Space

Routine SpaceX Starship test ends in explosion in massive setback for Musk’s company

By Elaine Mallon June 19, 2025 11:28 am

Musk says he won’t decommission Dragon spacecraft after X user tells him to ‘cool off’

Ross O'Keefe Jun 5, 2025

Northern lights spawned by solar storm could be visible over several states tonight

Brady Knox Jun 2, 2025

White House withdraws Jared Isaacman’s nomination to lead NASA

Zach LaChance May 31, 2025

SpaceX's mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

FAA demands investigation into SpaceX Starship test failure

Jack Birle May 31, 2025

Space Force ship lands in Florida following record 908-day mission

By Jenny Goldsberry November 12, 2022 8:04 pm

Artemis I launch postponed yet again due to second tropical storm

By Jenny Goldsberry November 9, 2022 4:26 pm

NASA slams China after massive rocket booster plummets back to Earth and risked ‘loss of life’

By Jenny Goldsberry November 6, 2022 12:45 am

Northern Spanish flights briefly grounded out of fear of falling Chinese rocket debris

By Brady Knox November 4, 2022 5:12 pm

Blood moon lunar eclipse will rise on Election Day

By Misty Severi November 4, 2022 11:05 am

Mark Kelly, an ex-astronaut and the husband of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., speaks on Capitol Hill.

Sen. Mark Kelly was against the Artemis return to the moon before he was for it

By Mark Whittington November 1, 2022 1:24 pm

Scientists discover far-off threat in ‘planet killer’ asteroid

By Ryan King October 31, 2022 9:53 pm

This Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 photo provided by NASA shows the first notable solar flare of the year, as observed from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 11:24 p.m. EST on Monday. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a NASA mission which has been observing the sun since 2010. (AP Photo/NASA)

SEE IT: Picture shows the sun ‘smiling,’ but experts warn it could have real consequences

By Asher Notheis October 31, 2022 5:44 pm

Brightest meteor shower of the year to peak Friday night: Here’s how to watch

By Heather Hamilton October 21, 2022 3:56 pm

The moon in culture

By Chris Vognar October 21, 2022 3:25 am

Astronaut James A. McDivitt.

James McDivitt, 1929-2022

By Philip Terzian October 21, 2022 12:30 am

This combination image provided by NASA on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, shows the Pillars of Creation as imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 2014, left, and by NASA's James Webb Telescope, right. The new, near-infrared-light view from the James Webb Space Telescope helps us peer through more of the dust in the star-forming region, according to NASA.

James Webb telescope captures stunning image of ‘Pillars of Creation’

By Asher Notheis October 20, 2022 3:12 pm