Space News

Conditions on Saturn's largest moon could make Titan the best place in our solar system for us to test ideas about the diversity of life in space.

An interactive exhibit on NASA's next flagship space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, has landed at the 2017 South by Southwest (SXSW) celebration in Austin, Texas.

The United States must be prepared to lose satellites in the event of a conflict, but smallsats and dispersed systems can help ensure key capabilities remain operational.

Dismissed by former US president Barack Obama as a place explorers had already seen, the Moon has once again gained interest as a potential destination under Donald Trump's presidency.

With urbanisation gaining pace and air pollution clouding the view in major cities, contemplating the stars in a pitch-black sky is fast becoming a rarity that tour operators are banking on as a new selling-point.

Astrophysicists propose that mysterious 'fast radio bursts' could, in very speculative theory, be produced by an antenna twice the size of the Earth. Christopher Intagliata reports. --

NASA's upcoming mission to investigate the habitability of Jupiter's icy moon Europa defy's Arthur C. Clark's admonition: "Attempt no landing there!" The bold venture now has a formal name: Europa Clipper, which harkens ...

NASA conducted the latest successful test of the Orion spacecraft's parachute system on March 8 in the skies above the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona....

This Space Putty is the latest development in silicone polymer-based playstuff.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – The next Cygnus cargo ship launching to the International Space Station (ISS) has been christened the 'S.S. John Glenn' to honor legendary NASA astronaut John Glenn – the first American to ...