Space News

New Year's Day is a time for resolutions and hangovers, but this year, it also provides a chance to see the moon in all its glory.

Sputnik 1 started it all. The beachball-sized satellite was launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957 and, despite a relatively short mission of only 21 days in orbit around Earth, quickly became regarded as a devi...

Sandwiched between the 10th and 11th seasons of The X-Files, 2017 felt like the year aliens finally went mainstream. Why 2017 was a banner year for discussing, searching for, and panicking over aliens. If you wanted to b...

"The problem with Tabby's Star," says Daryll LaCourse, a Kepler Mission data miner and co-author of the discovery paper, "is that every explanation that doesn't involve aliens has some sort of problem, some unresolved bi...

Angola's new satellite is communicating normally with ground teams again after losing contact shortly following launch.

Here is a guide to when certain planets will appear brightest and most visible in the 2018 night sky, including great shows from Mercury, Jupiter and Mars.

November 17, 2017. This week's link to 10 headline stories from around the world on the threats, opportunities, and dangers facing our fragile planet --along with an occasional dash of humor, popular culture, and an intr...