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An illustration of Earth orbit overcrowded with space junk and orbital debris.

2 big pieces of space junk nearly collide in orbital 'bad neighborhood'

By Brett Tingley published

Satellite monitoring and collision detection firm LeoLabs spotted a near-miss between a defunct Soviet rocket body and dead spy satellite that passed within about 20 feet (6 meters) of one another.

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'Dead Space' returns to haunt your dreams with new next-generation remake

By Jeff Spry published

Motive Studio and Electronic Arts releases the new remastered edition of "Dead Space" today

Asteroid 2023 BU during its approach to Earth seen through the eyes of the Virtual Telescope in Italy.

Watch an SUV-sized asteroid zoom by Earth in close shave flyby in this time-lapse video

By Tereza Pultarova published

Watch asteroid 2023 BU make a close flyby of Earth in images shared by the Virtual Telescope Project taken when the rock was just 13,670 miles (22,000 kilometers) from the surface.

engine firing flame with cooling water streaming nearby

Watch NASA test potentially revolutionary 3D-printed rocket engine (video)

By Elizabeth Howell published

This futuristic engine could save lots of propellant on interplanetary journeys, perhaps allowing NASA to explore the solar system more efficiently.

An artist's depiction of a spider star system, or a star orbiting a rapidly rotating pulsar.

Scientists spot 1st gamma-ray eclipses from strange 'spider' star systems

By Robert Lea published

The European Space Agency's JUICE spacecraft entering thermal testing.

Europe's JUICE mission to Jupiter's moons preparing for April 14 launch

By Andrew Jones published

Europe's mission to explore three icy moons of Jupiter is all set to begin its voyage to the outer solar system.

China's Shenzhou-15 manned spacecraft and a Long March-2F rocket being transferred to the launching area at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on November 21, 2022 in Jiuquan, Gansu Province of China.

China wants to launch over 200 spacecraft in 2023

By Andrew Jones published

China last year performed 64 orbital rocket launches and finished building its own space station, but the country is planning an even busier year for 2023.

An image of two colliding galaxies as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Galactic collisions act as a 'cosmic delivery service' for hungry monster black holes

By Robert Lea published

Astronomers may finally know what delivers the gas that feeds the powerful phenomena surrounding active black holes.

An illustration of NASA's Geotail spacecraft that has ended its mission after 31 years in space.

NASA's Geotail spacecraft ends 30-year mission studying Earth's magnetosphere

By Robert Lea published

After 31 years in orbit, NASA's magnetosphere-studying mission Geotail has come to end after the spacecraft's final data recorder failed.

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) with a short third tail (to the left of the comet) and longer gas and dust tails (to the right of the comet) on Jan. 21.

Optical illusion gives rare green comet an 'anti-tail' that seemingly defies physics

By Harry Baker published

C/2022 E3 (ZTF), a comet that has recently made headlines as it flies closer to Earth, briefly developed an ethereal third tail thanks to a weird optical illusion.

From left, Apollo 1 astronauts Virgil I. Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee pose in front of their Saturn 1 launch vehicle at Launch Complex 34 at the Kennedy Space Center. The astronauts later died in a fire on the pad.

On This Day In Space: Jan. 27, 1967: Apollo 1 fire kills NASA astronauts

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

On January 27, 1967, Apollo 1 astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were killed during a fire in their capsule during a test on the ground.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in its deployed form as seen in an artist's illustration.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission: Live updates

By Elizabeth Howell published

Read the latest news about NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

A team prepares NASA's Psyche spacecraft for launch inside the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on Dec. 8, 2022. Psyche will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from KSC's Launch Complex 39A in October 2023.

NASA to launch Psyche asteroid probe in October 2023 after delays

By Elizabeth Howell published

NASA's Psyche asteroid mission is targeting an October 2023 launch, after a one-year delay due to software issues.

An illustration of the night sky on Jan. 30 depicting Mars approaching the dark limb of the moon.

See the moon eclipse Mars on Jan. 30 in free telescope webcast

By Brett Tingley published

The moon will eclipse Mars on Monday (Jan. 30), and you can watch the event from the comfort of your own home thanks to a livestream from the Griffith Observatory.

A screenshot of a rocket launch in the "Juno: New Origins" game.

'Juno: New Origins' indie game lets you launch rockets and build planets

By Elizabeth Howell published

The gaming sandbox includes rockets, airplanes, cars and anything else that you want to subject to realistic physics.

This illustration shows what the Centaur Chariklo and its rings could look like, based on our current understanding.

James Webb Space Telescope discovers water ice at ringed asteroid Chariklo 'by remarkable luck'

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers observe a stellar occultation and discover the first clear evidence for water ice in the Chariklo system.

An image of the gap opening between the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica and an iceberg calved on Jan. 21.

Pictures from space! Our image of the day

By Space.com Staff published

This detailed image shows the gap opening between the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica and the iceberg that split from it on Saturday (Jan. 21).

The Jupiter moon Europa harbors a huge, potentially habitable ocean beneath its icy shell.

NASA funds nuclear probes for icy moons, huge new space telescopes and other far-out tech ideas

By Andrew Jones published

NASA has funded a new set of visionary concepts for space exploration that could one day prove useful — and perhaps even transformative.

An artist's depiction of the Lucy spacecraft flying past a pair of Trojan asteroids.

NASA's Lucy asteroid mission adds 10th space rock target

By Andrew Jones published

NASA's Jupiter Trojan asteroid-scouting mission has been given an additional space rock to visit, bringing the journey's total to 10 asteroids.

Blue Origin's New Shepard vehicle launches with the NS-21 crew from Launch Site One in West Texas on June 4, 2022.

Blue Origin plans to fly all-female crew to suborbital space: report

By Mike Wall published

Blue Origin plans to fly an all-female crew — led by Lauren Sanchez, the girlfriend of company founder Jeff Bezos — to suborbital space in the next year or so.