...

Did you see the brilliant Full Snow Moon rising last night? Then you might've also noticed a bright nearby 'star'. Alas, that was no star, but the largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter. And it was no coincidence th...

Writer Sam Humphries and artist Ed McGuinness take the helm of the upcoming Marvel comics crossover which sends the two teams in search of an ancient artifact with "immeasurable power."

Field experiments have shown how ESA's potential FLEX mission could identify vegetation that is suffering degrees of stress invisible to the naked eye....

Names of astronomical objects are often ambiguous, especially when the historical designation of a certain class of celestial body preceded their physical understanding and was based on their appearance in the sky....

This NASA animation flips the Moon's phases and libration (wobble) to a vantage point beyond the lunar 'far side' from which our Earth's phases can also be seen.

The FAA's Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation (AST) has given thumbs-up regarding private sector operations on the Moon.

While imaging the Trifid Nebula, Europe's VISTA infrared telescope peered through our galaxy's dusty center to reveal two new Cepheid Variable stars. Such stars brighten and fade predictably, giving astronomers a distanc...

Astronomers have peered deep into space to discover new features of M51a, the first known spiral galaxy, identified and sketched by William Parsons, the Earl of Rosse, in 1845. The whirlpool and its small companion, M51b...

Hey Floridians! I'm coming to Melbourne, Florida--specifically, the Florida Institute of Technology--to sit on stage with my friend and astronomer Hakeem Oluseyi, where we'll be discussing current topics and news in astr...

Delays on the ground segment for the U.S. Air Force's next-generation positioning, navigation and timing satellite system could prevent the detection of technology or design bugs in the spacecraft until as many as eight ...

The tent is up! This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Amy T. at the Is Universe blog.