You thought Saturn’s 146 moons were impressive? Think again. The ringed planet’s moon count has nearly doubled with the official recognition of 128 new Saturnian moons, bringing its total to an astonishing 274 moons. That makes Jupiter’s 95 moons look paltry, and our single moon...

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Wednesday night (March 12). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink craft, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Wednesday at 10:35 p.m. EDT (0235...

On March 13, 1781, Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. Before Herschel discovered Uranus, other astronomers had seen it before, but no one realized it was planet. Instead, they thought it was a star. Herschel actually thought he was looking at a comet. Because it...

On March 11, 2008, the first piece of a Japanese module of the International Space Station launched on the space shuttle Endeavour during mission STS-123. The mission launched the Kibo Logistics Module, a storage room for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s massive Japanese Experiment...

A SpaceX rocket, complete with Dragon astronaut capsule, looks stunning in the dawn twilight as the sun rises over its Florida launch pad in this stunning series of photos from the private spaceflight company. These SpaceX photos show its Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon Endurance capsule as they...

There was a glimmer in the air tonight at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and it wasn’t only because a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took to the skies carrying precious NASA cargo. As the agency’s SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH solar mission rode toward their orbital stations...

Two NASA missions called “SPHEREx” and “PUNCH” were supposed to share a ride to space this evening (March 10), but it wasn’t meant to be. The agency had planned to launch both missions at the same time on Saturday (March 8) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, but SpaceX...

“We’ve run into a lot of challenges along the way have caused us some launch delays, but this team has pulled together and worked diligently to get us over that.” After more than a week of delays, two new NASA missions have been cleared for liftoff tonight (March 10). The space...

NASA will close several offices and reduce its workforce to comply with an executive order from President Donald Trump. NASA‘s Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy will be shuttered, as will the Office of the Chief Scientist, and the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) and Accessibility...