Space News

On Dec. 7, 1972, NASA launched the last crew to land on the moon with the Apollo 17 mission. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!

China's giant, alien-hunting radio telescope is finishing its testing-and-commissioning phase, which has occurred over the past three years.

With limited crew time available, NASA's fourth spacewalk to fix an ailing dark-matter experiment may have to wait.

Here are our picks for the most amazing space photos of the week.

More Easter eggs than you can shake a gaderffii stick at.

Boeing, United Launch Alliance and NASA have completed a key test as the Starliner capsule approaches its first flight, which is now scheduled for Dec. 20.

As SpaceX prepares for a crucial Crew Dragon abort flight this month, you can watch the results of another recent spacecraft test in a video. Just remember to turn on the volume first.

These are the top space stories this week from Space.com.

In 2019, NASA practiced ways to extract astronauts from SpaceX's Crew Dragon and Boeing's Starliner space capsules. See photos of those very different emergency services here.

The third season of the space history series "Cosmos" will premiere on on the National Geographic Channel March 9, the network has announced.

A meteor blazes across the Milky Way galaxy in this colorful view from the La Silla Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert.

The liftoff came less than 24 hours after SpaceX's Dragon freighter began its own journey to the station.

Scientists are on the verge of being able to detect the "memory" left behind by gravitational waves.

The so-called Cybertruck is an angular, stainless steel, all-electric pickup truck that quickly became polarizing. Here's why it's revolutionary.

The Mandalorian director Jon Favreau addresses the lack of Baby Yoda toys for the holidays.

Long ago, millions of years before the first star sparked to life, the entire universe was a sea of darkness.

Rocket Lab just launched seven satellites to orbit, and learned a thing or two about bringing boosters back down to Earth for reuse.

The first results to come down from NASA's record-setting Parker Solar Probe have impressed the pioneering astrophysicist who lent the spacecraft his name.

The third and final solar eclipse of the year is coming up on Dec. 26. Here's a guide to when, where and how to see it.