Space

ABL Space Systems’ first RS1 rocket fell back on its launch pad at Kodiak Island, Alaska, shortly after liftoff on the company’s first orbital launch attempt, destroying the rocket and damaging the ground facility, officials said Wednesday.

Specters of comets have filled the night sky across the eons. Here are some of the recent best.

La temperatura promedio de la superficie de la Tierra en 2022 empató con 2015 como la quinta más cálida registrada, según un análisis de la NASA. Continuando con la tendencia del calentamiento a largo plazo del planeta, las temperaturas globales en 2022 estuvieron 0,89 grados centígrados (1,6 grados Fahrenheit) por […]

Snoopy has come home. The “world famous astronaut” splashed down on NASA’s Artemis I Orion spacecraft in December, but it was not until a month later that the beagle was removed from the capsule.

SpaceX plans to launch its first Starlink mission of 2023 Wednesday night from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, following delays caused by bad weather and to examine data from the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 with 51 internet satellites is now set for 7:48 p.m. […]

These fleeting beacons from the outer solar system make for fantastic shots.

NASA will host a media teleconference at 9 a.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 11, to discuss results from the investigation of the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-22 external coolant leak and the forward strategy for uninterrupted human operations aboard the International Space Station.

The sun has fired off its third powerful X-class solar flare in less than a week, scoring an explosive hat trick.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Monday night with 40 more internet satellites for OneWeb, nudging the network closer to full operational capability. The Falcon 9 booster returned to Cape Canaveral for landing eight minutes later.

Patterns in short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) could provide insight into neutron star collisions.