The Latest Breaking News on Space

NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson were expected to launch on SpaceX's Crew-9 mission on Sept. 28. Still on Earth, they spoke about how they're feeling.

Rather than carry many instruments with a vast array of purposes, CubeSats focus on a single, specific scientific goal.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide at the surface of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, potentially shedding light on its origins.

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–Atlas) was discovered last year and is thought to orbit the sun every 80,000 years

Some of Uranus' moons show signs of having subsurface liquid oceans where life might be possible. A mission to the Uranian moon system could help planetary scientists learn more about the habitability of these worlds.

Researchers spotted a small, rocky planet orbiting the red dwarf known as Barnard’s Star, which is about 6 light years away from Earth.

Astronomers have discovered a low-mass "sub-Earth" planet orbiting the closest solo star to the solar system, Barnard's star, that has a year lasting just three Earth days.

The newly-discovered planet – called Barnard b – has at least half the mass of Venus.

The Milky Way's system of small, orbiting satellite galaxies is quite unusual, a new 12-year study of other galaxies in the local universe has found.