NGC 685, a smaller cousin of our Milky Way, dazzles with youthful energy as newborn stars light up its spiral arms.

Late last week the Trump Administration released its detailed budget request for fiscal year 2026 —a request that, if enacted ...

White House Budget Plan Would Devastate U.S. Space Science Scientists are rallying to reverse ruinous proposed cuts to both ...

Chinese rocket startup Space Epoch put on a show recently, with a demonstration test launch of their reusable Yanxingzhe-1 rocket booster.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the European Space Agency (Esa). It has launched spectacularly ...

Even though Starship has suffered major setbacks on its past two flights, NASA is adding the still-experimental rocket to its launch provider contract with SpaceX. NASA announced the addition ...

Dozens of NASA's spaceflight missions that launched from Florida could be in jeopardy under a budget proposal from the Trump ...

Dozens of NASA's missions to explore the cosmos could be in jeopardy under a budget proposal from the Trump administration.

Scientists have long puzzled over a discrepancy in how fast the universe is expanding, but new, sharper data from the James ...

The Red Planet and Earth align properly for interplanetary missions just once every 26 months. The next such opportunity ...

In December 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope launched aboard the Ariane 5 rocket, marking a historic moment for astronomy. This sophisticated telescope began its journey from Earth to the L2 ...

Astronauts Steven Smith and John Grunsfeld, appear as small figures in this wide-angle photograph from December 1999, taken ...