Elizabeth Howell

A new video of solar streamers evokes the streaking stars seen during spacecraft hyperdrives in "Star Wars."

Comet Leonard may be sparking meteor showers at Venus this weekend during a relatively close approach of the comet to the planet.

The only total solar eclipse of 2021 was one few could see and this new photo from a spacecraft nearly 1 million miles from Earth shows why.

The generational observatory is nearly ready for space after years of delays.

It was the longest partial eclipse in 580 years.

A new NASA video highlights the giant ozone hole that opened over the Antarctic this year.

NASA and Intuitive Machines announced the Shackleton Crater landing site for an ice-drilling robot.

A new podcast argues the 1938 Martian invasion story foreshadowed the problems of media creation today.

A "bomb cyclone" in the Pacific is dumping extreme rain and several feet of snow on California.

The 'Star Trek' star speaks about the final frontier on Twitter, in a Blue Origin video.

Here's everything you need to know about Blue Origin's launch of William Shatner and his crew on the New Shepard spacecraft on Oct. 12, 2021.

A decade of Jovian storm-chasing paid off for the Hubble Space Telescope.

New science from a stunning 2020 Hubble image illuminates the back story behind a shining loop of light.

Massive crowds converged at Hamid Karzai International Airport before explosions there killed and injured dozens on Thursday (Aug. 26).

SpaceX's Starship system is the most powerful rocket yet. Here are some of the key moments in its history as the rocket and spacecraft get ready for the first orbital test.

Here's the historical significance of the black-and-white photo that Elon Musk tweeted showing SpaceX's next Starship prototype.

The mysterious strange dimming seen last year in the huge star Betelgeuse may be from giant sunspots and temperature fluctuations.

From his perch on the International Space Station, a French astronaut watched a long-running Russian space module break into pieces in a shower of fireworks.

Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos and three crewmates received 14 hours of training over the last two days for their launch into space on July 20.

New camera views from the cockpit and carrier launch plane follow Richard Branson on his debut flight on a Virgin Galactic spaceship.

Virgin Galactic will broadcast the flight of its founder, Richard Branson, as he soars into space on Sunday (July 11).

A giant comet found far out in the solar system may be 1,000 times more massive than a typical comet, making it potentially the largest ever found in modern times.

Indestructible tardigrades will be subject to a series of experiments at the International Space Station to reveal how they survive in extreme environments.