Space

European soldiers work with vendors to launch Micro High-Altitude Balloons during Arcane Thunder 26 at the National Training Center, California, April 2026.

How head of Army’s space command became a ‘huge believer’ on high-altitude surveillance balloons

Mike Brest · October 14, 2026 4:44 pm

Seagulls fly near the site of SpaceX's mega rocket Starship as it is prepared for a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026.

Why SpaceX’s Starship orbital flight test is historic

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the space observatory Roman Telescope

AI’s data center problem could move to space

SpaceX's Starship rocket lifts off during a test flight from Starbase, Texas, with lots of billowing smoke up in arms around it.

Google to send experimental satellite with data center capabilities to space

Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess faces the American Flag as the National Anthem is played during his promotion ceremony.

Military prepares for war in space: ‘The demands right now… are not theoretical’

DON’T MISS IT: 2022’s final supermoon is Thursday!

Julia Johnson August 10, 2022 7:39 pm

Scientists discover what might be the youngest planet in the galaxy

Ryan King August 10, 2022 4:09 pm

Perseids meteor shower peak expected to be muted this week

Jenny Goldsberry August 10, 2022 2:30 pm

Leila McNeill wrote in an article republished in The Atlantic magazine on Monday that the skies are "still filtered through this tradition of mythic misogyny." (iStock photo)

Scientist apologizes for tricking followers into thinking slice of chorizo was distant star

Brady Knox August 6, 2022 11:00 am

Keeping track of lost time

Kaylee McGhee White August 5, 2022 3:00 am

SpaceX will administer health and fitness tests on the tourists before initial training for the mission begins. (AP Photo/NASA)

NASA will only let tourists go to space if accompanied by former astronauts

Cami Mondeaux August 3, 2022 7:26 pm

Days are getting shorter as the Earth spins faster

Jenny Goldsberry August 3, 2022 6:34 pm

SEE IT: James Webb Space Telescope reveals incredible Cartwheel Galaxy

Luke Gentile August 2, 2022 9:35 pm

China's Long March 5B Y3 carrier rocket, carrying its Wentian lab space station module, blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan Province Sunday, July 24, 2022.

US Space Command confirms Chinese rocket debris fell into Indian Ocean

Jenny Goldsberry July 30, 2022 8:07 pm

NASA's Perseverance rover is shown here collecting a rock from the surface of Mars. NASA announced it will launch two more mini helicopters to Mars in its effort to recover Martian rocks and soil samples and bring them to Earth.

NASA to launch helicopters to help return rock samples from Mars

Heather Hamilton July 28, 2022 3:11 pm

China's Long March 5B Y3 carrier rocket, carrying its Wentian lab space station module, blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan Province Sunday, July 24, 2022.

Huge Chinese rocket debris uncontrollably falling to Earth

Heather Hamilton July 26, 2022 2:39 pm

Russia announces intent to leave International Space Station after 2024

Abigail Adcox July 26, 2022 2:19 pm