The Latest Breaking News on Space

On February 4, 2010, NASA released a set of images that were the most detailed ever taken until then of the distant dwarf planet Pluto. Before the New Horizons spacecraft explored Pluto, getting a closer look at it was no easy task. A.S.Ganesh tells you how scientists managed it nevertheless…

On Episode 96 of This Week In Space, Tariq and Rod discuss the science on television with History Channel producer Jeff Stepp.

A photographer recently snapped an incredibly detailed photo of gigantic, ghostly plasma loops towering above the sun's fiery surface after a powerful solar flare exploded from the sun.

A nearby supermassive black hole is erupting, and astronomers spotted the outburst using the Event Horizon Telescope.

The James Webb Space Telescope has directly imaged two exoplanets orbiting white dwarf stars. These systems offer a glimpse at the future of our solar system after the sun has died.

SpaceX just shared photos of the "megabay" at its Stabase site in South Texas, which is jam-packed with Starship Super Heavy boosters.

The International Space Station busted a move above Earth Jan. 27, allowing space station astronauts to use physics for a floating ride in orbit.

The four astronauts of the private Ax-3 mission will depart the International Space Station in their SpaceX Dragon capsule no earlier than Feb. 5, and you can watch the action live.

NASA is wrapping up the design phase of a project to develop concepts for a small, electricity-generating nuclear fission reactor for use on the moon.

Sierra Space and NASA revealed the company's first Dream Chaser cargo spacecraft, which is undergoing testing before its inaugural spaceflight later this year.

Tests suggest the European Extremely Large Telescope will be able to detect crucial biosignatures on other worlds.