SpaceX launches another 60 Starlink satellites

SpaceX has now launched 360 internet satellites in a planned constellation of thousands.

• Mar 18, 2020

SpaceX Falcon 9 launch abruptly aborted

The rocket's first stage is making a record fifth flight

• Mar 15, 2020

Astronomers discover scorching hot planet where it rains iron

On one particularly hot planet, hundreds of light-years away from Earth, the forecast is cloudy with a chance of liquid iron rain.

• Mar 14, 2020

Astronomers discover a star shaped like a teardrop

"I've been looking for a star like this for nearly 40 years and now we have finally found one," one astronomer said.

• Mar 11, 2020

NASA struggling to control moon rocket program costs

By the time the Space Launch System booster takes off on its maiden flight, it will have cost NASA some $18 billion.

• Mar 10, 2020

SpaceX cargo ship hooks up with space station

SpaceX completes its initial space station cargo contract and gears up for follow-on missions.

• Mar 9, 2020

NASA reveals highest-resolution panorama photo of Mars ever taken

Zoom into the photo to see the stunning details of the Martian landscape.

• Mar 7, 2020

SpaceX cargo ship bound for space station

SpaceX wraps up its initial NASA cargo contract with 20th flight to space station.

• Mar 7, 2020

Boeing vows to fix Starliner after "close call"

NASA has not decided yet whether another unpiloted Starliner test flight will be required.

• Mar 6, 2020

Texas company plans first private space station flight

Axiom's mission would be the first privately funded orbital space flight by non-government astronauts.

• Mar 5, 2020

7th grader wins contest to name new Mars rover

Alexander Mather's winning submission was selected from 28,000 entries.

• Mar 5, 2020

Always wanted to be an astronaut? NASA is now hiring

The job would certainly be out of this world.

• Mar 2, 2020

Biggest known explosion in the universe spotted by astronomers

The eruption was so intense it punched a crater the size of fifteen Milky Way galaxies into a part of space hundreds of millions of light-years away.

• Feb 28, 2020

A "mini-moon" the size of a car is orbiting the Earth

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk said the car-sized object was not the Tesla Roadster he launched into space​ in 2018, which is now orbiting the sun.

• Feb 27, 2020

NASA's InSight lander has detected over 450 "marsquakes"

The InSight lander is uncovering the mysteries of Mars, one quake at a time.

• Feb 25, 2020

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