Rocket Lab launches a Japanese satellite from the space company’s complex in New Zealand

In this image released by Rocket Lab, an electron rocket successfully takes off from its launch…

Biden hosts four NASA astronauts, the first crew aiming to fly around the moon in a half-century

Artemis II crew members from left, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch, and Jeremy Hansen…

New rockets set to launch in 2024

The Ariane 6 rocket, which carries Europe’s hopes for space autonomy from the United States and…

SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch on hold for now, weather delays Falcon 9 attempt too

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain SpaceX is standing down from attempting to launch its powerhouse Falcon Heavy…

NASA’s NEOWISE celebrates 10 years, plans end of mission

NEOWISE is depicted in an artist’s concept in front of an image of the infrared sky…

US launch of new Vulcan Centaur rocket delayed until January

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The maiden liftoff of a new American rocket called Vulcan Centaur has…

Entropy could be key to a planet’s habitability

Artist’s impression of Earth in the early Archean with a purplish hydrosphere and coastal regions. Even…

Astronomers discover first population of binary stripped stars

Surveys conducted by NASA’s Swift-UVOT telescope provide the most detailed overviews ever captured in ultraviolet light…

Webb finds icy complex organic molecules around protostars

NGC 1333 is an extremely active star-forming region. This Hubble image shows how dust obscures most…

NASA’s space station laser comm terminal achieves first link

NASA’s ILLUMA-T payload communicating with LCRD over laser signals. Credit: NASA / Dave Ryan A NASA…