Space News

Russia reignited its moon exploration program today (Aug. 10), sending the Luna-25 lander toward Earth's nearest neighbor.

There are two leading explanations for dark matter, massive particles that don't interact with regular matter apart from gravity and a subtle difference in how gravity behaves at large distances. Astronomers have studied...

Venus is approaching 'inferior conjunction' as it swaps from being the 'Evening Star' to the 'Morning Star,' passing between Earth and the sun in the meantime.

NASA has test-fired rocket motors as part of the development of an ascent vehicle designed to launch samples off the surface of Mars.

Tras un mes de junio récord, la NASA ofrecerá una conferencia de prensa a las 11 a.m. EDT del lunes 14 de agosto para discutir sus últimos datos climáticos.

On the heels of record-breaking temperatures in June, NASA will host a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT on Monday, Aug. 14, to discuss its latest climate data.

Enter to win some cool "Asteroid City" merchandise in this free Facebook giveaway

This summer, the German Aerospace Center is testing instruments for NASA's VERITAS Venus mission on Iceland's lava flows, a stand-in for the hellishly hot planet.

Every day meteoroids blast through our planet’s atmosphere to hit the ground as meteorites. A team of researchers in Italy traced twelve of them to progenitor asteroids that orbit in near-Earth space. Scientists treasu...

A multimillion-dollar laser air monitoring system onboard upcoming Artemis missions is expected to help protect astronaut health.

Telesat has the funding to move forward with plans for a low Earth orbit broadband network after saving $2 billion by pivoting to smaller satellites from MDA following production delays at Thales Alenia Space, the Canadi...

The largest storm in the solar system, a 10,000-mile-wide anticyclone called the Great Red Spot, has decorated Jupiter's surface for hundreds of years.

The radar component for a CubeSat is being sent to study asteroid Dimorphos has been delivered to ESA for integration with its spacecraft.

Ancient mud cracks found by NASA's Curiosity rover suggest that Mars underwent a repeated cycle of wet and dry spells that could have supported the emergence of life.

An out-of-control wildfire erupted on the drought-stricken island of Maui earlier this week, wreaking havoc on the Hawaiian town of Lahaina. Satellites provide a sobering view of the scope of destruction.

A Kickstarter campaign for Hestia, a system that turns a smartphone into a smart telescope, has crossed the $2 million dollar mark with under a week left to go.

We're diving back into the grim darkness of the 41st millennium once again, as Titus returns in Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2. For Ultramar!!!

Solar power has been seen in science fiction space travels and to the roof of a Caltech lab. Learn more about the recent breakthroughs in space energy.

China's human fossils are richly varied and ripe for archaeological debate. But are they enough to justify a new human species?

A budget pair of night vision binoculars that can be recharged as well as head-mounted for hands-free surveillance.

Russian cosmonaut Alexander Viktorenko has died at 76. Viktorenko's 19-year career included commanding four missions to the Mir space station.

Unbeatable print quality and smart tech make the Photon Mono M5s the 3D printer to beat going forward.