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SpaceX launching European TV satellite today on 1st leg of doubleheader

SpaceX plans to launch two missions today (June 18), sending the SES Astra 1P telecom satellite and 20 of its own Starlink broadband satellites to orb...

SpaceX launching European TV satellite today on 1st leg of doubleheader

Lego Art The Milky Way Galaxy review

According to Lego, the Milky Way Galaxy is made up of love hearts, frogs, flowers and coffee mugs — and it's absolutely fabulous.

Lego Art The Milky Way Galaxy review

Doctor Who 'The Legend of Ruby Sunday': Who is Susan Triad?

Why does this mysterious woman keep popping up in the Doctor's timeline? And what's her connection to the season's Big Bad?

Doctor Who 'The Legend of Ruby Sunday': Who is Susan Triad?

How 2 quasars at the dawn of time could be a Rosetta stone for the early universe

The two active supermassive black holes are the most distant pair of quasars ever seen and shed more light on how the universe transformed into what i...

How 2 quasars at the dawn of time could be a Rosetta stone for the early universe

If we really want people living on the moon, we need an astronaut health database

Scientists have started building a space medicine biobank as humans look to the moon and beyond.

If we really want people living on the moon, we need an astronaut health database

Life after stellar death? How life could arise on planets orbiting white dwarfs

Stellar death need not be the end for orbiting planets, which could see their ice melt as they move closer to the white dwarf that their star evolves ...

Life after stellar death? How life could arise on planets orbiting white dwarfs

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover enters new Red Planet territory: 'Bright Angel'

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has been rerouted across a Red Planet dune field to reach the Marian territory known as "Bright Angel"

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover enters new Red Planet territory: 'Bright Angel'

The unexpected behavior of pulsing stars could help us measure the universe

New research offers the most precise measurements yet of pulsating Cepheid stars, which may hold clues about the immense size and scale of our univers...

The unexpected behavior of pulsing stars could help us measure the universe

Join the FAA's virtual public meeting about SpaceX's Starship this evening

The FAA is holding a virtual public meeting this evening (June 17) about the potential environmental impact of SpaceX's Starship operations in Florida...

Join the FAA's virtual public meeting about SpaceX's Starship this evening

Shine on, Starliner! Aurora glows green as astronauts test spacecraft ahead of return to Earth June 22 (image, video)

Boeing Starliner has seen its one-week test mission in space double to about two weeks. That allowed time for an incredible aurora show during thruste...

Shine on, Starliner! Aurora glows green as astronauts test spacecraft ahead of return to Earth June 22 (image, video)

NASA moon orbiter spots Chinese lander on lunar far side (photo)

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken its first look at China's Chang'e 6 spacecraft on the moon's far side.

NASA moon orbiter spots Chinese lander on lunar far side (photo)

The universe’s biggest explosions made some of the elements we are composed of. But there’s another mystery source out there

In order to explain the presence of these heavier elements today, it’s necessary to find phenomena that can produce them. One type of event that fits ...

The universe’s biggest explosions made some of the elements we are composed of. But there’s another mystery source out there

NASA’s asteroid sample mission gave scientists around the world the rare opportunity to study an artificial meteor

Meteoroids are difficult objects for aerospace and geophysics researchers like us to study, because we can’t usually predict when and where they will ...

NASA’s asteroid sample mission gave scientists around the world the rare opportunity to study an artificial meteor

This long-studied star is actually a stellar duo: 'We were absolutely stunned'

A young star that astronomers have studied for decades has been found to be part of a duo, encircled by a disk of material within which planets may ha...

This long-studied star is actually a stellar duo: 'We were absolutely stunned'

Something 'kicked' this hypervelocity star racing through the Milky Way at 1.3 million miles per hour (video)

A low-mass star races through the Milky Way at over a million miles per hour, a journey that began with either the supernova explosion of a vampire st...

Something 'kicked' this hypervelocity star racing through the Milky Way at 1.3 million miles per hour (video)

Who is Dr. Kovich in 'Star Trek: Discovery'? The mystery explained

With his trademark suit-and-tie an anomaly among the primary-colored "Star Trek: Discovery" uniforms of the 32nd century, Dr. Kovich always looked lik...

Who is Dr. Kovich in 'Star Trek: Discovery'? The mystery explained

10 top tips for planning your 2027 solar eclipse trip

From understanding the weather to seeing the Milky Way, here's how to plan a trip to see the total solar eclipse on Aug. 2, 2027.

10 top tips for planning your 2027 solar eclipse trip

Where is the center of the universe?

The universe is undeniably vast, and from our perspective, it may seem like Earth is in the middle of everything. But is there a center of the cosmos,...

Where is the center of the universe?

Could nearby stars have habitable exoplanets? NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory hopes to find out

Astronomers are using the Chandra X-ray Observatory to study stars' radiation and establish the feasibility of exoplanet habitability.

Could nearby stars have habitable exoplanets? NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory hopes to find out

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 115 —Our Friendly Mr. Sun

On Episode 115 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Alex Young of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center about the sun and solar activity cycles...

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 115 —Our Friendly Mr. Sun