NASA selects 9 companies to work on low-cost Mars projects
NASA is expanding its plans for Mars, looking at not only a mission to bring back a sample but also smaller, lower-cost missions to enable exploration.
James Webb observes extremely hot exoplanet with 5,000 mph winds
Astronomers using the James Webb telescope have modeled the weather on a distant exoplanet, revealing winds whipping around at speeds of 5,000 miles per hour.
Watch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon take one of its shortest journeys on Thursday
SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft is about to take a very short journey at the International Space Station and you can watch a live stream of the maneuver.
James Webb captures the edge of the beautiful Horsehead Nebula
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the sharpest infrared view to date of a portion of the famous Horsehead Nebula.
SpaceX Falcon 9 booster equals flight record, but does not land this time
SpaceX flew a first-stage Falcon 9 booster for the 20th time on Saturday, equaling a record set by another Falcon 9 booster earlier this month.
China confirms target date for landing taikonauts on the moon
Space officials in China say they're on track to put the nation's first taikonauts on the lunar surface before the end of this decade.
NASA gives Starliner’s first crewed launch the go-ahead
With the first crewed test flight of the new Boeing Starliner spacecraft less than two weeks away, NASA has given the go-ahead for the launch.
Psyche spacecraft sends data back to Earth using lasers for the first time
NASA's experimental laser communication system, riding along with the Psyche spacecraft, has transmitted Psyche data from over 140 million miles away.
China’s space station was hit by space junk
China's space agency says it has successfully repaired damage to its space station after it was struck by space debris.
See incredible time lapses of two of space’s most famous objects
Two striking time lapses from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory show how two famous objects have changed over the last two decades.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket just completed a milestone mission
SpaceX achieved its 300th successful touchdown of a Falcon 9 first-stage booster on Tuesday, nine years after landing the first one.
Celebrate Hubble’s 34th birthday with this gorgeous nebula image
Tomorrow is the 34th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble. To celebrate, Hubble scientists have shared an image of the striking Little Dumbbell Nebula.
Astronauts take major step toward Starliner’s first crewed flight
After numerous delays across many years, NASA is closer than ever to launching its first astronauts aboard the Boeing-made CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.
Voyager 1 spacecraft is still alive and sending signals to Earth
NASA has announced that it is back in contact with Voyager 1, around five months after communications with the spacecraft were disrupted.
NASA video maps all 72 flights taken by Mars Ingenuity helicopter
NASA has shared a video that maps all 72 of the flights taken on Mars by its trailblazing Ingenuity helicopter during its almost three-year mission.
See a flyby of Io, a hellish moon with lakes of lava and an otherworldly mountain
NASA's Juno spacecraft has been investigating Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanically active body in the solar system, and has observed some dramatic features.
Watch how NASA plans to land a car-sized drone on Titan
Watch the cool way in which NASA is aiming to land its car-sized Dragonfly drone on Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
Biggest stellar black hole to date discovered in our galaxy
Astronomers have discovered a large stellar mass black hole that weighs 33 times the mass of the sun and is located just 2,000 light-years away.
Hubble discovers over 1,000 new asteroids thanks to photobombing
Astronomers have used 19 years' worth of Hubble data to detect over 1,000 previously unknown asteroids in our solar system.
NASA gives green light to mission to send car-sized drone to Saturn moon
NASA’s Mars helicopter mission is now officially over, but following it is an even more complex flying machine destined to explore Saturn’s largest moon.
Final communications sent to the beloved Ingenuity Mars helicopter
NASA's hugely successful Mars helicopter Ingenuity will continue saving data in case future explorers should come its way again.
NASA needs a new approach for its challenging Mars Sample Return mission
NASA is seeking new ideas for its Mars Sample Return mission after admitting that its previous plan to bring samples from Mars back to Earth was too ambitious.
Starliner spacecraft just took a major step toward first crewed flight
Boeing has stacked the Starliner spacecraft atop an Atlas V rocket ahead of the capsule's first crewed flight to orbit next month.
Junk from the ISS fell on a house in the U.S., NASA confirms
NASA has confirmed that a metal object that fell on a house in Florida last month was from the International Space Station.
Watch NASA begin testing its Orion capsule for lunar flyby
NASA has started testing the Orion spacecraft that will take astronauts on a voyage around the moon on the Artemis II mission scheduled for 2025.
Hubble spots a bright galaxy peering out from behind a dark nebula
A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a galaxy partly hidden by a huge cloud of dust known as a dark nebula.
This is how the world ends: swallowed or shredded by a dying sun
Researchers recently studied the status of dead stars called white dwarfs, giving a glimpse at what our own solar system will look like in 5 billion years.
This beautiful nebula holds a starry mystery at its heart
A gorgeous nebula turns out to hold a surprise at its center: a pair of stars that don't match as they should.
See what the solar eclipse looked like from space
The astronauts on board the International Space Station caught a stunning glimpse of this week's solar eclipse, and NASA has shared some images.
SpaceX slow-motion video shows powerful Raptor rocket engine shutting down
SpaceX has shared dramatic slow-motion footage showing a Starship spacecraft Raptor engine powering down at the end of a recent test fire.
SpaceX all set for a record-breaking rocket launch on Friday
SpaceX has set lots of spaceflight records in its 22-year history, and on Friday, one of its rockets is expected to set another one.
Watch ULA’s triple-booster Delta IV Heavy roar to space for the final time
Watch ULA's triple-booster Delta IV Heavy take final flight.
ULA’s Delta IV Heavy rocket is about to take its final flight
After a scrubbed launch last month, United Launch Alliance is expected to send its Delta IV Heavy rocket on its final flight on Tuesday.
When is the next total solar eclipse?
Monday's total solar eclipse in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico has been and gone. So when is the next chance to experience this spectacular celestial phenomenon?