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’

NASA unveils ambitious plan to discover life on distant planets

Luke Gentile July 25, 2022 3:27 pm

Oldest galaxy in universe discovered

Brayden Dean July 21, 2022 3:02 pm

James Webb telescope faces ‘significant uncorrectable’ damage from micrometeoroid hit: Report

Ryan King July 20, 2022 3:21 pm

Space Development Agency announces contracts for hypersonic weapons defense

Mike Brest July 18, 2022 7:22 pm

‘Mars needs people’: Mark Cuban shares what Elon Musk told him about having children

Julia Johnson July 17, 2022 5:16 pm

This illustration provided by NASA shows the Perseverance rover, bottom, landing on Mars. Hundreds of critical events must execute perfectly and exactly on time for the rover to land safely on Feb. 18, 2021. Entry, Descent, and Landing, or "EDL," begins when the spacecraft reaches the top of the Martian atmosphere, traveling nearly 12,500 mph (20,000 kph). EDL ends about seven minutes after atmospheric entry, with Perseverance stationary on the Martian surface.

Elon Musk reveals when he thinks we will land on Mars

Cami Mondeaux July 16, 2022 5:13 pm

SEE IT: NASA releases ‘absolutely astonishing’ image of Jupiter

Luke Gentile July 15, 2022 2:21 pm

This image provided by NASA shows the immense Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31, captured in full in this new image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.

Out of this world: Astronomers discover mysterious ‘heartbeat’ in far-off galaxy

Julia Johnson July 13, 2022 9:28 pm

Technicians lift the mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope using a crane at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The telescopeâs 18-segmented gold mirror is specially designed to capture infrared light from the first galaxies that formed in the early universe.

James Webb telescope comes after years of American persistence

James Sweet July 12, 2022 9:44 pm

James Webb Space Telescope captures ‘signature of water’ on distant gas planet

Abigail Adcox July 12, 2022 3:30 pm

July’s ‘buck’ moon to light up the sky this week

Luke Gentile July 12, 2022 2:24 pm

This image provided by NASA on Monday, July 11, 2022, shows galaxy cluster SMACS 0723.

First full-color image from James Webb Space Telescope revealed

Abigail Adcox July 11, 2022 8:56 pm