Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News on Space

Real-life 'Star Trek' planet was actually just an illusion caused by a 'jittery' star

Just like the fictional planet of Vulcan was wiped out in Star Trek, new research has destroyed the real-life version of Spock's homeworld, albeit in a less violent fashion.

Space

Asteroid 'Dinky,' visited by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, birthed its own moon

Dinkinesh, the asteroid visited by NSA’s Lucy mission in 2023, has a small moon that is made from two objects touching each other.

Space

What you will and won't see from June's planetary parade

Six planets will line up in the early morning sky on June 3, but most won't be visible to the naked eye

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

That giant sunspot that supercharged auroras on Earth? It's back and may amp up the northern lights with June solar storms.

Old sunspot region AR 13664, now renamed AR 13697, is back. With its re-arrival, can we expect a resurgence of solar activity?

Space

Euclid space telescope finds 1.5 trillion orphan stars wandering the Perseus cluster (images)

The Euclid telescope has allowed astronomers to discover a staggering 1.5 trillion orphan stars torn from their own galaxies to wander the Perseus cluster alone.

Space

Earthcare satellite to probe the impact of clouds on climate

A rocket carrying a sophisticated European-Japanese satellite has blasted off on a mission to measure how clouds affect the climate.

Radio France Internationale

37 Years Later, NASA Retires Its Famous Flying Laboratory

The modified DC-8 helped study the hole in the ozone layer and ice in Antarctica. So what’s next?

Inverse

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Bejeweled galaxy of 'Bernice's Hair' sparkles in new Hubble Telescope photo

A bejeweled galaxy shines brightly in a stunning new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope.

Space

Starless And Forever Alone: More 'Rogue' Planets Discovered

The Euclid space telescope has discovered seven more rogue planets, shining a light on the dark and lonely worlds floating freely through the universe untethered to any star.

International Business Times

EarthCARE Satellite Launches To Probe How Clouds Affect Climate

A rocket carrying a sophisticated satellite blasted off Tuesday from California on a mission to investigate what role clouds could play in the fight against climate change.

International Business Times

Robotic Russian cargo ship leaves the ISS, burns up in Earth's atmosphere (photo)

Russia's uncrewed Progress 86 cargo craft departed the International Space Station early Tuesday morning (May 28), ending a six-month orbital stay.

Space

How scientists shipped astronomy's largest camera from California to Chile

The largest camera ever built for astronomy arrived in Chile, where it will be installed atop Rubin Observatory's Simonyi Survey Telescope.

Space

Volcanoes on Venus might be erupting right now

Venus may be as geologically active as Earth, with volcanoes possibly spewing on its surface in the present day.

Space

SpaceX launches Earth-observing EarthCARE satellite during rocket flight doubleheader (photos, video)

SpaceX launched the EarthCARE mission this afternoon (May 28) after sending aloft a group of Starlink internet satellites this morning.

Space

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Space

Scientists pick their favorite Euclid 'dark universe' telescope images: 'The best is still to come'

The European Space Agency has now released ten images from its dark universe detective spacecraft, Euclid. We asked scientists from various fields to pick their favorite Euclid image thus far.

Space

Does the Milky Way orbit anything?

Do galaxies, including our own Milky Way, orbit anything in the universe?

Space

Chinese astronauts perform record-breaking spacewalk outside Tiangong space station (video)

Two Chinese astronauts spent about 8.5 hours outside the Tiangong space station today (May 28), setting a new spacewalk-duration record for the country.

Space

Zero Debris Charter aims to boost international cooperation on cleaning up Earth's space junk problem

ESA and some of its member states have signed the non-binding Zero Debris Charter, committing themselves to take steps to help tackle the orbital debris problem.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Space

The Milky Way's heart shines over construction site of world's largest telescope

Construction of the Extremely Large Telescope has reached another milestone, with the completion of its dome's steel skeleton. A new image of the site includes a stunning view of the Milky Way.

Space

Colossal X-class solar flare suggests return of sunspot group that fueled May's epic auroras (video)

X-flare eruption hints at the return of the powerful sunspot group behind May's solar storms. Watch the solar eruption here.

Space

Astronomy has a bullying and harassment issue: 'Results presented in this report are bleak'

A "damning" 2020 survey, conducted by the Royal Astronomical Society, reveals systemic bullying across the field of astronomy.

Chicago Sun-Times

Israel Abrams dazzles under pressure, leads Montini past Rochester for Class 4A title

Abrams tied the Class 4A state title game record with four TD passes. He threw for 418 yards to help the Broncos win their eighth state championship.

Space

This telescope can observe stars, satellites and more during the day. But how?

An innovative telescope design has proven successful for daytime skywatching, opening new doors for uninterrupted observation of the cosmos.

Space

The future is bright for astronomy, and very expensive (op-ed)

The universe is being revealed in exquisite detail with the current generation of large optical telescopes.

Inverse

An Astrobiologist Reveals Why She’s Optimistic We’ll Find Alien Life On Another Planet

In her recent book, Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos, Lisa Kaltenegger discusses exoplanets, aliens, and how science mixes caution with optimism.

1 … 203 204 205 206

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the European Space Agency

University of Nottingham

NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory

23 stories

RAS

18 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.