Space

Australia is in the midst of a home battery-installation frenzy, as households scramble to take advantage of a subsidy...

The giant planets in our solar system—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—have challenged our understanding of planetary formation and evolution. Specifically, their atmospheric formations and compositions have provided awe-inspiring images from spacecraft...

Listen to this audio excerpt from Peter Rossoni, Orion Artemis II Optical Communications System flight manager:Your browser does not support the audio element.As a child, Peter Rossoni watched the Apollo missions launch with his family. In April 2026, he...

A week after her historic moon mission ended, NASA astronaut Christina Koch struggled to walk in a straight line during a blindfold test.After posting a video showing her wobbling and nearly tipping over — nearly enough, in fact, that...

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The National Space Club & Foundation announced its annual award recipients March 13, 2026, in Washington, D.C.   Two dedicated leaders from NASA’s Johnson Space Center were recognized for their contributions to human spaceflight. Orion Program Manager Howard Hu received the Norman L. Baker...

While dinosaurs ruled the land, Cretaceous oceans were home to a fierce and enormous octopus species that may have...

NASA will host a news conference at 1:45 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 29, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to preview astronaut Anil Menon’s upcoming mission to the International Space Station. Watch the news conference live on NASA’s...

On April 1, 2026, Artemis II launched on a nearly 10-day voyage around the Moon, marking the first crewed flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, splashed down...

So far, America has remained ahead in the new space race. But its biggest rival is making continual steps to catch up. China announced another step in that direction with the...