The Latest Breaking News on Space

SMILE! Europe and China move toward 2026 launch of space weather mission

The European Space Agency is set to launch a joint space science mission with China in early 2026 after a long collaboration.

Space · Jan 22, 2025

Hubble tension is now in our cosmic backyard, sending cosmology into crisis

Measurements of the distance to the Coma Cluster of galaxies find that it is millions of light years closer than the standard model predicts.

Space · Jan 22, 2025

Finland becomes 53rd country to join the Artemis Accords for moon exploration

Finland just became the Artemis Accords' 53rd member nation, bolstering NASA's efforts to establish peaceful and cooperative international space exploration.

Space · Jan 21, 2025

SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites to orbit on 1st flight since Starship explosion (video)

SpaceX launched 21 of its Starlink internet satellites early Jan. 21, five days after a test flight of the company's Starship megarocket ended in an explosion.

Space · Jan 20, 2025

Hubble Telescope spies newborn stars in famous Orion Nebula (photo)

A recent photo from the Hubble Space Telescope captures two protostars called HOPS 150 and HOPS 153, which are located in the stellar nursery of the Orion Nebula.

Space · Jan 20, 2025

Scientists call on UN to help solve Earth's space junk problem

An international group of researchers is calling on the United Nations to include the protection of Earth's orbit in the U.N.'s sustainable development goals.

Space · Jan 20, 2025

3D structure of iconic Ring Nebula gives 'a brand new view of an old astronomical friend'

We are staring "right down the barrel of it, which is really quite surprising to me — we're just lucky."

Space · Jan 20, 2025

How President Trump could change NASA

The new Trump administration could upend NASA's priorities, reshaping the Artemis moon program, climate science funding and the role of commercial space players.

Space · Jan 20, 2025

World's largest telescope gets its protective shell (photos)

The mighty telescope is expected to see its "first light" by 2028.

Space · Jan 19, 2025

20 years after crashing in the Utah desert, NASA's Genesis mission is still teaching us about solar wind

Despite crashing in the Utah desert in 2004, NASA's Genesis mission is still helping scientists study the effects of solar wind.

Space · Jan 19, 2025