The Latest Breaking News on Space

SpaceX rocket captured in out-of-this-world photo with huge gold Moon as it blasts off

An incredible new photo from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station shows the moment a SpaceX rocket launched on its latest mission with a massive golden Hunter's Moon in the background

Daily Mirror · Oct 10, 2022

Irish stargazers can catch one last glimpse of rare Hunter's Moon

October's first full moon, the Hunter's Moon, was visible first on Sunday, October 9

Irish Mirror · Oct 10, 2022

Rare Hunter's Moon 2022 set to appear not once but twice this month

There will be a second opportunity to see the celestial event for around fifteen minutes

Wales Online · Oct 10, 2022

A physicist debunks the Ukraine UFOs

Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, or UAPs, appeared in Ukraine's skies recently. Loeb weighs in on the data

Salon · Oct 9, 2022

Beam me down: can solar power from space help solve our energy needs?

The latest developments in solar tech offer potential solutions to the energy security crisis – including satellites that would convert sunlight into power for Earth

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2022

SpaceX sunset launch from Canaveral completes Space Coast trio

ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX was able to send up a Falcon 9 with a pair of satellites from Cape Canaveral on Saturday at sunset to complete a trio of launches for the Space Coast this week.

Orlando Sentinel · Oct 8, 2022

First step for Australian biologists as study begins to grow durable and sustainable plants in space

Australian scientists are working with a space start-up on a plan to grow plants on the Moon in less than four years, with a native grass in the running to be on the first mission.

ABC News · Oct 8, 2022

New study calls a major Mars water theory into question

The research was led by Daniel Lalich, a research associate with the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Space Science (CCASS).

Inverse · Oct 8, 2022

The meteorite that crashed into a car

The Peekskill meteorite is a meteorite that crashed into a car on October 9, 1992. One of the best viewed and recorded meteorite events, both the meteorite and the car it crashed into are now famous. A.S.Ganesh takes you on a fiery ride from space to Earth… 

The Hindu · Oct 8, 2022

The clouds of Venus may be habitable — a crewed flyby could confirm the theory

Despite the harsh conditions, some scientists have speculated that Venus’ clouds might, at some altitudes, harbor habitable conditions. New missions to probe the planet could give more clues.

Inverse · Oct 8, 2022