Space Exploration

The head of the European Space Agency says that ESA is ready for any changes in NASA's direction that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump may make.

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is a flagship NASA telescope that could answer the ultimate question.

The shells of carbon-rich dust are expanding outward into space at the breakneck velocity of 1,600 miles per second.

How do images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) appear so colorful, and where do the colors come from?

Read the latest news about SpaceX's Starship megarocket test flights, launches, photos and more.

Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.

SpaceX's seventh Starship test flight will now launch no earlier than Thursday, Jan. 16, at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT).

Scientists think it's possible that life cells from Earth could've been transferred to Venus, thanks to asteroid impacts over the last few billion years.

On Jan. 16, 2006: NASA's Stardust mission returned to Earth carrying samples of cometary material.

Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket reached orbit on its first-ever flight early this morning (Jan. 16).