Space

Rep. James Comer (R-KY).

Comer suggests something ‘sinister’ behind 11 missing scientists

Molly Parks · April 20, 2026 4:13 pm

NASA’s Artemis II rocket launches a 10-day mission around the moon, traveling roughly 230,000 miles from Earth — the farthest humans have traveled, April 1, Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Gregg Newton/Getty Images)

How Trump put America back in space, and what comes next

The Artemis II crew – from left, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Pilot Victor Glover, and Commander Reid Wiseman – pause for a group photo inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home.

Artemis II crew shares lunar larks after historic journey around moon and back

Space Force General Stephen Whiting, Commander of United States Space Command (USSPACECOM), speaks during a Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing, Thursday, March 26, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Russia planning to put nuclear weapons in space, US general warns

NASA Artemis Moonshot

White House orders NASA and Pentagon to develop nuclear space reactors

NASA’s Webb telescope provides look at distant star-forming region

Jack Birle January 23, 2024 8:41 pm

Trump proposes reviving Reagan-era ‘Star Wars’ missile defense program

Brady Knox January 22, 2024 11:11 pm

Major solar storm hits Earth, causing radio blackouts

Brady Knox January 22, 2024 10:43 pm

FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

WATCH LIVE: Kamala Harris hosts meeting of National Space Council

Misty Severi December 20, 2023 6:23 pm

NASA discovers Christmas treelike star cluster in the Milky Way

Asher Notheis December 20, 2023 3:25 pm

This image of Uranus from NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on NASAâs James Webb Space Telescope shows the planet and its rings in new clarity. (NASA photo)

NASA releases new image of Uranus from Webb telescope

Jack Birle December 18, 2023 11:20 pm

FILE - The flag of the U.S. Space Command is presented during a ceremony for the establishment of the command on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.

Space Command reaches full operational capacity in Colorado

Mike Brest December 15, 2023 9:08 pm

NASAâs James Webb Space Telescopeâs NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) unveils intricate details of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A), and shows the expanding shell of material slamming into the gas shed by the star before it exploded. (NASA photo)

NASA’s Webb telescope releases image of exploded star

Jack Birle December 13, 2023 12:42 am

Geminid meteor shower: What to know about the biggest asteroid show of the year

Lily Larsen December 12, 2023 8:05 pm

In this undated handout photo provided by Justin Sutcliffe, spectators attend the exhibition ''The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks'' at Lightroom in London. Hanks narrates the immersive film tracing the missions that landed 12 people on the moon between 1969 and 1972 and plans for future lunar exploration.

Start of new Space Race? First private spacecraft will land on moon next month

Lily Larsen December 5, 2023 11:27 pm

North Korea warns that interference with spy satellite would be ‘declaration of war’

Christopher Hutton December 2, 2023 6:02 pm

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is launched from Launch Complex 39A, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via AP)

US reveals date of first moon return in 51 years — with one key difference

Brady Knox November 30, 2023 9:04 pm