How to watch a Russian film team launch to the ISS this week
There's an unusual launch this week, as a Soyuz rocket will carry actress Yulia Peresild and producer Klim Shipenko plus cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov to the ISS.
Hubble captures a galaxy with a highly energetic nucleus
This week's image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a particularly energetic type of galaxy, called a Seyfert galaxy, with a very bright galactic nucleus.
Astronomers discover bizarre exoplanet orbiting three stars
Astronomers have identified a cosmic oddity: What may be the first planet ever discovered that orbits three stars.
The Perseverance rover is a tiny speck in this image of Mars taken from orbit
You can see NASA's Perseverance rover as spotted from the martian skies in this image, captured by the HiRISE camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Virgin Galactic cleared to resume space flights following FAA investigation
After being grounded by an FAA investigation last month, space tourism company Virgin Galactic has now been cleared to resume its space flights.
See SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft streaking through the sky as it returns to Earth
An uncrewed SpaceX Cargo Dragon craft has returned from the International Space Station (ISS), splashing down off the coast of Florida.
NASA’s Lucy mission will soon be heading out to investigate Trojan asteroids
A NASA mission will soon be blasting off to study the Trojans, a lesser-studied group of asteroids in the outer solar system.
BepiColombo mission snaps images of Mercury on its first flyby
The European and Japanese mission BepiColombo has made its first flyby of Mercury, capturing images of the planet it will eventually be exploring in more depth.
NASA reveals date for SpaceX’s next astronaut launch
NASA has adjusted the launch date for its Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station using SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft.
Check out these cool Earth images taken from higher up than the ISS
SpaceX's Inspiration4 crew has shared the most detailed Earth images yet captured during the three-day orbital mission earlier this month.
NASA’s Mars helicopter decided not to take its 14th flight
NASA's Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, was about to take a flight with a difference when it spotted an anomaly that caused it to abandon the effort.
How to watch SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon depart space station on Thursday
A SpaceX Cargo Dragon is about to depart the International Space Station and you can watch the entire event live online.
Why NASA is about to cut contact with its Mars explorers
NASA will temporarily cut communications with its Mars explorers as the red planet and Earth move to opposite sides of the sun.
An alarm sounded during SpaceX’s Inspiration4 mission. Here’s why
It’s emerged that SpaceX’s first all-civilian crew experienced an emergency situation during their three days in space earlier this month.
Hubble peered through dust and gas to capture this dazzling globular cluster
This week's image from the beloved Hubble Space Telescope shows a dazzling array of stars, squeezed into a group known as a globular cluster.
Researchers spot clouds in the atmosphere of big, puffy exoplanet WASP-127b
Researchers have made a rare detection of clouds in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, spotting puffs of unknown composition floating above planet WASP-127b.
See the moon’s Tycho Crater in stunning detail, captured from the ground
An incredible photo of the surface of the moon has been captured, which is the highest-ever image of the moon taken from the ground.
These women are spending a week in bed to research the effects of spaceflight
These women are doing their part for science: By lying in bed for a week.
Molten ring in space allows Hubble to peer 9 billion years into the past
Gravity creates strange optical illusions like beautiful rings in space named Einstein rings, one of which was recently captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.
China’s lunar sample contains glassy beads and impact fragments
The lunar sample taken by China's Chang'e-5 mission has been analyzed and found to contain some 'exotic' fragments.
Perseverance selfie shows it’s been a busy Mars rover of late
Perseverance snapped a selfie recently, showing its tracks wending through the martian dust and up to a rock named Rochette.
Researchers create lunar life support system by baking moon dust
Future lunar explorers may be able to create water and oxygen from moon dust, using new research from the European Space Agency and others.
InSight lander measures one of its biggest-ever marsquakes shaking the planet
This month, the InSight lander detected one of its biggest ever marsquakes, which hit a magnitude of 4.2 and lasted for nearly ninety minutes on September 18.
ISS astronaut reveals how he captures stunning Earth photos
Despite the enviable vantage point 250 miles above Earth, it's a lot harder than you might think to capture amazing images from the International Space Station.
SpaceX crewmember has colorful response to first view of Earth
As the first all-civilian crew aboard a SpaceX spacecraft caught their first glimpse of Earth through the cupola, one of them uttered an unforgettable response.
Spacewalk time-lapse reveals the fiddly work of an astronaut
A new time-lapse from the International Space Station reveals the kind of fiddly work that an astronaut has to perform during a spacewalk.
Astronaut shows off views from ISS module after Crew Dragon success
Much attention was given to the new cupola on SpaceX's Crew Dragon, but an ISS astronaut has just reminded us that he also has a pretty cool observation module.
NASA reveals landing site for its water-hunting lunar rover
NASA has revealed the lunar landing site for its VIPER rover in what will be its first resource-mapping mission on the surface of another celestial body.
All-civilian SpaceX crew took this out-of-this-world selfie
SpaceX's first rocket-riding space tourists have posted a selfie with one heck of a backdrop. The crew returned safely home on Sunday after three days in space.
Volcanoes on Mars exploded in ‘super eruptions’ that blotted out the sun
New evidence shows volcanic activity on ancient Mars included thousands of 'super eruptions"'throwing huge quantities of dust and toxic gases into the air.
The final, dying outbursts of an unstable star are captured by Hubble
Hubble researchers have returned to the unstable star AG Carinae to show it from two different views, complied from observations in 2020, 2014, and 1994.
Watch the best bits from SpaceX’s historic all-civilian mission
Check out the highlights of SpaceX's first all-civilian mission, including the launch, the stunning views, and a crew member's impromptu ukulele performance.
SpaceX Inspiration4 civilian crew land safely off Florida coast
SpaceX's first all-civilian crew has splashed down safely in the Atlantic Ocean following a three-day trip to orbit.
Seasonal variations are making flying on Mars harder for helicopter Ingenuity
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter is facing challenges from the changing seasons on Mars, where falling atmospheric density could make flying much harder.