The Latest Breaking News on Space

It's full of stars.

Four meteor showers are about to peak in less than one month's time, a celestial series will kick off before the end of the week.

A SpaceX employee was hospitalized for a fractured skull and put in a coma for two months after performing a check on a rocket engine and getting hit in the head at the company's facility in Hawthorne, California, according to a report.

New models show that stars about to blow up in a supernovae begin exhibiting strange behaviors a few months in advance.

The Venera 4 mission sent a probe into Venus' atmosphere, but played loose with whether or not it actually survived a landing.

After three missions in space, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev has run into difficulty on Earth

The LauncherOne will likely be sent into space from Cornwall in December as part of a historical journey

The Orionid meteor shower becomes visible every October - here's how to see the spectacle for yourself.

Tanaiste Leo Varadkar confirmed yesterday he had signed a letter of understanding and legal documents that will allow the country to launch its first- space mission in the new year

The NASA astronaut who commanded the Apollo 9 mission has died

Virgin Orbit, a US company which provides launch services for satellites, has announced that the first orbital space mission from the UK will blast off from Cornwall. The rocket, which will carry nine satellites, along with a launch aircraft have been delivered by an RAF C-17 – a military, heavy-lift…