Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from NASA

Newly discovered comet SWAN just 'erupted' with a bright, icy burst. Is it a cold volcano?

Photos show that comet C/2025 F2 (SWAN) experienced a "major eruption," causing it to become temporarily brighter. However, it's still unclear whether the icy object is a true "cryovolcano."

LiveScience

Does the Blue Origin spaceflight mean anything for women?

Six women came back from space "forever changed."

Fortune

Mysterious objects from other stars are passing through our solar system. Scientists are planning missions to study them up close

In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast moving body using the world’s most powerful telescopes. It was found to be one quarter mile (400m) long and very elongated – perhaps 10 times as long as it was…

The Conversation

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

Alien life could exist on Saturn's big moon Titan — but finding it will be tough

Alien life could exist on the huge Saturn moon Titan, but probably not in the abundance scientists once hoped, according to a new study.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope sees a celestial Venn diagram around a dying star

A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope is allowing astronomers to examine the complex and turbulent final stages of a dying star.

Space

100th person to fly only a suborbital spaceflight | Space picture of the day for April 14, 2025

Aisha Bowe filled a milestone seat when she flew on Blue Origin's 11th human and first all-female spaceflight on April 14, 2025.

Space

‘It is the highest high’: Here's what Katy Perry and the 5 other women of Blue Origin's historic all-female flight felt after liftoff (videos)

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket lifted off on the NS-31 mission with Katy Perry and five other women on April 14, for a suborbital spaceflight that left a deep and lasting impact on the entire crew.

Space

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

Amanda Nguyen becomes 1st Vietnamese woman to fly to space: 'This journey really is about healing' (video)

Amanda Nguyen has become the first Vietnamese woman to fly to space; her spaceflight is a testament to her achievements as an accomplished scientist, and is also part of a larger story of healing as a survivor of sexual assault.

Space

Pop star Katy Perry and crew's Blue Origin spaceflight souvenirs

A flag flown to the moon, a cookie from Cookie Monster and a locket gifted by an actress are now all space artifacts, having briefly left the planet with pop star Katy Perry and five more women.

Space

So Katy Perry went to space. Wasn’t there anyone else we could have sent?

No disrespect to the pop star or the rest of Blue Origin’s all-female crew, but most of them weren’t obvious astronaut material, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Katy Perry launched into space on Blue Origin rocket with first all-female crew since 1963

The last all-female crew sent to space was in 1963 by the Russians. Among the crew on Monday's flight was singer Katy Perry and TV host Gayle King.

Euronews

Blue Origin launches an all-female celebrity crew with Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez

Blue Origin is launching Jeff Bezos' fiancee Lauren Sanchez to space with an all-female celebrity crew that includes Katy Perry and Gayle King

The Independent UK

Katy Perry, Jeff Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sanchez and four others arrive back on Earth after space flight – as it happened

Pop star kisses ground after landing and all-female crew describes feelings of joy, camaraderie and connection to our planet post space flight

The Guardian - US

Who Is Going to Space With Katy Perry? Meet the All-Female Blue Origin Crew Handpicked by Lauren Sánchez

The mission, called NS-31, will take off from West Texas, marking the first time in spaceflight history that an all-woman crew takes to the skies.

International Business Times UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Katy Perry takes last-minute astronaut lessons before rocket to space

The singer said she will put ‘the ‘ass’ in astronaut’ in the coming hours

Dynamite News

SpaceX Lights Up the Night: Falcon 9 Launches 21 Starlink Satellites in Milestone 400th Flight

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket soared into a moonlit Florida sky, deploying 21 Starlink satellites, 13 with game-changing Direct-to-Cell tech to kill dead zones. The historic 400th SpaceX mission reused a veteran booster on its 10th flight, capping a delayed but dazzling liftoff. Read more at Dynamite News.

Space

'The Dream is [still] Alive': First IMAX film shot in space at 40 years

James Neihouse had one more thing to share. He pulled out a frame displaying strips of tape, each of which had notes from astronauts who filmed the IMAX movie "The Dream is Alive" 40 years ago.

Space

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 156 — Rocket Blast

On Episode 156 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik welcome Phil Metzger to discuss the dangerous realities of rocket plumes.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Euronews

NASA removes graphic novel featuring female astronaut as Trump's diversity purge continues

"First Woman" has disappeared from the NASA website, which has also been stripped of promises to put a woman and person of colour on the Moon.

The Guardian - US

Documents reveal Trump’s plan to gut funding for Nasa and climate science

Critics say Nasa faces ‘extinction-level event’ with budget plan, with climate research funding also to be slashed

Space

Trump administration could slash NASA science budget by 50%, reports suggest

Budget passback documents reportedly suggest the White House wants to cut NASA's budget by half — possibly closing down Goddard Space Flight Center.

Space

Elon Musk's DOGE team given 'alarming degree' of access to NASA systems, House Democrats say

The latest in a series of letters from House Democrats to NASA officials claims that Elon Musk's DOGE staffers have been given "unrestricted physical access" to agency facilities. NASA has yet to respond.

Space

The sun just leaked a huge amount of helium-3 — the rare isotope scientists want to harvest on the moon

The sun was caught bursting out a huge quantity of helium-3, an isotope that's scarce in our solar system.

Space

Texas senators: Move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Houston

Space shuttle Discovery may be removed from the Smithsonian and put on display at Space Center Houston, if two senators from Texas get their way.

The Independent UK

Nasa astronaut releases videos of dazzling green auroras captured from space

One of the videos shows aurora in the form of ‘green vaporous turbulence’

1 … 183 184 185 186

People

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

Organisations

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.