In 2026, a first-of-its-kind spacecraft—launched on a rocket dropped out of a plane—will attempt to save NASA’s Swift observatory from a fiery demise. Yes, really.
Earth and the planetary object that gave rise to the Moon were likely born in the same region of the solar system.
SpaceX is looking to use the tax break to build infrastructure for its Starship rocket.
“It is a powerful reminder that life is far more resilient than we often imagine.”
Tossing a bad guy into the Sun sounds simple enough, but orbital mechanics make it a far trickier task than you'd expect.
Never-before-seen images of 3I/ATLAS capture the comet's ghostly beauty.
The aging pair of stars swing by one another once every 190 years, producing four spirals of dust.
In a first for the Perseverance rover, it appears to have found an iron-nickel meteorite near the Jezero Crater.
A leaked internal document suggests SpaceX could miss NASA’s Artemis 3 deadline by over a year.
New Glenn's second test flight was certainly impressive, but the true test will come next year.
After space debris damaged a parked capsule, another crew remains on board Tiangong with no ride home.
Blue Origin achieved several key milestones during its second New Glenn test flight.
The aging infrastructure of the Deep Space Network is operating at capacity and in desperate need of an upgrade. The latest news isn't helping.
The James Webb Space Telescope has received a record-breaking number of proposals for its fifth observation cycle. Only 8% will be accepted.
Astronomers have captured a supernova in its earliest stages—and the aftermath is unexpectedly olive-shaped.
The black hole was bigger than expected, and while the answer was hiding in plain sight, it still rewrites what we thought was possible.
The impending arrival of another coronal mass ejection upended Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch on Wednesday.
Sorry to burst your bubble.
Remember that sunspot cluster projected to cause a lot of problems? Yeah, it totally is.
New evidence suggests our universe has long "passed its prime."
