The Latest Breaking News on Space

NASA and the Soviet space program spent decades researching nuclear propulsion during the Space Race.

The Butterfly Nebula is changing, and astronomers are puzzled as to why these changes are occurring. Observations of this planetary nebula show dramatic changes in the butterfly’s ‘wings’ in just 11 years.

A new study sheds light on the darkness of black holes at the center of galaxies.

As the Artemis program aims to return humanity to the moon and beyond, the Artemis Accords lay out a framework for nations collaborating in this effort.

Volcanic rock is everywhere on Mars, but you've never seen it like this.

Trust us on this one. The Dark Energy Camera Plane Survey’s latest data release shows our home galaxy in unprecedented detail.

Buzz spent 93 minutes walking on the surface of the moon, and has now traveled 93 times around the sun.

In the coming years, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) will send two robotic missions to explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.

Astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, who was one of the first people to walk on the moon, has married his “longtime love” in a small ceremony in Los Angeles

Has any living object ever survived in the Jupiter system? Is it a possibility? The European Space Agency is hoping to answer these questions and more using its Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer satellite.

ORLANDO, Fla. — While SpaceX launches and recovers its rocket boosters on a regular basis, it has taken nearly 60 years for NASA’s first-ever rocket stage to be recovered to make its way back to Florida.