NASA's Swift Space Telescope is set to crash back to Earth this week
What goes up must eventually come down
The solar system may have a sixth dwarf planet, hidden against the Milky Way
Estimated at 600 to 1,500 km across, it may be the largest object found past Neptune in about 20 years
Elon Musk confirms Tesla and SpaceX merger talks
It could create the largest corporate merger in history
Europe's four largest carriers want to build a Starlink rival, but they don't have satellites
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, and Vodafone sign a letter of intent to explore a joint bid for satellite spectrum
FCC approves 15,000 SpaceX Starlink satellites that could compete directly with cellular carriers
The new constellation will support native calls, streaming, browsing, and other mobile services from orbit
Blue Origin reveals 65-foot solar tower designed to power future bases on the Moon
The Power Tower is designed to generate more than 10 kilowatts
We're losing the night sky as light pollution makes it 10% brighter every year
Darkness is becoming a luxury
SpaceX's Starship finally reaches orbit and puts 26 Starlink satellites into space
The milestone gives SpaceX a way to deploy its much larger Starlink V3 satellites
Google is launching AI chips into space to see if they survive up there
Google's space AI chip test isn't about power, it's about whether the hardware survives at all
SpaceX has stopped taking Falcon 9 bookings past 2028, betting everything on Starship
Starship hasn't reached orbit yet, with its first attempt scheduled for September 28
Starcloud wants to mine Bitcoin in space, if it can figure out how to cool the hardware
The Nvidia-backed startup is betting on abundant solar power and dedicated ASIC miners to make it work
Airbus is using a Steam Deck to drive a Mars rover prototype
The Valve handheld gives engineers a way to develop autonomous navigation for Mars
The US just admitted, for the first time, that it has weapons deployed in space
Statement aimed at China and Russia, which the US has accused of developing space weapons
Space debris is multiplying, so satellite makers are building better ways to survive a hit
New sensors and shields aim to protect spacecraft from debris
Japan is launching a mission to bring back the first samples from a Martian moon
MMX will land on Phobos autonomously due to 20-minute communication delays
Russia's Starlink rival is struggling as satellites fail to reach their planned orbits
Russia's answer to Starlink is off to a rough start with satellites falling out of orbit
This tiny space mission wants to reach Alpha Centauri, in about 80,000 years
The crowdfunded mission aims to launch in just three years for under $15 million
NASA launched a space telescope on Sunday that will give astronomers a much wider view of the universe
Its enormous wide-field surveys will uncover planets, galaxies and cosmic structures
SpaceX will build a $100 billion Starbase in Louisiana, a 195-square-mile spaceport designed for thousands of annual launches
The self-sustaining complex will feature 10 launch pads, fuel production, power generation, and an airport
NASA's Gateway could become the Moon's first airport – here's how traffic will work
Spacecraft could queue in a string-of-pearls formation while waiting to dock
NASA study finds Earth fungi could survive up to 7 days near lunar south pole
The findings could force NASA to rethink spacecraft cleaning ahead of Artemis landings
Astronomers may have discovered a new kind of object called a black hole star
It could contain a black hole 100,000 times the mass of the Sun, wrapped in an enormous shell of gas
NASA-tested vest could cut astronauts' radiation exposure by 60% during major solar storms
The 57-pound vest could provide substantial protection during dangerous bursts of solar radiation
The FCC approved "space mirrors" that experts say could blind stargazers and disrupt wildlife
A startup wants 50,000 mirrors in orbit, but risks are being ignored
Sharpest-ever images of the sun reveal tiny plasma whirlpools scientists have chased for decades
The Inouye Solar Telescope captured miniature magnetic vortices on the solar surface