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February 12, 2023

Meteoroid expected to safely strike Earth's atmosphere Sunday evening over France

A meteorite is expected to safely strike Earth's atmosphere over northern France around 10:00 p.m. ET on Sunday evening, according to the European Space Agency.

February 9, 2023

Virgin Orbit suspects a $100 part was responsible for LauncherOne failure: report

A $100 part is suspected to be responsible for a Jan. 9 failure of Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket, according to the spaceflight company's chief executive.

February 1, 2023

Video shows 'mysterious' whirlpool spiral flying over Hawaii sky

A strange spiral was caught on video earlier this month as it soared over Maunakea, Hawaii, and a telescope operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.

January 31, 2023

NASA captures photo of 'bear's face' on the surface of Mars

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took a a photograph of a formation that resembles a bear's face on the surface of the Red Planet.

January 31, 2023

Satellite, rocket stage nearly collide in possible ‘worst-case scenario’

An old rocket body and a military satellite nearly collided on Friday. LeoLabs said the resulting crash would have resulted in thousands of fragments persisting for decades.

January 27, 2023

NASA successfully tests new engine for deep space exploration

NASA announced that its engineers developed and tested the first full-scale rotating detonation rocket engine. The supersonic rocket engine uses detonation.

January 21, 2023

American space legend Buzz Aldrin marries 63-year-old girlfriend on his 93rd birthday

Famed Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin made a surprise announcement Friday that he has married to his longtime girlfriend, Anca Faur, on his 93rd birthday.

January 20, 2023

First Native American woman in space steps out on spacewalk

The first Native American woman in space performed a spacewalk Friday to prep for adding more solar panels. Astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan's Koichi Wakata worked together on project.

January 11, 2023

NASA's James Webb Telescope finds first exoplanet almost exactly the same size as Earth

The James Webb Telescope hit another milestone on Wednesday, identifying its first exoplanet 41 light-years away that is almost exactly the same size as Earth.

December 21, 2022

NASA’s Mars rover deposits first sample on Red Planet for possible return to earth

NASA's Mars rover deposited the first sample of rocks on the Red Planet's surface so that they could eventually return to Earth for further analysis.