Iran launches three remote sensing satellites on Russian Soyuz rocket
Iran has launched three domestically built remote sensing satellites using a Russian launcher. Iranian officials said the three satellites…
NASA’s Voyager Spacecraft Hit a Blazing 50,000 Kelvin “Wall” at the Edge of Our Solar System That Shouldn’t Exist
Two of NASA’s longest-running space missions, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, have detected a searing-hot region of space…
Bonkers New Space Station Expands to Full Size From Single Capsule
The International Space Station was painstakingly assembled segment by segment, launched into orbit by many expensive and logistically…
Astronomers Uncover Interstellar “Tunnel” That May Connect Our Solar System to Distant Stars Across the Galaxy
Scientists have detected a narrow structure of hot plasma extending from the Local Hot Bubble surrounding the Sun…
What are orbital data centers?
Image: Kepler A new phrase has been quietly circulating through space-industry discussions over the past year: Orbital data…
Space.com headlines crossword quiz for week of Dec. 22, 2025: Which NASA observatory just completed its first sky map?
Every week, Space.com delivers the latest discoveries, launches, and cosmic curiosities from across the universe. From groundbreaking research…
Will Earth really switch to 25 hours days as its rotation slowing down |
If you have ever heard that Earth will soon start having 25-hour days, it might be right. The…
A cosmic ocean 12 billion light-years away is rewriting what we know about water in space
Astronomers have made a mind-bending discovery — the largest reservoir of water ever found in the universe. Containing…
How Japan’s space industry can regain thrust after H3 rocket failure
Japan’s latest rocket failure has triggered much soul-searching and resurrected a debate about whether the country’s space programme,…
A rare space image links Earth’s glow with the Andromeda Galaxy |
Source: Don Pettit via X (formerly Twitter) A single photograph taken from orbit has managed to make a…
Black hole has enough water to fill “trillions of Earth-size oceans”
Astronomers enjoy it when the universe throws a curveball, and this object does exactly that. Working in two…
Astronomers find unexpected cluster of objects in the Kuiper Belt
Astronomers have found a compact new cluster of objects inside the Kuiper belt, which is a distant band…