The Latest Breaking News on Space

The Earth-observation company Planet just inked its largest deal to date, a $230 million contract to deliver a fleet of its new Pelican satellites.

Nasa says Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams are not stranded and will return to Earth by end of March

Blue Origin scrubbed the planned 29th launch of its New Shepard suborbital rocket today (Jan. 28) due to uncooperative weather and a vehicle issue.

A 196-foot-wide asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of striking Earth in 2032. An expert tells Space.com where this asteroid could impact our planet and what level of destruction it could cause.

Located less than 20 light years away, HD 20794d could potentially be one of the most Earth-like planets found so far, despite its extreme climatic variability.

The unobstructed skies that gave Big Sky, Montana its name made for an appropriate setting for the release of two postage stamps depicting vistas visible to the James Webb Space Telescope.

The gigantic coronal hole is blasting high-speed solar wind toward Earth, potentially igniting vibrant auroras and minor geomagnetic activity on Jan. 31. and Feb. 1.

Funding for planetary defense has long had strong bipartisan support both inside and outside of Congress

The space technology industry is brimming with opportunities owing to technological advancements and investments. Thus, investing in fundamentally stable space-focused stocks, Lockheed Martin (LMT), Globalstar (GSAT), and Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), could be one way to capitalize on the industry’s growth prospects. Read on….