Space News

The Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft rolled back out to the launch pad Nov. 4 as the agency prepares for the third attempt to launch the vehicle on Artemis 1 mission later this month. The post SLS returns to the ...

The basic construction of China's space station is complete, following a maneuver to shift the recently arrived Mengtian module to its permanent docking port.

Fertility treatments and a bioprinter that can manufacture knee cartilage will fly to the International Space Station Sunday (Nov. 6) aboard a Cygnus cargo spacecraft.

Humans in space have to eat. In the early days of space exploration, they got to eat paste and drink Tang (or so the legends tell us). That’s hardly a great long-term diet. Plants should be in there, too. And, astronau...

Researchers using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory have detected neutrinos emanating from the energetic core of an active galaxy millions of light-years away. Neutrinos are difficult to detect, and finding them originati...

An independent review of problems that delayed the launch of NASA's Psyche asteroid mission uncovered institutional issues at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory that led the agency to delay the launch of another mission being...

Historical data about solar storms carved in trees, and it’s a bit worrying. Falcon Heavy’s back after 40 months of absence. There’s a meteor shower and a total lunar eclipse in the coming days. And JWST gave us ye...

Tragically sometimes stars engulf their own planets. While most stars are able to quickly cover up the evidence for their crime, a new study by astronomers has revealed that in some cases the evidence can linger for up t...

Iran's Revolutionary Guard successfully launched a new rocket capable of sending satellites into orbit on Saturday (Nov. 5).

Our roundup of the best star trackers for astrophotography for wide-field and deep sky imaging.

You can see a Blood Moon total lunar eclipse on Nov. 8, the last until 2025. Here's how to watch it online for free.

New research indicates that certain areas of the Martian crust have a higher silica content than expected, upending the long-held theory that the crust is uniformly basaltic.

Only a handful of people have ever set foot on the moon. We take a look at this super exclusive club, who they were, and what enabled them to make that incredible journey.