Space Exploration

The European Space Agency said the one-hour live stream showing images from Mars “will be the closest you can get to a live view from the Red Planet.”

Officials with China’s burgeoning space program say they plan to place astronauts on the moon before 2030 and expand their space station.

The observations, conducted from 2017 to 2022, will help researchers better understand how stars evolve from dust.

For the first time, scientists have caught a star in the act of swallowing a planet — not just a nibble or bite, but one big gulp.

A new study suggests water on Mars may be more widespread and recent than previously thought. Scientists reported the finding from China’s Mars rover in Science Advances on Friday.

A spacecraft around Mars has sent back close-up photos of the red planet’s little moon.

SpaceX’s giant new rocket blasted off on its first test flight but failed minutes after rising from the launch pad.

A French company is offering passengers the chance to travel over 15 miles into the stratosphere for a luxurious experience of eating, drinking and more. Here are all the details.

SpaceX is targeting Thursday for its next Starship test flight after Monday’s launch attempt was called off.

It’s the biggest and mightiest rocket ever built, and could one day take people to the moon and Mars.

SpaceX had to cancel its launch attempt of the Starship test flight on Monday due to a issue with the pressurization system.

It will take the robotic explorer, dubbed Juice, eight years to reach Jupiter, where it will scope out not only the solar system’s biggest planet but also Europa, Callisto and Ganymede.

The European Space Agency is on a quest to explore Jupiter and three of its moons.

Virgin Orbit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after failing to secure a funding lifeline.

Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart gave employees an update in an all-hands meeting on Thursday, according to audio obtained by CNBC.

An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will zip harmlessly between Earth and the moon’s orbit this weekend. Saturday’s close encounter will offer astronomers the chance to study a space rock from just over 100,000 miles away. That’s less than half the distance from here to the moon. While asteroid flybys are common, NASA says a big one...

Michigan students are looking for ways to feed astronauts in space as part of a competition with the NASA HUNCH program that combines a variety of disciplines from engineering to the culinary arts.

In addition to $8.1 billion for NASA’s lunar Artemis program, Biden also aims to allocate funds for a mission to return Mars rock and soil samples.

A mostly 3D printed rocket manufactured is scheduled for its first launch Wednesday from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

The European Space Agency has been suggesting the formation of a time zone on the moon. Why do they think we need it and how exactly do they tell time on the moon?