Japan’s Kounotori has docked at ISS, and the junk collector will soon be deployed
Japan sent a cargo ship to the International Space Station that has a "space junk" collector made in conjunction with a fishnet company, and it just docked.
Amazon/Blue Origin mogul Jeff Bezos gets letter from John Glenn the day he died
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos received a letter from John Glenn on the day the astronaut died.
Swiss engineers just unveiled a plane that can reach the edge of space using only solar power
SolarStratos, a commercial two seater aircraft, is expected to take off in 2018, reaching heights of 25,000 meters.
Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo makes a successful debut solo flight
The second SpaceShipTwo from Virgin Galactic flew solo on Saturday, marking another milestone for suborbital flight.
Mercury’s newly discovered ‘great valley’ makes the Grand Canyon look small
At about 250 miles wide and 600 miles long, Mercury’s “great valley” would stretch between New York City, Washington D.C. and Detroit.
Top European scientists want to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid — again
A team of international scientists want to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid.
Japanese rocket launches manga drawings and weather satellite into orbit
The manga-decorated Himawari 9 satellite is the second of two third-generation weather satellites sent into orbit by JAXA.
Outback telescope captures stunning image of the Milky Way and beyond
A team of astronomers have given us a new glimpse of the night sky through the Murchison Widefield Array in the West Australian outback.
Earth’s most powerful alien-hunting telescope turns its gaze to mysterious star
A team of University of California, Berkeley astronomers have turned their attention to Tabby's star, looking for signs of alien life.
Return to Sender: Competition offers chance to 3D print on the International Space Station
Engineers may gain access to the ISS 3D printer through a new competition to create new designs for objects that can be printed in microgravity.
NASA plans to start a garbage fire in space … on purpose
While starting a fire in space may not seem like a recommendable course of action, it's precisely what NASA is planning on doing with its Cygnus spacecraft.
Pluto has a new neighbor: Latest discovery is classified as a dwarf planet
Astronomers discovered a new dwarf planet beyond Pluto. Scientists believe there are still hundreds awaiting discovery.
Asgardia invites you to become a citizen of space and a cosmic defender
The next new member of the United Nations might one day be the first line of defense against threats like asteroids and coronal mass ejections from the sun.
Rosetta's final images before crash-landing detail the stunning Comet 67P
Yesterday, the Rosetta probe began a 13-hour free fall that ended in a (relatively) gentle crash at the Ma’at landing site at 6:39 a.m. ET on Friday.
NASA breaks formation flying space record with Magnetospheric Multiscale mission
NASA breaks formation flying space record by arranging for its MMS satellites flying only 4.5 miles apart.
Bioengineered bacteria could be used to 3D print food and tools on Mars
A synthetic biology project called CosmoCrops wants to use bacteria to make it possible to 3D print everything needed for a space mission in space itself.
Cornell’s water-powered CubeSat could be the future of space exploration
At NASA’s Cube Quest Challenge, Cornell University’s Cislunar Explorers aim to send its innovative water-powered satellite in orbit around the moon.
What do 2 million stars look like? Europe’s space agency just gave us a map
The release is the first batch of more than one billion stars that the agency hopes to catalog using its Gaia satellite in the coming year.
How big is the universe? Attempting to answer one of astronomy’s most complex questions
The universe is a big place, but do we really know how big? Scientists think they do, and use an array of methods to figure it out. Here are our CliffNotes.
Meet the new rocket from Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin — the enormous New Glenn
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are competing for dominance off the planet. And now, Bezos has introduced the New Glenn, the future rocket of Blue Origin.
Two years after tragedy, Virgin Galactic has finally launched another space shuttle
On Friday, "a spaceship built by our manufacturing arm and operated by us at Virgin Galactic has taken to the skies," the company wrote in a blog post.
Astronomers spot asteroid just two days before it comes within 25K miles of Earth
If it weren’t for careful inspection from a team of astronomers at the Catalina Sky Survey, we may not have even noticed the asteroid, 2016 RB1.
Juno images reveal that Jupiter’s poles are unlike anything NASA imagined
Dipping 2,500 miles above Jupiter’s clouds, the Juno spacecraft snapped the first images of the gas giant's north pole during a fly-by on August 27.
Astronauts can now sequence viruses, fungi, and — potentially — alien DNA in space
Over the weekend, astronaut Kate Rubins successfully sequenced samples of DNA, establishing the a small sequencer as a valuable new tool for science in space.
NASA's EmDrive thruster just took an important leap forward
NASA's futuristic, physics-defying EmDrive thruster has just taken an important leap toward silencing its critics.
Spitzer telescope lasted longer than expected, but its mission isn't done yet
More than a decade after its launch, the Spitzer Space Telescope still captures and transmits beautiful data about the cosmos.
Juno’s closest Jupiter flyby captured highest resolution images of the planet
The flyby was the closest a spacecraft has ever been to Jupiter and marked the first time Juno had each of its instruments directed at the planet.
What’s it like to live on Mars? Six scientists emerge from a yearlong Mars simulation
Six scientists emerged from a dome on a Mauna Loa mountain without wearing spacesuits yesterday, ending a yearlong Mars simulation.
How bacteria, rust dust, and a murdered star may explain Earth’s Ice Age
After years of meticulous research and the help of fellow astrophysicists, an astrophysicist confirms he's found traces of a supernova underwater.