Space Exploration

From space weather to science missions, there’s a lot to be excited about in heliophysics this year.

Orbital junk will become a crisis if we don’t act soon

Space traveler demographics have shifted over time

The seventh test flight of SpaceX’s Starship ended with a successful landing of the rocket’s first stage but also the loss of the Starship vehicle

A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun

The heavy-lift New Glenn rocket soared to success, reaching orbit on its highly anticipated inaugural flight but failing to land its booster on an ocean barge

A Texas-built lander named Blue Ghost marks another test of NASA’s new lunar delivery initiative

NASA sees two paths for saving its beleaguered plan to retrieve materials from the Red Planet but won’t choose between them until 2026

The science of the sun and its effects on the solar system is a sprawling discipline that expects a very exciting 2025

Twenty years ago today a magnetar’s epic tantrum made our planet ring like a bell from tens of thousands of light-years away

The Parker Solar Probe will swoop just 6.1 million kilometers above the sun’s surface on Christmas Eve. Scientists are thrilled at what we might learn

Material from asteroid Ryugu riddled with earthly microbes provides a cautionary tale for scientists seeking signs of alien life