The Latest Breaking News on Space

SpaceX's Starship could fly again as soon as early May

SpaceX hopes to launch the fourth test flight of its Starship megarocket just six weeks or so from now, according to the company's president and COO.

Space · Mar 20, 2024

China launches satellite to support future moon missions (video)

China launched a relay satellite towards the moon atop a Long March 8 rocket this week after a previous launch this month failed to reach lunar orbit.

Space · Mar 20, 2024

1 in 12 stars might have swallowed a planet

A new study suggests that stars may chomp on planets way more often than you'd expect.

Space · Mar 20, 2024

Scientists find galaxy supercluster as massive as 26 quadrillion suns

Astronomers have discovered a treasure trove of 662 new galactic superclusters, the most prominent of which, the Einasto Supercluster, contains a staggering mass equivalent to 26 quadrillion suns.

Space · Mar 20, 2024

Watch Russian Soyuz rocket launch 3 spaceflyers to the ISS today

A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch three people, including one NASA astronaut, toward the International Space Station on today (March 21). You can watch it live.

Space · Mar 20, 2024

Doomed egg-shaped exoplanet is death-spiraling into its star

WASP-12b, an ultrahot Jupiter planet molded into the shape of an egg, is set to nose-dive into its star.

Space · Mar 20, 2024

NASA, SpaceX ready to launch 30th cargo mission to ISS on March 21

SpaceX is scheduled to launch its 30th operational cargo mission to the International Space Station for NASA on Thursday (March 21).

Space · Mar 20, 2024

Arrokoth the 'space snowman' and other Kuiper Belt objects may be packed with ancient ice

"Space snowman" Arrokoth a other Kuiper Belt objects may contain locked-up ancient ice and gas, suggests a new model that could also explain the explosive behavior of "ice bomb" comets passing the sun.

Space · Mar 20, 2024

Collision with NASA spacecraft altered shape of asteroid Dimorphos

When NASA sent its DART spacecraft to slam into the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, the U.S. space agency demonstrated that it was possible to change a celestial object’s trajectory, if needed, to protect Earth.

The Hindu · Mar 20, 2024

DARPA picks Northrop Grumman to develop 'lunar raiload' concept

Aerospace giant Northrop Grumman is outlining a proposed railway system for the moon, with support from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Space · Mar 19, 2024