Space & Physics

The proposed Russian Orbital Station will stick to a familiar path instead of an ambitious polar orbit

SpaceX is mulling an IPO in 2026. Here’s how that could affect its work with NASA and the push to put humans on Mars

Record-breaking objects can tell us about the most powerful events in the cosmos—sometimes

The Euclid Space Telescope is decking the halls with boughs of starlight

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured asteroids crashing into one another in a nearby planetary system around a star some 25 light-years away

From an interstellar comet to breathtaking auroras and from brand-new rockets to iconic space telescopes, here are some of our favorite images from the cosmos in 2025

Sky watchers may be tempted out this weekend, when an underappreciated meteor shower will coincide with a new moon and the longest night of year for the Northern Hemisphere

NASA’s newest space telescope has unveiled a stunning map of the cosmos in infrared

Depending on how you look at it, this catchphrase from a 1980s pop song is decently accurate: you can actually melt the planet if you stop its turning

In the era of mega constellations, spacecraft typically have less than a week to avoid crashes

Humans traveling to Mars will need protective habitats to live on the harsh surface. Ice could help

Billionaire Jared Isaacman is taking the reins at NASA at a challenging time for the space agency, as it faces budget cuts and technical hurdles that could scuttle its most ambitious missions