Forget apps — May's bright stars and classic spring constellations make this the perfect time to learn...
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SpaceX just took a big step toward its next Starship test flight, firing up all 33 engines...
It would appear we now have 10,091 candidate exoplanets to go through and confirm.
In September 2012, Russian astronomers Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok discovered Comet C/2012 S1; as they were...
NASA’s home for experimental flight is welcoming more flyers to its already high-performing fleet as it continues...
New research reveals that Dante Alighieri’s Inferno wasn’t just a masterpiece of literature: it was a gedankenexperiment...
SpaceX just took a big step toward its next Starship test flight, firing up all 33 engines...
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The Artemis 2 astronauts saw several impact flashes on the moon during their epic April 6 flyby,...
The Artemis 2 astronauts saw several impact flashes on the moon during their epic April 6 flyby,...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. May 7: Io crosses...
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Benjamin Starkel, taken from El Chaltén, Patagonia, Argentina The aurora australis shimmers above Patagonian mountains, as the...
Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. May 7: Io crosses...
Benjamin Starkel, taken from El Chaltén, Patagonia, Argentina The aurora australis shimmers above Patagonian mountains, as the...
DENVER – In the last year, leaders from the Republic of the Marshall Islands, a 181-square kilometer...
A decade ago, the space technology company Stellar Exploration needed about three years to build, test and...
Indian launch startup Skyroot Aerospace has raised $60 million in a funding round that gives the company...
Starfighters Space has hired two former Blue Origin New Glenn managers to help advance its air-launch system...
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic will study use of orbital data centers being developed by SpaceX.
DENVER – Odin Space, a British startup focused on mapping and analyzing sub-centimeter orbital debris, announced plans...
Launch is the foundation of the space industry, to the point that many conflate it with the...