NASA releases spectacular image to celebrate James Webb Space Telescope
NASA is marking the anniversary of the JWST’s scientific debut with the release of a spectacular new image.
By Joel AchenbachA mind-bending discovery about our universe
Compared to the chaos of Earth, outer space can seem serene. But, thanks to a recent discovery, we now know that the very fabric of the cosmos is being pushed and pulled by gravitational waves — waves powerful enough to distort space-time.
By Reena Flores, Gabe O'Connor and Sean CarterUniforms? Check. Motto? Check. Now the Space Force needs an identity.
Three years after it was established as the sixth branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, the U.S. Space Force is working to define its mission.
By Christian DavenportVirgin Galactic finally flies its first commercial space tourism mission
The spaceflight comes nearly 20 years after Richard Branson started the company.
By Christian DavenportIn a major discovery, scientists say space-time churns like a choppy sea
The claim of a gravitational wave background suggests the universe is constantly roiled by violent events that happened over the past 13 billion years.
By Joel Achenbach and Victoria JaggardFirouz Naderi, NASA official who put rovers on Mars, dies at 77
The missions he led vastly expanded human understanding of the Red Planet and made him a hero to fellow Iranian Americans.
By Emily LangerThis alien ocean is the first known to have all elements crucial for life
The subsurface ocean on an icy moon of Saturn appears to have the ingredients needed for “habitability."
By Joel AchenbachThis is not your Apollo moon buggy. NASA wants a new moon rover.
The “Lunar Terrain Vehicle” would play a key role in NASA’s plan to create the infrastructure that would allow a long-term human presence on the moon.
By Christian DavenportBoeing crewed spaceflight for NASA delayed again in another setback
Ten years after it was awarded a $4.2 billion contract by NASA, Boeing has yet to fly any NASA astronauts to the International Space Station.
By Christian DavenportState Department seeks to expand its space diplomacy efforts
The new agency document details a “strategic framework for space diplomacy.”
By Christian DavenportVirgin Galactic plane reaches space with 6 employees onboard
The successful test flight should mean the company, founded by Richard Branson, could soon begin commercial service.
By Christian DavenportRichard Branson’s Virgin Orbit sells assets, shuts down
The company's plan to send satellites to space from rockets launched from a 747 drew interest from the Pentagon.
By Christian DavenportSpaceX launches 4 private citizens to the space station
It's the second mission chartered by the Houston company Axiom Space. Aboard will be a veteran NASA astronaut, two Saudis and an American entrepreneur.
By Christian DavenportBezos’s Blue Origin wins NASA contract to land astronauts on the moon
Friday's contract award is for NASA's planned third human lunar landing. SpaceX won contracts for the first two Artemis landing missions.
By Christian DavenportIs the sun white or yellow? It’s a hot debate, and everyone’s wrong.
A Twitter post left people divided over the sun's color. We asked scientists to weigh in.
By María Luisa PaúlA start-up teams with SpaceX to be first to orbit a commercial space station
If the plans come to fruition, it would mark another milestone in the privatization of space.
By Christian DavenportNASA goes full throttle on Mars, but hits speed bumps on road to Venus
At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, leadership is steering this storied institution through an unusually rocky period
By Joel AchenbachElon Musk describes Starship flight as ‘roughly what I expected’
The flight termination system took too long to destroy the rocket, Musk said, and the pad needs to be reinforced with steel.
By Christian DavenportU.S. is concerned about rivals’ space threats, leaked documents show
Russia's program is in tatters, hurt by international sanctions and competition with SpaceX, while China's is showing increasing capabilities.
By Christian DavenportSpaceX launch torched part of state park, sent debris flying, feds say
The SpaceX Starship explosion above Texas started a 3.5-acre fire and sent debris flying thousands of feet away, according to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
By Ben Brasch