Space News

Mars and the moon will make a close approach to each other in the sky tonight (Sept. 16), and here's what you can expect to see.

Satellite radar startups disagree over how much of their resources should be moved to meet anticipated demand from commercial customers and away from governments, which today provide the bulk of revenues. The post Satell...

Intuitive Machines, a company developing lunar landers and related capabilities for NASA and other customers, will go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), it announced Sept. 16. The ...

The UAE's Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre announced today (Sept. 16) that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the China National Space Agency to work together on future moon missions.

Hundreds of thousands of people will join 'The Queue' in London to pay respects to Queen Elizabeth II.

If you want to learn about the history of the Sun, then look no further than the Moon. That’s the recommendation of a team of scientists who hope to harness future Artemis lunar missions to help understand the life his...

In a new image, Hubble provides a breathtaking view of the intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 1961 that showcases its peculiar features. The post Hubble Sees a Spiral Galaxy With a Supermassive Black Hole Feasting at its Cen...

NASA is seeking proposals for sustainable lunar lander development and demonstration as the agency works toward a regular cadence of Moon landings.

NASA will provide live coverage with commentary of the upcoming Artemis I cryogenic demonstration test beginning at 7:15 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 21.

NASA will provide live coverage of key events as a NASA astronaut and two cosmonauts launch and dock to the International Space Station on Wednesday, Sept. 21.

In April of this year, the first all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station was successfully conducted when Axiom Space sent four non-NASA astronauts to space during the 17-day Axiom-1 Mission (Ax-1...

An active sunspot that is just about to exit the visible disk of the sun shot its parting flare at Earth, causing a radio blackout in Africa and the Middle East Friday morning.

Tropical Storm Fiona developed over the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday (Sept. 14) and could eventually become a hurricane. Weather satellites are tracking the storm as it moves through the Caribbean.

NASA's Perseverance rover is investigating signs of ancient life on Mars, and has now collected some of the most promising samples from the Red Planet yet.

The Canon EOS R5 looks to bring full-frame mirrorless technology to the first-class professional market. Has it succeeded?

ABL completed a key fueling test with its RS1 rocket on the pad at Pacific Spaceport Complex on Alaska's Kodiak Island this week and is working to finalize the window for its debut launch.

Despite all the dangers of its rugged surface, our simulated Mars base is inhabited by magic.

An international team, including astrophysicists from the University of Exeter, is taking lessons and techniques learned from Earth climate science to pave the way to robustly model atmospheres of planets orbiting distan...

Lucasfilm drops a rousing new trailer for "The Mandalorian" Season 3 at the D23 Expo.

The galaxy NGC 1961 unfurls its gorgeous spiral arms in this newly released image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Glittering, blue regions of bright young stars dot the dusty spiral arms winding around the galaxy's g...

Viasat took a step closer to buying London-based Inmarsat Sept. 16 after the British government ruled it poses no risk to the U.K.'s national security. The post Viasat's Inmarsat acquisition clears UK national security r...

Chinese engineers have conducted a successful hot fire test of a new, powerful engine for the nation's planned super heavy-lift rocket for moon missions.