‘The Fall of Icarus’: How the incredible image came to be
Standing in Arizona’s largest dry lakebed, Wilcox Playa, astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy steadied himself as freight trains thundered by,…
NASA’s next-gen Roman Space Telescope is fully built. Could it launch earlier than expected?
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now fully assembled and ready to begin launch preparations this summer.…
The ISS Is Out of Parking Spots for the First Time Ever. Here’s Why
It’s getting busy in low Earth orbit, with a record number of spaceships now attached to the International…
Giant sunspot on par with the one that birthed the Carrington Event has appeared on the sun — and it’s pointed right at Earth
A gigantic cluster of sunspots — collectively around the same size as the one that birthed the largest…
Scientists Find Unexpected Chemicals in the Aftermath of a Supernova Explosion
In an exciting new study published in Nature Astronomy, astronomers have unveiled unexpected findings from the XRISM satellite…
Roscosmos Exploring Rocket Engine Sales to India
Russia’s space agency Roscosmos is in talks with Indian officials about selling its rocket engines to India and…
Experts make new asteroid discovery and astronomer says it could change everything
Space communications expert, Alexandra Doten, has explained what the discovery of a gum-like substance on an asteroid 63…
Rocket Report: Blunder at Baikonur; do launchers really need rocket engines?
The easiest way to keep up with Eric Berger’s and Stephen Clark’s reporting on all things space is…
Supermoon dazzles with a halo in the night sky
Supermoon’s occur because the Moon’s orbit around Earth is not perfectly circular, but slightly elliptical – meaning it…
Mark Kelly Says This ‘Exciting’ Scientific Find Raises Questions Of Life Beyond Earth
Retired astronaut and current Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) celebrated NASA’s “pretty exciting” announcement on Thursday after the space…