Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News on Space

See a razor-thin crescent moon join Jupiter and Venus in the predawn sky on Aug. 20

See the waning crescent moon rendezvous with Jupiter and Venus in the eastern sky on Aug. 20.

Space

A rare Black Moon rises with the sun tomorrow Here's what to expect

A Black Moon rises tomorrow (Aug. 23), though you won't see it. Its timing makes it a rare lunar event.

Space

'Devil Comet' contains 'strongest evidence yet' that comets delivered water to Earth

While observing the Halley-type comet 12P/Pons-Brooks with ALMA and NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility, researchers determined that the comet's water is strikingly similar to the water on Earth.

Space

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

SpaceX completes investigation into recent Starship failures, clears the way for Flight 10

The FAA has closed its investigation into SpaceX's Starship failure this spring and given the green light for Starship Flight Test 10 to proceed this weekend.

Space

1st Portuguese spaceport could soon emerge as nation grants license for launch center in the Azores (photos)

Portugal's space ambitions grow as Atlantic Spaceport Consortium secures approval to operate the nation's first launch center in the mid-Atlantic

Space

Chinese astronauts beef up Tiangong space station's debris shield during 6.5-hour spacewalk (video)

Two Chinese astronauts spent more than six hours outside the Tiangong space station on Friday (Aug. 15), installing a debris shield on the third spacewalk of the Shenzhou 20 mission.

Space

Look for Mercury in the morning sky as it hits peak distance from the sun on Aug. 19

Mercury is farthest from the sun in Earth's morning sky on Aug. 19.

Space

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

A mysterious comet is shooting through our solar system. Why are scientists so excited about 3I/Atlas?

This ‘really fun space rock’ is only the third interstellar object to be observed. Where is it heading and can stargazers see it?

The Guardian - AU

Hubble telescope uncovers rare star born from cosmic collision: 'A very different history from what we would have guessed'

"It's a discovery that underlines things may be different from what they appear to us at first glance."

Space

Don't miss Mercury, the moon and the Beehive Cluster align in a special August morning sky show

A rare August morning alignment brings Mercury, a thin crescent moon and the Beehive Cluster together in the predawn sky. Here's how you can see it for yourself.

Space

See a trio of spectacular star clusters brighten the summer sky in August 2025

The Hyades, Pleiades and Hercules star clusters make for excellent targets in the late summer months.

Space

Weekly horoscope: 2 astrologers' predictions for 18th - 24th August 2025

Read your weekly horoscope from Sally Trotman and Penny Thornton who reveal what this week holds for every star sign on love, family, career, and more

Woman & Home

Scientists just recreated the universe's first ever molecules — and the results challenge our understanding of the early cosmos

In a first, scientists have recreated the formation of the first ever molecules in the universe to learn more about early star formation.

Space

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 173 — The Return of the Malik

On Episode 173 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and and Tariq Malik look back at the week in space news.

Space

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Space

Titan darkens Saturn in rare shadow transit on Aug. 19: Here's how to see it

The second largest moon in the solar system will cast its shadow over Saturn on Aug. 19.

International Business Times

After Repeated Explosions, New Test For Musk's Megarocket

Elon Musk's SpaceX announced Friday that its Starship megarocket is scheduled to blast off on a new test flight next weekend after recent attempts have ended in fiery explosions.

Space

SpaceX aims to launch Starship Flight 10 test flight on Aug. 24

SpaceX is targeting Aug. 24 for the 10th Flight Test for its Starship rocket, following delays from a pad accident and May's failed mission.

Space

Blue Origin's 2nd New Glenn rocket launch will fly twin NASA Mars probes to space on Sep. 29

Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket will launch NASA's ESCAPADE Mars mission no earlier than (NET) Sep. 29.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Space

NASA wants new spacecraft to fly to hard-to-reach orbits around Earth and in deep space

NASA has awarded $1.4 million to six companies, to further their ideas about how to get vehicles farther into space cheaply and efficiently.

Space

Russia to launch 75 mice, 1,000 fruit flies on Aug. 20 to study spaceflight effects

Russia is readying its Bion-M No. 2 biosatellite for a planned Aug. 20 launch. The mission will send 75 mice and other specimens on a monthlong mission to Earth orbit.

Space

X-ray telescope finds something unexpected with the 'heartbeat black hole'

Unexpected X-ray polarization challenges long-held ideas about how black holes behave.

Space

Canada's NordSpace begins construction on orbital spaceport. When will it open for launches?

NordSpace begins building its new orbital spaceport on the Canada's east coast, as the company prepares for its first suborbital rocket launch.

Space

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 172 — Earth on Mars

On Episode 172 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest host Rick Jenet are joined by Erika Alden DeBenedictis to discuss how terraforming Mars might work.

Space

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 171 — What's an UNOOSA?

On Episode 171 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest host Isaac Arthur are joined by Rick Jenet to discuss the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA).

Space

Astronaut trades meditation for starry sky views in orbit | On the International Space Station Aug. 11-15, 2025

The members of Expedition 73-"B" settle in and get busy conducting science research on board the International Space Station.

1 … 93 94 95 96

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

United Launch Alliance

the University of Warwick

36 stories

Sky Telescope

12 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.