23+ hour, 28+ min ago   (371+ words) Kaguya, named after a moon princess, captured the first-ever HD video and images of the moon. On Sept. 13, 2007, Japan launched the Kaguya spacecraft on a mission to the moon. Formally known as SELENE, which is short for SELenological and ENgineering…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (182+ words) Josh Dinner is Space.com's Spaceflight Staff Writer. He is a writer and photographer with a passion for science and space exploration, and has been working the space beat since 2016. Josh has covered the evolution of NASA's Artemis program and…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (649+ words) "When you look up at the night sky, most of those stars have planets." But while coronagraphs have been used many times before, the one that just launched toward the stars is unprecedented. "The Roman Space Telescope is carrying the…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (396+ words) "The side that can maneuver persistently and at scale will set the operational rhythm in orbit." To put it in plain English, this means that Space Command practiced maneuvering satellites and other spacecraft in proximity to one another in a…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (324+ words) A ghostly "false dawn" is about to light up the predawn sky — if you know where to look. Starting today (Sept. 9), skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere have a chance to spot one of the night sky's more elusive sights: the…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (688+ words) "China will not only grab the headlines but may be the first to find evidence of life on another planet." China is making progress on its Tianwen 3 Mars sample return mission, which aims to bring back to Earth roughly 500 grams…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (693+ words) "There was a sudden explosion as the satellites disintegrated." A team of researchers just chased a pair of reentering satellites in a private jet to learn about the pollution caused by space debris burning up in Earth's atmosphere. The international…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (338+ words) The test, while unsucessful, did show that Navy ships could be floating launch pads for a new kind of weapon: the ballistic missile. On Sept. 6, 1947, a rocket launched from an aircraft carrier for the first time. The V-2 rocket was captured…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (482+ words) A rare look at a centaur transforming into a comet with coma is providing a missing link in the evolution of small, icy solar system bodies. Astronomers have witnessed a small, icy body that orbits the sun out beyond Jupiter…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (280+ words) "It certainly came as a surprise." A mysterious giant 10-sided pattern of clouds has recently formed around Saturn's south pole, a new study finds. In the new study, researchers investigated recent images of Saturn captured with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope....