The Latest Breaking News on Space

Blue Origin rocket explodes during test in latest setback for Jeff Bezos-owned company

No personnel were harmed in the incident, the company said on social media, calling the explosion an ‘anomaly’

The Guardian - AU · May 29

NASA is hatching a 'fast-paced plan' to boost this space telescope. But first, they'll have to find it

NASA is working hard to predict where in Earth orbit its Swift space telescope will be this fall, so that a private spacecraft can meet up with the observatory and boost its altitude.

Space · May 28

James Webb Space Telescope discovers a black hole that formed before its host galaxy. Scientists aren't sure how

Observations of "Little Red Dot" ancient galaxies by the James Webb Space Telescope could answer the question: which comes first, the black hole or its galaxy? The shocking answer could represent a complete paradigm shift.

Space · May 28

Where did Mercury get its water ice? Maybe from a single slow asteroid impact

Mercury may have gotten much of its polar ice within a single Mercurian day following a massive asteroid impact, a new study suggests.

Space · May 28

Stunning garden designed by the King to open to visitors at Windsor Castle for first time

The site was once Charles II’s bowling green

Evening Standard · May 28

Russian cosmonauts install sun-watching telescope on ISS during 6-hour spacewalk

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev worked to install and retrieve science experiments while on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.

Space · May 27

'Across The Unknown' Just Got A Huge Upgrade — With A Beloved 'Star Trek' Ship

Across the Unknown, 2026's real-time strategy game based on Star Trek: Voyager, just introduced a beloved ship in a brand new update for the game.

Inverse · May 27

China shakes up its space programs to land astronauts on the moon by 2030: 'We will spare no effort'

China is melding its robotic Chang'e lunar probe activities with the country's human spaceflight program in an effort to land astronauts on the moon by 2030.

Space · May 27

FAA grounds SpaceX's Starship V3 megarocket after Flight 12 'mishap'

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has declared the debut flight of SpaceX's Starship V3 vehicle a mishap and is requiring an investigation before the megarocket can fly again.

Space · May 27

What is Star City, the secret Cold War cosmonaut training town in Apple TV's new 'For All Mankind' spinoff?

Here's everything you need to know about the forbidden city.

Space · May 27