News
Latest News

Watch the sun set over the moon in epic video from private Blue Ghost lunar lander
By Mike Wall published
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander captured amazing views of the lunar sunset shortly before shutting down on Sunday (March 16).

Watch how SpaceX makes 15,000 Starlink satellite internet kits a day (video)
By Julian Dossett published
SpaceX released a video that offers a glimpse at how Starlink satellite kits are made in the company's factory outside of Austin, Texas.

Astronaut takes a mind-bending trip over Earth beneath star trails: Space photo of the day
By Tariq Malik published
NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured this stunning long-exposure view of Earth and stars from space at night from the International Space Station.

New cosmic 'baby pictures' reveal our universe taking its 1st steps towards stars and galaxies
By Robert Lea published
The clearest and most precise images yet of the universe’s infancy from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope show the first steps toward the first stars and galaxies.

Punch it! 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Season 4 starts filming before Season 3 even airs
By Jeff Spry published
Paramount celebrates with a USS Enterprise bridge photo and new Season 3 character posters

How NASA's Starliner mission went from 10 days to 9 months: A timeline
By Julian Dossett last updated
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are on their way home from a nine-month space mission that was supposed to last just 10 days. Here's a rundown of their eventful time off Earth.

Private Starlab space station moves into 'full-scale development' ahead of 2028 launch
By Tereza Pultarova published
The Starlab commercial space station project is moving toward the production phase, having passed a key development milestone with NASA.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer threatens to hit Earth, but we can still hit it — for science!
By Paul Sutter published
Despite a brief panic, asteroid 2024 YR4 isn't likely to hit us anytime soon, but we can still study the asteroid up close to help us understand these space rocks.

'Apollo 1' director surprised by details of ill-fated mission in new documentary
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
It was the opening scene of "Apollo 13" and was recreated for the Neil Armstrong biopic "First Man." It was also included in director Mark Craig's "Last Man on the Moon," inspiring "Apollo 1."
Get the Space.com Newsletter
Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!