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SpaceX launches 1st Starlink satellites of 2025 (photos)
SpaceX launched the first batch of its internet satellites this year from Florida's Space Coast today (Jan. 6).
From gassy geysers to frosty avalanches, let’s ring in the Martian New Year!
It’s time to ring in the Martian New Year with a variety of strange sights on the planet’s Northern Hemisphere.
US Space Force broke its launch record in 2024 with 93 liftoffs
An impressive 93 launches lifted off from Florida’s coast in 2024, setting a new Space Force record for the second year in a row.
BluShift Aerospace hopes to launch 1st suborbital rocket from Maine in 2025
Maine-based bluShift Aerospace is planning for its next big milestone: a suborbital flight test toward the end of 2025.
SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 test flight will deploy simulated Starlink satellites for 1st time
SpaceX aims to launch the seventh Starship flight test on Jan. 10. It will mark the first time the company attempts to deploy a payload during the flight.
How Pluto captured its largest moon Charon with a 10-hour icy 'kiss'
Pluto may have got romantic to capture its largest moon, colliding and engaging in a passionate but icy 10 hour kiss with Charon billions of years ago.
Astronomers have pinpointed the origin of mysterious repeating radio bursts from space
In new research, we have for the first time tracked a fast radio burst back to its source: a common kind of lightweight star called a red dwarf.
Space pictures! See our space image of the day
Space.com's image of the day rounds up the most awe-inspiring space photos right here, with a new image everyday.
