SpaceX’s Starship—the most powerful rocket ever built—experienced a “rapid unscheduled disassembly” in its otherwise successful second full-scale launch, triggering a federal investigation into what went wrong...
Reproducing in space is just one of many reasons we should delay settlements beyond Earth
Images of sari-wearing space scientists in India remind us that research is global and cultural dress should be welcome in the workplace
NASA’s Lucy mission flew past an asteroid nicknamed Dinky, only to discover an even smaller space rock orbiting it
NASA’s Lucy mission is starting its science studies way ahead of schedule
Increasing NASA’s budget would ease pressure and allow it to dream even bigger
A Stanford researcher is growing crystals on the International Space Station and electronics to withstand the extreme environments of Venus.
NASA’s Psyche mission is on its way to a heavy-metal asteroid of the same name—a type of object that scientists have never seen up close before
For the third time in a year, coolant is leaking from a Russian module aboard the International Space Station
Medical, financial and ethical hurdles stand in the way of the dream to settle in space
If it had hit Earth, this coronal mass ejection could have caused continent-scale blackouts, scientists say
TRAPPIST-1 could make or break the extended push to make red dwarfs an astrobiological priority
The decision to send hominin bones on a commercial spaceflight has raised eyebrows among paleontologists
The successful lunar landing of the Chandrayaan-3 mission makes India only the fourth country to achieve the feat
Luna-25, Russia's first moon mission in nearly a half-century, was the vanguard of a planned series of lunar probes
In the latest chapter of an ongoing “moon rush,” Russia’s Luna-25 mission will attempt the nation’s first lunar landing in nearly 50 years
The Luna 25 spacecraft will attempt to land at the lunar south pole for the first time in a hunt for valuable water ice
Scholars look to understand how Americans view space activities
A glitch may have silenced NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft until mid-October—but a “heartbeat” signal offers hope for reestablishing contact earlier
We need satellites and rocket bodies designed with an end-of-life plan to keep space uncluttered and navigable
