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India space program: Rocket launches, missions and news

By Space.com Staff last updated 6 September 22

India's space program is making giant leaps to the moon, Mars and beyond. See the latest missions, videos and news from the Indian Space Research Organisation here.

Expert Voices - Don Lincoln: Explaining dark matter and the universe

By Don Lincoln last updated 6 September 22

Co-author of more than 800 scientific papers, Don Lincoln pursues a range of elusive questions, from the nature of dark matter to the structure of quarks and leptons.

Asteroids: Latest photos, flybys and discoveries

By Tariq Malik last updated 6 September 22

Asteroids are space rocks thought to be the remains left over from the formation of the solar system.

The Large Hadron Collider is the most powerful particle accelerator to date.

Particle physics science and discoveries: Latest news

By Space.com Staff published 30 August 22

Read the latest news about particle physics.

Artist's Conception of Curiosity Mars Rover

Curiosity: Latest News About Mars Science Laboratory

By Space.com Staff last updated 2 August 22

The Mars rover Curiosity, also known as the Mars Science Laboratory, landed on the Red Planet in August 2012.

Diagram showing our solar system (not to scale).

Solar system, our planets, asteroids and moons: Latest news

By Space.com Staff last updated 17 February 22

From planets and asteroids to the sun and comets, see the latest discoveries from across the solar system.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has successfully deployed its giant primary mirror, putting the new observatory one big step closer to being ready for launch in 2021. The entire 256-inch (6.5 meters) primary mirror assembly unfurled into the same configuration that it would be after deploying in space. This critical test took place in early March 2020, right before NASA's centers shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Work on the Webb telescope was temporarily halted on March 20.

James Webb Space Telescope: The latest images and discoveries

By Hanneke Weitering published 15 December 21

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

This image depicts three hot blobs of matter orbiting a black hole. If placed in our Solar System, this black hole would appear like a dark abyss spread out nearly as wide as Mercury's orbit. And the three blobs (each as large as the Sun) would be as far

Latest News About Black Holes

By Space.com Staff last updated 16 September 21

A black hole is a location in space that possesses so much gravity, nothing can escape its pull, even light.

Star Wars: The latest news, movies, TV shows and more

By Space.com Staff published 4 May 21

A long time ago (1976, to be precise), the original "Star Wars" saga was born, quickly evolving into one of the most popular sci-fi franchises of all time. See the latest "Star Wars" news here!

The latest games and news for space fans.

Space Games: The latest video games and board games & more

By Space.com Staff last updated 12 February 21

See the latest science fiction and space games for PC, consoles and tabletops from across the final frontier.

The Guardian of Forever from the original series of Star Trek.

Star Trek: Beam up the latest news, movies & TV shows

By Space.com Staff last updated 8 February 21

"Star Trek" is a science-fiction franchise that originated with the 1960s television series created by Gene Roddenberry. See the latest news from "the final frontier" here.

NASA’s Artemis Program seeks to return humans to the surface of the moon for the first time since the Apollo program.

Artemis program, NASA's return to the moon: Latest news

By Space.com Staff last updated 25 January 21

See the latest news about NASA's Artemis program to return humans to the moon.

Illustration of NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars.

Perseverance Mars rover: Latest photos, discoveries and news

By Space.com Staff published 1 January 21

See the latest news about NASA's Perseverance Mars rover.

Blue Origin rocket launches and latest news

By Space.com Staff published 17 September 20

See the latest news from Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' private space tourism company.

An artist's depiction of the novel coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19.

Coronavirus pandemic: Full space industry coverage

By Space.com Staff last updated 18 March 20

Space.com will keep you up to date on the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on space exploration and missions, including astronomy conference and launch delays, cancellations and more.

This Hubble Space Telescope image shows the full beauty of nearby spiral galaxy M83 in a mosaic of many photos stitched together. The magentas and blues indicate star-forming regions. Also known as the Southern Pinwheel, M83 is located 15 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. Image released January 2014.

American Astronomical Society Meetings: Latest discoveries and science

By Space.com Staff published 6 January 20

The 237th meeting of the American Astronomical Society will unveil the latest discoveries in space and the future of astronomy.

Boeing in Space, Starliner and mission news

By Space.com Staff last updated 18 December 19

See the latest Boeing Starliner images, videos and other Boeing space news here.

Heads of the world's space agencies convene at the 70th annual International Astronautical Congress in Washington, on Oct. 21, 2019. From left to right: Pascale Ehrenfreund, incoming president of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF); Jean-Yves Le Gall, current president of IAF; NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine; Johann-Dietrich Woerner, Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA); Hiroshi Yamakawa, President of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA); Sylvain Laporte, President of the Canadian Space Agency; Sergey Krikalev, Executive Director for Piloted Spaceflights for Roscosmos; and S. Somanath, Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)

International Astronautical Congress: Complete Coverage

By Space.com Staff last updated 18 December 19

SpaceX, Starship, Dragon Capsules & Falcon 9: Latest News

By Space.com Staff published 28 September 19

Private rocket company SpaceX is a leader among the new space push to send humans to orbit on commercial craft.

The Hubble Space Telescope, as seen in 2009 during the last space shuttle mission to service it.

Hubble Space Telescope: Latest photos, discoveries and findings

By Space.com Staff published 14 August 19