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NASA astronaut Mike Fincke retires after 30 years at the space agency
By Josh Dinner Published
With four launches and nine spacewalks under his belt, Fincke leaves NASA as the fourth-most-flown astronaut at the space agency.

Supermassive black hole spews energy 300,000 light years into deep space
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
That's three times longer than the Milky Way galaxy.

NASA's canceled lunar space station tech will help build the Artemis moon base
By Josh Dinner Published
Northrop Grumman plans to take technology built into the HALO module for NASA's canceled lunar space station and repurpose it to help develop the Artemis moon base.

'The X-Files' creator Chris Carter says new director's cut of 'I Want to Believe' is 'the horror movie that we really wanted to make' (interview)
By Brett Tingley Published
Chris Carter, creator of "The X-Files", is revisiting the 2008 film "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" in an new R-rated director's cut coming to Hulu on Aug. 14.

How to image the planets with a telescope and camera
By Damian Peach Published
Follow our step-by-step tutorial to photographing Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and Venus

Virgin Galactic delays next commercial spaceflight to 2027
By Mike Wall Published
Virgin Galactic has pushed the resumption of its commercial flights back by a few months, to February 2027. The company hasn't been to space since June 2024.

The Perseid meteor shower peak was spectacular: Here are our favorite photos
By Anthony Wood Published
The Perseid meteor shower never disappoints, and we've got some great photos this year to prove it.

On this day in space! Aug. 13, 2014: Game-changing WorldView-3 Earth-observing satellite launches to orbit
By Hanneke Weitering Published
The WorldView-3 Earth-observing satellite.
Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!

