Latest articles by Meghan Bartels
India to attempt its next moon landing with Chandrayaan 3 launch in August
India plans to give landing on the moon a second try with its Chandrayaan 3 mission, which is now targeted to launch in August.
Strange twin asteroids, the youngest ever seen, likely broke apart just 300 years ago
Scientists spotted two space rocks that may be Earth's freshest asteroid neighbors, but have to wait until 2033 to see them again.
The International Space Station will eventually die by fire
The end of the International Space Station is inevitable — and complicated.
NASA prepares for moon's dark south pole in eerie lights-out 'spacewalk' (photo)
NASA is preparing for the day its astronauts explore the south pole of the moon by heading underwater with the lights out.
NASA delays rollout of Artemis 1 moon mission's SLS megarocket until March. Hear why today.
NASA won't roll its first moon-bound megarocket out to the launch pad any earlier than March, again delaying the launch of its Artemis 1 mission.
Lunar New Year 2022 roars in with celebratory Google doodle
Today (Feb. 1) marks a new moon and the first day of a new lunar year.
Bizarre alien planet has layered atmosphere of vaporized metals
Scientists have spotted the first evidence of an alien world with an atmosphere that's layered like Earth's — although perhaps a little too toasty for human tastes.
European sun probe flew through the tail of Comet Leonard
As Comet Leonard bid farewell to Earth and flew past Venus, a sun-studying spacecraft flew through the comet's long tail, giving humans a new perspective on the icy wanderer.
Animals in space
The first animals reached space in 1947, but it wasn't until 1960 that animals orbited Earth and landed safely.
NASA's Lucy asteroid spacecraft still has a wonky solar array as it flies through space
Three months after launch, a new NASA asteroid spacecraft is still getting settled into its life beyond Earth.
NASA planet-hunting mission finds 5,000 possible alien worlds in less than 4 years
It's been a busy four years for NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and the scientists who seek planets in its data.
NASA and Axiom ink deal for 1st private astronaut mission to space station
NASA and Texas-based company Axiom Space have agreed on terms for the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, which will launch as soon as January 2022.
Axiom Space picks Thales Alenia to build commercial space station modules
A new commercial agreement marks a step forward in the quest to add a new module to the International Space Station — one that will become an independent space station after the massive lab's tenure.
Ghostly glow in alien skies: 'Zodiacal light' possibly spotted on 3 exoplanets
Watch the sun set from a particularly dark patch of Earth and you may spot a triangle of what scientists call zodiacal light extending from where our star passed below the horizon.
NASA space station officials weigh in on remaining in orbit until 2030
NASA's International Space Station team is eager to stick with the orbiting laboratory until 2030.
James Webb Space Telescope marks deployment of all mirrors
NASA's massive new observatory has notched another milestone.
Scorching alien planet takes seasons to an extreme
Scientists have gotten a close look at an extreme case of seasons, thanks to a retired NASA telescope.
Laika the space dog: First living creature in orbit
Laika, a Moscow street dog, became the first creature to orbit Earth, but she died in space.
The hunt is on for exomoons around alien planets and scientists may have just found one
Time for another tantalizing glimpse of what alien solar systems might look like.
NASA may need more astronauts for space station, moon missions, report says
NASA may need more astronauts to meet its human spaceflight goals over the coming years, according to a new report from the agency's investigative office.
Supermassive black hole gobbled up a star in the 1980s, and high schoolers helped discover it
Astronomers have found evidence of a black hole snacking on a star in data gathered back in the 1980s, according to new research.
Virgin Orbit lands in Times Square NYC to ring NASDAQ bell
Another kind of countdown hit New York City's Times Square Friday (Jan. 7) as a commercial spaceflight company celebrated joining the NASDAQ stock exchange.
James Webb Space Telescope has unfolded 1st wing of massive golden mirror
Unfolding the two side wings of the James Webb Space Telescope's golden primary mirror marks the last major task in assembling the observatory.
