The Latest Breaking News on Space

No Total Eclipse of Audio Intelligibility Thanks to PK Sound

Southern Illinois University selects PK Sound for Eclipse Day.

AVNetwork · May 31, 2024

NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet passes key safety review ahead of 1st test flight

NASA's new X-59 supersonic jet has successfully completed its Flight Readiness Review, marking a pivotal step towards its first flight.

Space · May 31, 2024

Six planets to appear in alignment next week in rare celestial parade

Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus will be visible but viewers may need some equipment to see them clearly

The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024

Webb Telescope Finds Most Distant Galaxy Ever Observed, Again

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered what appears to be a new record-holder for the most distant known galaxy, a remarkably bright star system that existed just 290 million years after the Big Bang, NASA said Thursday.

International Business Times · May 31, 2024

Elusive medium-size black holes may form in dense 'birthing nests'

A new simulation has shown elusive intermediate-mass black holes may form in dense globular clusters of millions of tightly packed stars, thanks to a chaotic collision chain.

Space · May 30, 2024

How NASA's OSIRIS-APEX asteroid probe survived its 1st close encounter with the sun

OSIRIS-APEX emerged unscathed from its first of six close brushes with the sun, thanks to some clever engineering.

Space · May 30, 2024

James Webb Space Telescope spots the most distant galaxy ever seen (image)

James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the two earliest and most distant galaxies ever seen. One, JADES-GS-z14-0, is a massive and bright galaxy that existed just 300 million years after the Big Bang.

Space · May 30, 2024

Boeing's Starliner rolls out to pad for June 1 astronaut launch (photos)

Boeing's Starliner capsule rolled out to the pad today (May 30) ahead of its first-ever astronaut launch, which is scheduled for June 1.

Space · May 30, 2024

Japan loses contact with Akatsuki, humanity's only active Venus probe

The Japanese space agency has lost contact with its intrepid Venus orbiter, Akatsuki.

Space · May 30, 2024

Space debris from SpaceX Dragon capsule crashed in the North Carolina mountains. I had to go see it (video)

A large piece of debris was found on a mountainside in North Carolina last week, suspected to be left over from the reentry of SpaceX's Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station.

Space · May 30, 2024