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NASA's Swift space telescope is about to crash to ...
It's unclear at the moment exactly when and where the Swift observatory will plunge to Earth. But re...
5 bright planets to spot in November — when and wh...
From a close encounter between Mars and Jupiter to dazzling Venus and elusive Mercury, November offe...
9 nightmarish sci-fi spaceships to crawl aboard fo...
Grab your high-lumen flashlight and gargantuan gun to explore these vicious vessels
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 234 — Living i...
On Episode 234 of This Week In Space, Tariq Malik and Mike Wall are joined by Than Putzig of the Pla...
On this day in space! Oct. 31, 2015: Creepy skull-...
On October 31, 2015, an asteroid shaped like a human skull flew by Earth. Here's why it was so creep...
The moon, Mars, and Jupiter shine in the heart of ...
The waning moon shines with Jupiter, Mars and the brilliant star Regulus in the eastern sky overnigh...
Betelgeuse is haunted by a cosmic poltergeist torm...
Radio images show the supergiant's atmosphere recovering from its dramatic dimming, while a companio...
Halloween night sky 2026 — Saturn, shooting stars ...
From Saturn's spectacular rings to Halloween fireballs and a space station flyover, there are plenty...
Happy Halloween! SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satel...
SpaceX sent another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit from California just after m...
The world mourns the passing of 'Star Trek's' Patr...
"He wore his heart on his sleeve, which made him a man to rely on, to admire and, in my case, love."...
An aquanaut comes home: Returning to Earth from an...
After five days of living underwater, Analog Astronaut Commander Dr. Musilova and her crew return to...
India launches next-gen navigation satellite to or...
India launched the NVS-03 navigation satellite to orbit today (Oct. 30) atop a GSLV rocket. It was t...
5 horror franchises that went to space... and one ...
In space, no one can hear you scream, a bit like the empty theater screens that some horror franchis...
The rocket scientist who summoned demons: The true...
Rocketry pioneer Jack Parsons engaged in an elaborate series of occult ceremonies intended to summon...
The Taurid meteor shower isn't much to look at. Th...
The Taurids produce only a handful of meteors an hour. That sounds disappointing, but I've learned t...
'Star Trek's' William Shatner and George Takei hon...
'Rest well, my dear friend. Keep navigating a steady course.'
On this day in space! Oct. 30, 1964: NASA's weird ...
On October 30, 1964, NASA's Lunar Landing Research Vehicle, or LLRV, took to the skies for the first...
Ghostly Cat's Head Nebula haunts the cosmos | Spac...
Just in time for Halloween, we have new, ghostly views of the Cat's Eye Nebula haunting the outer re...
Watch Virgin Galactic's new 'Delta-class' space pl...
Virgin Galactic's first "Delta-class" space plane, the newly named Apeiron, lifted off for the first...
China's secretive space plane is flying over the U...
Early risers across the U.S. could catch a glimpse of China's mysterious Shenlong spacecraft with th...
Think Halloween is scary? This scorched alien worl...
Earth would be terrifying if we celebrated Halloween every 11 hours, a possibility on a super-Earth ...
Patrick Stewart, renowned actor and ‘Star Trek’s’ ...
Patrick Stewart, the distinguished British actor of stage and screen, passed away Wednesday (Oct. 28...
On this day in space! Oct. 29, 1991: NASA's Galile...
On Oct. 29, 1991, the Galileo spacecraft flew by the asteroid Gaspra on its way to Jupiter. Here's w...
Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman named deputy dir...
The leader of NASA's first mission around the moon in half a century is the last to announce what's ...
Astronauts deploy solar array on 100th US spacewal...
NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Joshua Kutryk of the Canadian Space Agency deployed a new solar array ...
'Crystal Lake' is great, but nothing tops the spac...
The Voorhees legend continues in Crystal Lake, but Jason X remains the Citizen Kane of this franchis...
See NASA's Artemis III astronauts meet Trump at th...
The astronauts of NASA's Artemis III mission met with President Trump at the White House on Wednesda...
Cosmic graveyard of zombie planets offers a grisly...
Two zombie exoplanets that rose from the grave to shuffle through the gory remains of their fellow p...
In a 92-country survey of nearly 54,000 people, we...
The lead researcher of a 92-country survey of nearly 54,000 people explains why more money keeps hel...
Big cats, unexplained lights and a floodlit eclips...
Stargazing doesn't always go to plan, and we have the stories to prove it.
The universe in the eye of a telescope | Space pho...
The Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope (SEST) keeps its eye on the cosmos decades after being decom...
SpaceX fires up Starship upper stage ahead of land...
SpaceX just fired up all six engines on the Starship upper stage that will conduct the vehicle's 15t...
Stunning solar eclipse photos reveal giant hole an...
Solar eclipse photography provides a unique vista into the processes taking place in the sun's upper...
SpaceX's Starfall capsule delivers cargo for US Ai...
The U.S. Air Force has recovered experimental cargo launched aboard SpaceX's mysterious Starfall cap...
On this day in space! Oct. 28, 1971: Britain launc...
On Oct. 28, 1971, the United Kingdom launched its first satellite. Here's why it mattered.
5 days beneath the waves: What it's like to live i...
Confined inside a research station 22 feet (7 meters) underwater, Analog Astronaut Commander Dr. Mus...
ISS astronaut will conduct Canada's 1st spacewalk ...
Joshua Kutryk will venture outside the International Space Station on Oct. 29, on the first spacewal...
Meet Apeiron, Virgin Galactic's 1st 'Delta-class' ...
Virgin Galactic has officially unveiled its first "Delta-class" space plane, and announced the resul...
A doctor cracked one hand’s knuckles for 50 years....
Donald Unger’s one-man experiment answered a family warning. Larger studies have since tested it pro...
China's secretive space plane caught on camera in ...
A U.S. military intelligence agency has released an incredible new photograph of China's secretive s...
The final ‘Dune: Part Three’ trailer reignites war...
The spoilerific final look at Denis Villeneuve's third and final sci-fi epic is loaded with action a...
Satellites watch an escaping Antarctic iceberg | S...
Iceberg A-81 escaping the Weddell Sea and drifting near the edge of South Georgia's underwater shelf...
Astronomers found a mysterious object beyond Neptu...
The Vera Rubin Observatory has discovered a suspected dwarf planet beyond Neptune's orbit. If confir...
Virgin Galactic is finally revealing its new Delta...
Virgin Galactic will unveil its first Delta-class spaceship on Wednesday (Oct. 28), revealing a name...
Black holes can split in two — but only if they sp...
Scientists have long known that when two black holes collide, they merge to create a more massive bl...
Sewer crews in French colonial Hanoi killed 20,114...
By 1902, the French had spent years transforming Hanoi, convinced they knew how to build a better ci...
How 'spacewalking' underwater made me feel like I ...
Analog Astronaut Commander and Aquanaut Michaela Musilova led underwater simulated “spacewalks” in l...
Astronomers discover the secrets of 'string of pea...
Scientists are still learning about a cosmic 'string of pearls,' a unique celestial relic left by a ...
November full moon 2026: When, where and how to se...
Your guide to November's full Beaver Moon, from peak times to skywatching highlights.
Cowboy Space unveils 'Big Iron' rocket to launch 2...
Cowboy Space just gave us our first look at its "Big Iron" rocket, which the company will use to bui...
