Space News

This Christmas season marks the 50th anniversary of one of humankind's most memorable spaceflights: the Apollo 8 moon mission. The new PBS documentary Apollo's Daring Mission chronicles that epic flight.

Stars that have been torn from their natal galaxies and now float within huge galaxy clusters can serve as dark-matter probes, a new study suggests.

Even amid growing venture capital investment in space companies, the Commerce Department is making efforts to encourage more institutional investment into the industry. SpaceNews.com

The first thing to remember about Moon Village is that it's not a village on the moon. SpaceNews.com

The year 2018 saw a wide range of milestones in spaceflight, stretching all the way from the sun to the edge of interstellar space. Here are some of the highlights.

New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern discusses the mission and its Jan. 1 flyby of the mysterious, distant object Ultima Thule.

You might've heard the news. We wrote a book this past year: The Universe Today's Ultimate Guide to Observing the Cosmos: Everything You Need to Know to Become an Amateur Astronomer. Judging from reader feedback thus far...