The Latest Breaking News on Space

FAA creating new committee to update launch regulations

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is creating a new committee to review and update its "Part 450" launch and reentry licensing rule.

Space · Nov 14, 2024

Asteroid pieces brought to Earth help reveal how our solar system's planets and moons grew

Samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have revealed clues about a primordial magnetic field that helped asteroids, planets and moons grow in our solar system.

Space · Nov 14, 2024

China launches Tianzhou 8 cargo mission to Tiangong space station (video)

A Long March 7 rocket launched the Tianzhou 8 cargo spacecraft toward China's Tiangong space station on Friday (Nov. 15).

Space · Nov 14, 2024

Could a supernova ever destroy Earth?

When stars explode as supernovas, they can cause serious cosmic carnage. Is Earth in any danger from any nearby stars?

Space · Nov 14, 2024

All astronauts on the ISS are in 'outstanding health': NASA's chief medical officer debunks tabloid rumors

Both Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are in good health on the ISS, NASA confirms, despite tabloid rumors suggesting otherwise.

Space · Nov 13, 2024

SpaceX rolls Starship Flight 6 spacecraft to pad ahead of Nov. 18 launch — and it's wearing a banana (photos)

SpaceX just rolled the upper stage of its sixth Starship megarocket out to the pad to gear up for its test flight, which is scheduled for Nov. 18.

Space · Nov 13, 2024

The final supermoon of 2024 rises tonight as November's Full Beaver Moon

The Full Beaver Moon of November 2024 will be the final of four consecutive supermoons this year, appearing slightly larger in the night sky on Friday (Nov. 15).

Space · Nov 13, 2024

Rocket Lab is the Right Stock for the Right Time

Rocket Lab stock is up more than 40% after a strong earnings report; the rally may not be sustainable but the ongoing space race makes RKLB stock a buy

MarketBeat · Nov 13, 2024

Galaxies get tangled up in 'the queen's hair' in new Hubble Telescope image

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured two tangled galaxies, whose interactions have caused knots to form in the constellation Coma Berenice, or the "queen's hair."

Space · Nov 13, 2024

NASA dealing with aging ISS and spacewalk hardware: 'None of our spacesuits are spring chickens'

Crew-8 commander Matthew Dominick says NASA is carefully making decisions for astronaut safety while the ISS deals with a leak, and spacesuit issues, related to aging hardware.

Space · Nov 13, 2024