Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! Those who witnessed its spectacular approach to within 35.78 million miles (57.58 million km) of Earth in ...

Space can be a wondrous place ... the station's cupola module as the sun sinks behind the shadowy face of Earth's night side. 262 miles below, the blue tint of the South Atlantic Ocean paints ...

With the Taurid meteor shower now hitting the night skies ... meteor swarm through space. As a physicist who researches the risk that comets and asteroids pose to the Earth, I’m aware that ...

I started by asking what keeps them up at night. For Donelson, it’s “knowing our adversaries understand our reliance on space” and are ... are believable and real.” One person who has ...

Despite the physical strain, the experience was profoundly rewarding. “The Earth from space is indescribable,” Kitchen said. “The colors, the curves, the vast oceans—it’s a view that reminds you how ...

SpaceX's Starlink revealed that it enabled real-time ... closer to Earth and is conducting a study to assess the impact of this deployment on travel to and from the International Space Station ...

Astronomers are keeping an eye on asteroid 2024 XU9. This 110-foot space rock will pass Earth on 14 December 2024. Despite its "near-miss" label, experts confirm there’s no danger. How Close ...

SpaceX had two Space Coast launches booked for the weekend, but after scrubbing the first launch attempt on Friday night, have shuffled ... SES headed to medium-Earth orbit. A backup option ...

Astronomers believe the Star of Bethlehem or "Christmas Star" could have been a real event explained by something as simple as Jupiter in opposition, which happens this year on Dec. 7.

An asteroid streaked past northern Siberia in the middle of the night Tuesday before burning up in Earth’s atmosphere ... the European Space Agency wrote on X. The asteroid, temporarily given ...