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Watch SpaceX launch Turkey's 1st homegrown communications satellite today

SpaceX will launch Turkey's first domestically produced communications satellite today (July 8), and you can watch the action live.

Watch SpaceX launch Turkey's 1st homegrown communications satellite today

Hurricane Beryl makes landfall as Category 1 hurricane along eastern Texas (video)

The strongest hurricane to occur this early in the year makes landfall in Matagorda, Texas, as a Category 1 early Monday (July 8) morning.

Hurricane Beryl makes landfall as Category 1 hurricane along eastern Texas (video)

'Star Trek' legend Jonathan Frakes to direct new series, 'Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime'

Jonathan Frakes will direct a new miniseries adaptation of the "Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime" novels.

'Star Trek' legend Jonathan Frakes to direct new series, 'Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime'

Extreme 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet stinks like rotten eggs and has raging glass storms

As if deadly rains of glass, temperatures hot enough to melt lead, and sidewise 5,000 mph winds weren't unfriendly enough, the JWST has found a Jupite...

Extreme 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet stinks like rotten eggs and has raging glass storms

Weird physics at the edges of black holes may help resolve lingering 'Hubble trouble'

The expansion of the universe may not be accelerating at the edges of black holes. If this is the case at all event horizons, this may explain "Hubble...

Weird physics at the edges of black holes may help resolve lingering 'Hubble trouble'

After 14 years in space, NASA's prolific NEOWISE asteroid-hunter is about to shut down

A NASA asteroid-hunting mission is coming to a close, paving the way for the next generation of planetary defense efforts.

After 14 years in space, NASA's prolific NEOWISE asteroid-hunter is about to shut down

'This is how we get to Mach 3:' Virgin Galactic's Jameel Janjua on his long journey to space (exclusive)

Jameel Janjua made it 'to the bitter end' in a Canadian astronaut government selection in 2009, but wasn't chosen. He found a different path to space,...

'This is how we get to Mach 3:' Virgin Galactic's Jameel Janjua on his long journey to space (exclusive)

Space radiation can damage satellites − my team discovered that a next-generation material could self-heal when exposed to cosmic rays

The space environment is harsh and full of extreme radiation. Scientists designing spacecraft and satellites need materials that can withstand these c...

Space radiation can damage satellites − my team discovered that a next-generation material could self-heal when exposed to cosmic rays

Astrophotographer captures stunningly detailed photos of our 'fuzzy' sun

Check out these three incredible solar images taken by astrophotographer Mark Johnston from his backyard in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Astrophotographer captures stunningly detailed photos of our 'fuzzy' sun

Jumping on an asteroid: How VR is being used to visit worlds we can never reach

At the 2024 Astronomical Society of Australia's Annual Scientific Meeting, I got to walk on an asteroid in virtual reality. Here's what I found in Ryu...

Jumping on an asteroid: How VR is being used to visit worlds we can never reach

Chasing the midnight sun along Norway's arctic coastline

Join me on an adventure along Norway's stunning coastline as I explore the strange phenomenon of the midnight sun, where the sun doesn't set below the...

Chasing the midnight sun along Norway's arctic coastline

SpaceX's Starship to fly again 'in 4 weeks,' Elon Musk says

SpaceX aims to launch the fifth test flight of its huge Starship rocket just four weeks from now, Elon Musk said.

SpaceX's Starship to fly again 'in 4 weeks,' Elon Musk says

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 118 —Understanding the Darkness

On Episode 118 of This Week In Space, Rod and guest co-host Isaac Arthur talk with Alina Kiessling and Jason Rhodes of JPL about the concepts of dark ...

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 118 —Understanding the Darkness

Watch NASA's 1st year-long mock Mars mission wrap up today

Four volunteers will exit a mock Mars habitat at NASA's Johnson Space Center today (July 6), bringing the agency's first year-long simulated Red Plane...

Watch NASA's 1st year-long mock Mars mission wrap up today

'Space Cadet' is a silly sendup of NASA's serious astronaut training program (review)

A review of Prime Video's new NASA astronaut training comedy, "Space Cadet," starring Emma Roberts.

'Space Cadet' is a silly sendup of NASA's serious astronaut training program (review)

The great silence: Just 4 in 10,000 galaxies may host intelligent aliens

Without plate tectonics, oceans and continents, complex life that is able to invent and master advanced technology might never evolve.

The great silence: Just 4 in 10,000 galaxies may host intelligent aliens

Earth has 7 strange quasi-moons — and you could name one of them

The International Astronomical Union has partnered with the Radiolab podcast to present a quasi-moon-naming contest.

Earth has 7 strange quasi-moons — and you could name one of them

Journey to JAXA: Why I skipped Mount Fuji and went straight to the Japanese space agency

Japan has many iconic tourist destinations, but one place unlikely to be on many itineraries is about 90 minutes from central Tokyo – and it's just as...

Journey to JAXA: Why I skipped Mount Fuji and went straight to the Japanese space agency

SpaceX teases catching Super Heavy booster with 'chopsticks' on upcoming Starship test flight (video)

SpaceX released a highlight reel from the fourth flight test of the Starship megarocket, which includes a tease of a new capability the company may te...

SpaceX teases catching Super Heavy booster with 'chopsticks' on upcoming Starship test flight (video)

2 asteroids just zipped by Earth, and NASA caught footage of the action

NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar has collected invaluable information about two asteroids that flew very close to Earth. Don't worry, neither posed...

2 asteroids just zipped by Earth, and NASA caught footage of the action