The Latest Breaking News on Space

Astronomers urge people to stand up to ‘big light’ industry amid unchecked brightening of night sky

We may be just a decade away from being able to spot alien construction from afar.

Detecting methane on a distant exoplanet paved the way for the hunt for organic chemistry in the cosmos.

An image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures an irregular spiral galaxy known as NGC 5486, which lies close to the much larger and well-known Pinwheel Galaxy.

New James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal that the galaxy GS-9209 had its star-forming power abruptly “quenched” by mysterious forces after millions of years of productivity.

On March 20 at 5:24 p.m. EDT (2:24 p.m. PDT) the spring (or vernal) equinox occurs as the sun's rays shine directly down on the equator.

High ranking officials from America’s space program have called for deeper ties with Australia, including Australian astronauts flying on US missions, during a rare visit this week that coincides with the next step in Australia’s Moon to Mars program. To mark the visit, two Australian space consortiums were on Monday…

Avoid shopping or major decisions from 5 to 10:30 a.m. Chicago time. After that, the moon moves from Aquarius into Pisces.

We’re likely to get more of these asteroid alerts in the years to come, and NASA is likely to devote more attention to heading off potentially dangerous near-Earth objects, or NEOs.

What if we could explore subsurface environments just as easily as we’ve been able to explore the surface?

ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX sent up its 14th rocket from the Space Coast this year with a launch at sunset Friday just hours after its sent up a Falcon 9 in California setting a record turnaround time for Elon Musk’s company.