Space

For observers who own or have access to large telescopes and a dark viewing site, one of the most impressive sights in the sky is the Hercules galaxy cluster. Also known as Abell 2151, this group of galaxies takes the term deep sky to a whole new level. It lies […]

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover unexpectedly changed its course up Mount Sharp to avoid hazardous “gator-back” terrain.

Rocket Lab plans the first attempt to catch one of its returning small satellite boosters by helicopter after a launch later this month, nearly three years after the company announced its mid-air recovery and reuse concept.

As humans look toward longer missions in space, NASA scientists are exploring how mushrooms might make the journey more feasible.

NASA has awarded a contract to Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tennessee, to provide the agency’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California with support services for ground-based aerospace test facilities at the center.

Scott Kelly just launched his first-ever NFT, an art project that went on auction today (April 12) — with all proceeds from the initial sales going to a nonprofit that’s helping Ukraine survive the Russian invasion.

China launched three more space missions in recent weeks, debuting the country’s first rocket to be fitted with strap-on solid-fueled boosters and deploying satellites to image planet Earth and calibrate orbit prediction models, according to Chinese state media.

Observers love looking at face-on spiral galaxies. There’s something captivating about seeing a disk of light with a concentrated core and magnificent sweeping arms containing millions of stars suspended in your eyepiece. But edge-on spirals offer an alternative view, and some observers enjoy them just as much. The finest example […]

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT today, Monday, April 11, to provide an update on the final major test of the agency’s mega Moon rocket and spacecraft on the launch pad at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the uncrewed Artemis I lunar […]

China launched a new high-resolution remote sensing satellite on Wednesday (April 6) to boost its ability to monitor ocean activity.