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Making history! China lands rocket during an orbital launch for 1st time ever

A Chinese Long March 10B rocket aced its debut launch on Friday (July 10), sending a satellite to orbit and coming down for a history-makin…

Wally Funk, trailblazing pilot and astronaut, passes away at 87

Wally Funk, who flew to space at 82 after a lifetime of flying and fighting for women in aviation and aerospace, has passed away at age 87.

Scientists have discovered the oldest quasar ever seen, and it shines with the light of a trillion suns

Using the ESA's Euclid space telescope, astronomers have discovered a treasure trove of black hole-powered quasars in the early universe, i…

SpaceX wants to launch 100,000 Starlink satellites to orbit

SpaceX has applied for approval to operate a 100,000-member megaconstellation of next-gen Starlink satellites in Earth orbit. And each of t…

'Reckless' space-based data centers lack environmental review, drawing criticism

"Allowing a million orbiting data centers with no environmental review isn’t just irresponsible — it’s reckless."

'Silo' season 3 showrunner Graham Yost explains the time jumps and turning half of the show into a political thriller (interview)

'We're harkening back to 'Three Days of The Condor,' 'The Parallax View,' and things like that of the '70s.'

Could evidence of life on Mars be hiding in clay? Europe wants to send a rover to check

ESA's Rosalind Franklin rover will investigate possible signs of life in Martian clay.

Take a trip to the turquoise waters of the Bahamas (from space) | Space photo of the day for July 9, 2026

Can you hear the waves?

The US wants to build offshore rocket launch sites. Critics say 'our coasts deserve better'

The U.S. government is looking into launching commercial rockets from sea-based launch sites, but some advocacy groups fear making the ocea…

China announces plan to build early-warning system for dangerous asteroids

The country's plans include spacecraft designed to detect asteroids coming from the direction of the sun, which has long been a space-rock …

Staffing the moon base: How many astronauts should live in NASA's lunar outpost?

A simulation of future astronaut moon bases suggests that mission design, and not just psychology, needs to be considered for success.

Watch a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch for record-breaking 36th time early on July 9

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch for a record-breaking 36th time early Thursday morning (July 9), and you can watch the action live.

Japanese company books 1,100 pounds of cargo space on SpaceX Starship mission to the moon

The Japanese company ispace is expanding its already extensive moon plans to include SpaceX's Starship megarocket.

Dance of death between binary stars leads to an unusual supernova

When some stars die, they do not do so alone, potentially solving a long-standing mystery around a particular class of cosmic explosion cal…

NASA begins funding hardware for 'Skyfall' Mars helicopter mission

NASA's nuclear-powered mission to Mars is taking shape with the selection of Firefly Aerospace to design and manufacture the protective aer…

Trump gifts Artemis astronauts a flag from the US Capitol to plant on the moon

The next American flag to be planted on the moon has been placed in the hands of one of the last astronauts to walk on the lunar surface.

Shoebox-sized 'detector satellites' could sniff out a nuclear bomb in space

A constellation of cubesats fitted with special detectors could sniff out nuclear weapons hidden on satellites launched by adversary nation…

Venus takes center stage with 2 easy-to-see sky shows this July. Here's when and where to look

Venus pairs up with Regulus on July 9 before meeting a slender crescent moon on July 17.