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NASA's newly unfurled solar sail has started 'tumbling' end-over-end in orbit, surprising observations show
By Harry Baker published
A NASA spacecraft erected a large, foil solar sail in orbit around Earth last week, after a failed attempt days earlier. However, subsequent observations of the spacecraft show it is "tumbling or wobbling" through space, which may have also impacted its trajectory around our planet.
Fallout from NASA's asteroid-smashing DART mission could hit Earth — potentially triggering 1st human-caused meteor shower
By Harry Baker published
A new study suggests that millions of tiny space rock fragments, which were ejected from the 2022 collision between asteroid Dimorphos and NASA's DART spacecraft, may be on a collision course with Earth and Mars.
Boeing Starliner astronauts will spend at least 240 days stuck in space — is that a new record?
By Brandon Specktor published
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will spend at least eight consecutive months aboard the International Space Station as their Boeing Starliner spacecraft returns to Earth empty. Is their extended spaceflight record-setting?
Boeing Starliner will return from space without a crew, NASA announces in long-awaited decision
By Ben Turner published
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will not return to Earth on the troubled Boeing Starliner spacecraft. Instead, NASA will bring them home in February 2025 aboard a SpaceX vehicle, while Starliner falls to Earth uncrewed.
Space photo of the week: 1st-ever close-up of Neptune is Voyager 2's final portrait of a planet
By Jamie Carter published
Voyager 2, NASA's longest-running mission, explored Neptune during a historic encounter on Aug. 25, 1989, sending back humanity's first close-ups of the planet.
'A single magma ocean' once covered the moon, data from India's Chandrayaan-3 mission suggests
By Joshua Snape published
The moon was once engulfed by a massive magma ocean, analysis of geological samples collected by India's Chandrayaan-3 mission suggests.
New ISS images showcase auroras, moon and space station in glorious photos
By Elizabeth Howell published
The moon's glow meets a stunning aurora in a new astronaut image taken from space.
NASA delays Boeing Starliner return flight again amid 'major discussion' about astronaut safety
By Ben Turner published
NASA has once again pushed back the deadline for when the troubled Boeing Starliner spacecraft must leave the International Space Station. The agency expects to be ready to conduct a flight readiness review as soon as the end of next week.
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