The Latest Breaking News on Space

Telescope megaproject ushers 'scientific age of wonder'

As a massive telescope megaproject begins installation in Western Australia, astronomers say it will change our understanding of the universe like never before.

AAP · Mar 7, 2024

First Arab Woman To Graduate NASA Training Shoots For The Moon

Like her ancestors before her, Emirati astronaut Nora AlMatrooshi has spent much of her life gazing up at the stars and dreaming of flying to the Moon.

International Business Times · Mar 7, 2024

SpaceX Eyes March 14 For Next Starship Test Launch

Elon Musk's SpaceX on Wednesday announced it was eyeing March 14 as the earliest date for the next test launch of its giant Starship rocket, with which it hopes to one day colonize Mars.

International Business Times · Mar 6, 2024

Rare 11th-century star chart reveals complex history of Islamic, Jewish and Christian astronomy

The astrolabe dates from 11th-century Spain and has origins that are Islamic, Jewish and Christian.

Space · Mar 6, 2024

Asteroid Apophis will swing past Earth in 2029 — could a space rock collision make it hit us?

Near-Earth asteroid Apophis will not collide with another space rock until its close approach to Earth in 2029, a new analysis finds.

Space · Mar 5, 2024

SpaceX rocket launches pioneering methane-tracking satellite to orbit

MethaneSAT, which launched March 4 on SpaceX's Transporter-10 rideshare mission, will monitor hotspots of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

Space · Mar 5, 2024

NASA graduates new astronaut class as it begins recruiting for more

"The Flies" are ready to fly, so NASA is in need of some new flyboys (and gals). As the space agency welcomed its latest astronauts into its corps, NASA announced it is again accepting applications.

Space · Mar 5, 2024

Watch Chinese astronauts fix Tiangong space station solar wing in 8-hour spacewalk (video)

A pair of Chinese astronauts spent eight hours outside their Tiangong Space Station last weekend to carry out repairs on solar arrays.

Space · Mar 5, 2024

Jupiter's ocean moon Europa may have less oxygen than we thought

NASA's Juno spacecraft helped scientists make the first direct measurement of molecular oxygen around Jupiter's moon Europa. The result is lower than some previous estimates.

Space · Mar 5, 2024

NASA's tiny CAPSTONE probe celebrates 450 days in orbit around the moon

NASA's CAPSTONE cubesat is still going strong after 450 days circling the moon in a special orbit chosen for NASA's future lunar space station.

Space · Mar 5, 2024