SpaceX's Super Heavy-Starship blasts off on 13th test flight

An upgraded version of the world's most powerful rocket is key to landing NASA astronauts on the moon in the agency's Artemis program.

• Jul 24

Meteorite that hit home contains "alien world chemistry," experts say

When scientists examined the preserved fragments of a meteorite that crashed in 2024, they found brine-like fluids and key molecules.

• Jul 16

Russian Soyuz rocket launches fresh crew to space station

The new crew will replace three other Soyuz fliers wrapping up a 240-day stay aboard the International Space Station.

• Jul 14

Astronomers discover sugar in space that's also found in raspberries

The sugar, called erythrulose, lurks in what's called the interstellar medium: thin clouds of gas and dust littered between stars.

• Jul 14

Telescope spots most distant quasars ever discovered

Quasars — the brightest objects in the universe — are powered by supermassive black holes at the heart of early galaxies.

• Jul 6

Mission launched to rescue a falling space telescope

Katalyst Space's LINK spacecraft is designed to capture and boost NASA's Swift observatory back to a safe altitude.

• Jul 3

NASA astronauts operate on space station's broken robot arm

The orbital surgery on the International Space Station returned the Canadian-built robot arm to full health after its "wrist" joint failed last month.

• Jun 30

NASA prepares to launch rescue to save telescope from falling to Earth

The $30 million salvage operation gets underway as soon as this week with the planned launch of a robotic lifesaver.

• Jun 28

Astronomers find 2 gigantic planets lighter than cotton candy

The featherweight pair — orbiting a star 1,110 light-years away — are the biggest exoplanets found to have less density than cotton candy.

• Jun 25

Telescope snaps most detailed photo yet of Milky Way's heart

Euclid is on a mission to chart one-third of the sky in the hopes of shedding light on the enduring mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.

• Jun 24

Interstellar comet may be oldest object ever seen in solar system

Exactly where the comet 3I/ATLAS came from within the Milky Way remains a mystery.

• Jun 22

Researchers find "Pink Planet" has salty clouds: "We were very surprised"

The "Pink Planet," formally known as GJ504b, was discovered in 2013 and is technically not a planet but rather a "planetary-mass companion."

• Jun 18

NASA chief defends choice of all-male crew for Artemis III mission

NASA's Jared Isaacman says the crew was selected solely based on their experience, expertise and availability for flight assignment.

• Jun 10

NASA names 4 astronauts for next Artemis mission

NASA's Artemis III astronauts plan to carry out rendezvous and docking procedures with commercial moon landers being built by SpaceX and Blue Origin.

• Jun 9

Space station crew briefly moves to "safe haven" amid concerns over leaks

Out of an abundance of caution, NASA briefly directed five of the seven crew members aboard the International Space Station to wait inside the docked SpaceX Crew Dragon "Freedom" spacecraft.

• Jun 5

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