Space News

SpaceX is targeting Thursday (April 20) for the second attempt to launch its Starship vehicle to space. The 62-minute window opens at 9:28 a.m. EDT (1328 GMT).

Two Russian cosmonauts will exit the International Space Station tonight (April 18), after a spacesuit problem and a coolant leak held up two previous tries at this EVA.

Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) said it might be time for the Defense Department to start more open discussions about the national security challenges the United States faces in the space domain. The post Lamborn urges milit...

A drop in space company valuations could open the door to more transactions in the industry, according to an April 17 Space Symposium panel on the outlook for deals, as long as they can navigate increasing regulatory scr...

An international team of astronomers has created the most accurate map to date of the Crab Nebula's magnetic field, revealing new things about this iconic object. The post The Crab Nebula Looks Completely Different in X-...

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 of SpaceX's Starlink "V2 mini" satellites will take off on Wednesday (April 19) at 8:27 a.m. ET (1227 GMT) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

In astronomy, we speak casually of extremely large numbers and extremely vast distances as if they’re trivial. A supermassive black hole can have several billion solar masses, a distant quasar is 500 million light-year...

Now in its fifth year in space, NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) remains a rousing success. TESS's cameras have mapped more than 93% of the entire sky, discovered 329 new worlds and thousands more cand...

Northern lights enthusiasts got a surprise mixed in with the green bands of light dancing in the Alaska skies: A light baby blue spiral resembling a galaxy appeared amid the aurora for a few minutes.

It looks like a black hole and bends light like a black hole, but it could actually be a new type of star.

Amateur astrophotography is becoming increasingly popular among the astronomy community, as advancements in telescope and camera technologies allow individuals from all walks of life to observe the heavens in mind-blowin...

NASA has awarded the Omnibus Multidiscipline Engineering Services (OMES) III contract to Space & Technology Solutions of Houston.

On April 20, a hybrid solar eclipse will be visible from parts of Indonesia, East Timor, and Australia. Here's everything you need to know about this rare celestial spectacle.

NASA has released new details on the initial phases of its architecture to return humans to the moon as a step towards eventual missions to Mars. The post NASA releases architecture for human exploration of the moon and ...

What Happened to the Nabataeans? Recent discoveries within the ruins of Petra contradict what Roman historians have claimed about these desert nomads.

Paying taxes in space is a necessity, no matter where you happen to be visiting. This is what U.S. astronauts and other space fliers can expect.

Dish Network said April 18 it has ordered a satellite from Maxar Technologies to expand high-definition broadcast services over North America. The post Maxar secures Dish Network order in its first satellite contract of ...

On 30 April 2023, all nominal operations of Aeolus, the first mission to observe Earth's wind profiles on a global scale, will conclude in preparation for a series of end of life activities.

Sierra Space and ILC Dover announced April 18 they will cooperate on the development of inflatable space station modules and spacesuits. The post Sierra Space and ILC Dover partner on inflatable modules and spacesuits ap...

Students at Carnegie Mellon University are sending America's first robotic lunar rover to the moon this May, beating NASA to the punch by about a year.

U.S. Space Command, a military combatant command responsible for operations in outer space, is seeking more funding and resources from the Pentagon to defend the nation's spacecraft and fill growing demands for satellite...

This week, eclipse chasers will be visiting the small town of Exmouth, at the tip of North West Cape in Western Australia. Weather permitting, they are coming to see one of nature's greatest sights--a total eclipse of th...