Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Space

Blue Origin launches 6 tourists on suborbital trip from Texas, including 750th person ever to fly into space

Blue Origin, the spaceflight company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its 13th crewed New Shepard rocket on a successful suborbital spaceflight on Sunday, June 29, 2025.

Space

New satellite constellation will scan the entire Earth every 20 minutes to find wildfires

Muon Space released the first images from its new wildfire detection satellite, FireSat.

Space

How do hurricanes and tropical storms get their names?

The World Meteorological Organization maintains a list of 21 hurricane names for each year. In especially busy years, a supplemental list is used.

Space

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Early visions of Mars: Meet the 19th-century astronomer who used science fiction to imagine the red planet

Parisian astronomer Camille Flammarion brought used science fiction to bring Mars to life

Space

Is the US forfeiting its Red Planet leadership to China's Mars Sample Return plan?

"Returning the scientifically selected samples that await us on Mars, as part of a balanced portfolio, will help to ensure the US does not cede leadership in deep space to other nations, such as China."

Space

Japan launches GOSAT-GW on 50th and final liftoff of the H-2A rocket (video)

The 50th and final liftoff of Japan's H-2A rocket launched the GOSAT-GW satellite on Saturday, June 28, 2025.

Space

Did you ever hear the tragedy of 'Star Wars: Underworld', George Lucas' cancelled Star Wars TV show?

George Lucas had big plans for a live-action TV series before he sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012 — so what happened?

Space

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 167 — An Outpost on the Moon

On Episode 167 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by AJ Gemer of Lunar Outpost, a fast-moving company innovating in cislunar technology.

Space

Is the bar higher for scientific claims of alien life?

The skepticism and debate around the question of "are we alone in the universe" makes the field of astrobiology more cautious

Space

The ups and downs of life in space | On the ISS this week June 23 - 27, 2025

The Axiom Mission-4 (Ax-4) crew flying aboard SpaceX's Dragon "Grace" docked to the International Space Station beginning a two-week stay on the orbiting laboratory with the Expedition 73 crew.

Space

Satellites keep breaking up in space. Insurance won't cover them.

Cheap, uninsured satellites are creating more space junk — and it's starting to rain down on our heads.

Space

SpaceX sends two batches of Starlink satellites on Saturday doubleheader (video)

Two SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets lifted off with Starlink satellites on June 28, 2025. The first launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida and the second from Vandenberg Space Force Station in California.

Space

Look for the 'Other Dipper' this summer: How to find Ursa Minor, the Little Bear with a little help from the North Star

Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.

Space

15 years before Helldivers 2, Lost Planet 2 taught us that the only good bug was a dead bug

One of the most overlooked sequels in Capcom's history, Lost Planet 2 walked so games like Helldivers 2 and Space Marine 2 could run.

Space

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Space

See the crescent moon dance with Mars and the bright star Regulus this weekend

For some lucky viewers, the moon will pass directly in front of Mars.

Space

Nozzle blows off rocket booster during test for NASA's Artemis program (video)

A solid rocket engine for NASA's Space Launch System rocket experienced an anomaly during a static fire test at the booster's Northrop Grumman facilities June 26.

Space

Hello, neighbor! See the Andromeda galaxy like never before in stunning new image from NASA's Chandra telescope (video)

Andromeda never looked as good as it does in a new image from the Chandra X-ray observatory and a range of powerful telescopes. A fitting tribute to dark matter pioneer Vera Rubin.

Space

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket creates nebula-like ring in night sky | Space photo of the day for June 27, 2025

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon spacecraft carrying Axiom-4 astronauts heads to the International Space Station.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Space

Bootid meteor shower 2025 peaks tonight: Here's what you need to know

The meteor shower radiant can be found in the constellation Bootes.

Space

Rare daytime fireball bright enough to be seen from orbit may have punched a hole in a house in Georgia

The fireball was bright enough to be spotted by a lightning-tracking satellite from orbit.

Space

Mexico threatens lawsuit against SpaceX over Starship explosion 'contamination'

The Mexican president said there is a "general review underway of the international laws that are being violated."

Space

More than 1,800 National Science Foundation workers abruptly kicked out of agency headquarters

National Science Foundation employees were told they'll be removed from the agency's headquarters on Tuesday (June 24) with no direction yet for where to go.

Space

Upcoming DC movies: Supergirl, Clayface, Man of Tomorrow, The Batman Part II & beyond

Superman has ushered in DC’s big movie universe reboot, but what’s coming next? And which projects are confined to Elseworlds?

Space

Astronomers discover baby planets taking their 1st steps in nearby stellar nursery (images)

Astronomers have discovered the first step in planet birth, finding hitherto unseen structures in 78 planetary disks in the star-forming region of Ophiuchus.

Space

Rocket Lab launches 'Get the Hawk Outta Here' mission from New Zealand (video)

Rocket Lab launched an Electron rocket from New Zealand on June 26. The rocket carried a trio of radio frequency geolocation satellites and one experimental payload into a polar orbit.

1 … 90 91 92 93

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.