The Latest Breaking News on Space

Barium, which is two and a half heavier than iron, was found on two ultra-hot gas giants orbiting stars outside our solar system.

In July, a puzzling new image of a distant extreme star system surrounded by surreal concentric geometric rungs had even astronomers scratching their heads. The picture, which looks like a kind of “cosmic thumbprint”, came from the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s newest flagship observatory.

Astrophysicist and astronomer whose Project Ozma searched for radio signals from planets that could support extraterrestrial life

Galaxy RAD12 houses a supermassive black hole that spits radio jets at a galactic neighbor. It could help solve a longstanding mystery about star formation.

This technology could support landing crew and large robotic missions on Mars, as well as returning heavier payloads to Earth. 

The Cassini spacecraft discovered water under the moon's icy surface, opening up the idea that it could sustain life.

On September 26, after a nine-month journey through the Solar System, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission impacted an asteroid called Dimorphos.

Operators of the Arnhem Space Centre in the remote Northern Territory are being sued by the company's former chief executive, who claims its current director made comments that were racist and discriminatory towards women.

NASA reiterated on November 3 that its upcoming lunar mission is still set to launch on Monday, November 14 at 12:07 a.m. Eastern from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. It will begin rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building, where it was stowed during Hurricane Ian, at…