The Latest Breaking News on Space

This week’s planetary alignment is a rare treat

Mercury is so strange that astronomers have not been able to explain its properties with simulations of the solar system's formation. But now, researchers have found an important clue.

A sustainable new rocket propulsion system could prove an alternative theory of inertia.

A new article redraws the scientific debate over the origin and properties of our first interstellar visitor

The storm made auroras visible as far south as New Mexico in the US

Bharti-backed OneWeb, the Low Earth Orbit satellite communications company, on Sunday confirmed the successful deployment and contact of 36 satellites launched by NewSpace India Limited, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centrein Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota. Read further on Dynamite News:

Jean-Jacques Favier, who in 1996 became the sixth astronaut and first scientist from France to launch into space, has died at the age of 73. Favier flew as an STS-78 payload specialist.

NASA has announced that Heliophysics Division leader Nicola Fox will be the agency's new head of science, overseeing more than 100 missions.

Tasmanian skies have lit up in recent nights with the bright pink, green and red shooting lights of the Aurora Australis, stunning many with what could be seen by the naked eye. And there may be more intense displays to come.