SpaceX launches powerful internet satellite for EchoStar

Making only its seventh flight, the triple-core Falcon Heavy put on a spectacular overnight show with dramatic side-by-side booster landings.

• Jul 29, 2023

37 swarming boulders spotted near asteroid hit by NASA spacecraft

NASA said that redirecting an asteroid could lead to "a cluster of threatening boulders heading in our direction."

• Jul 21, 2023

Radio blackouts could occur at Earth's poles after "cannibal" space event

The blackouts could come days after a series of plasma clouds burst from the sun, which triggered a minor solar radiation storm.

• Jul 18, 2023

India launches spacecraft in 2nd attempt to land on the moon's surface

It was a "text-book launch" for the rocket carrying the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on its lunar mission, with the next big test less than 2 months away.

• Jul 14, 2023

Viasat reveals potentially major trouble with new broadband satellite

The ViaSat-3 was expected to provide space-based internet access to customers in the western hemisphere starting this summer.

• Jul 13, 2023

Vulcan rocket's maiden flight delayed in wake of Centaur mishap

The company is implementing a fix to prevent hydrogen leaks like one that destroyed a Centaur upper stage in a test failure.

• Jul 13, 2023

New images show moon orbiting Earth — from Mars' point of view

The minimum distance between Mars and Earth is about 34 million miles, according to NASA.

• Jul 13, 2023

Webb telescope captures stunning image of nearby stellar nursery

The stellar nursery in the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex features about 50 young stars, all similar to Earth's sun or smaller.

• Jul 12, 2023

Northern lights could be seen in more than a dozen states this month

The forecast for the aurora borealis has changed.

• Jul 7, 2023

Sun unleashes solar flare strong enough to cause radio blackouts on Earth

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of the flare, which peaked on Sunday.

• Jul 5, 2023

Saturn's rings shine brightly in detailed new Webb telescope image

NASA unveiled a stunning image of the ringed planet and several of its moons.

• Jul 3, 2023

European space telescope promises new understanding of dark energy

The telescope will photograph billions of galaxies across the past 10 billion years to monitor how they were affected by dark energy and matter.

• Jul 1, 2023

Virgin Galactic launches its first commercial space flight

Virgin Galactic successfully launched its first paying customers to the edge of space.

• Jun 29, 2023

For first time, gravitational waves "heard" rippling through the universe

"We're starting to open up this new window on the universe," one astrophysicist said.

• Jun 29, 2023

Is the "internet apocalypse" coming?

When a major solar storm hit in 1859, "telegraph systems worldwide went haywire." Here's what to know if such an event were to hit today – and how likely it is to happen.

• Jun 28, 2023

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