The Latest Breaking News on Space

SpaceX assembles the world's largest rocket for Starship Flight 7 test launch (photos)

SpaceX just stacked its Starship megarocket to prepare for the vehicle's seventh test flight, which is scheduled for Jan. 13.

Space · Jan 10, 2025

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab still 'untouched' by raging LA fires

The powerful Eaton fire has not reached the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, NASA's lead center for robotic planetary exploration.

Space · Jan 10, 2025

The Full Wolf Moon 'eats' Mars tonight. Here's how to see it

On the night of Jan. 13, the full moon will appear to pass in front of Mars, resulting in an occultation visible from the United States, much of southern and eastern Canada, and West Africa.

Space · Jan 10, 2025

The fastest-spinning 'vampire star' we know of is shrinking. Soon, it will explode

The fastest-spinning white dwarf ever discovered is a shrinking cosmic vampire feasting on a stellar companion. A feeding process is pushing the dead star toward an imminent supernova explosion.

Space · Jan 10, 2025

An amateur astronomer used an old technique to study Jupiter — and found something strange

The long-held assumption that Jupiter's iconic swirling clouds are made of frozen ammonia could be upended.

Space · Jan 9, 2025

SpaceX rolls Starship out to pad ahead of Flight 7 test launch (photos)

SpaceX rolled the upper stage of its Starship megarocket out to the pad this morning (Jan. 9) ahead of its planned Jan. 13 test flight.

Space · Jan 9, 2025

Blue Origin delays 1st New Glenn rocket launch due to rough seas for landing

Bad weather for a rocket landing has pushed Blue Origin's first New Glenn launch to Jan. 12.

Space · Jan 9, 2025

Bezos’s Blue Origin schedules, then delays first orbital launch

New Glenn launch is delayed until at least 12 January due to conditions in the Atlantic, where booster is slated to land

The Guardian - US · Jan 9, 2025

SpaceX launches 7th batch of next-gen spy satellites for US government (video, photos)

SpaceX launched the seventh batch of "proliferated architecture" spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office tonight (Jan. 9).

Space · Jan 9, 2025

Mercury looks stunning in images from BepiColombo spacecraft's 6th and final flyby

BepiColombo made its sixth and final flyby of Mercury on Wed (Jan. 8) capturing images of the tiny planet hinting at the mysteries it will soon investigate.

Space · Jan 9, 2025