#Space

Blue Origin's New Glenn nailed its second booster landing, but AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 satellite ended up in the wrong orbit—effectively useless. What this split outcome reveals about the space race.

Blue Origin's Endurance and China's Chang'e 7 are both headed to the Moon's south pole this year. The race for lunar water ice is no longer theoretical.

A speculative spacecraft journey near the speed of light reveals that time dilation isn't science fiction—it's physics. And it's asking us harder questions than we expected.

The Artemis II crew broke Apollo 13's distance record from Earth, traveling over 248,655 miles into lunar orbit. Here's why this moment is more complicated than it looks.

NASA's Artemis II sends four astronauts around the Moon this week. It's more than a space mission — it's the opening move in a geopolitical race for lunar resources that could reshape the next century.

NASA's Swift Observatory is falling out of orbit. A $30M commercial robot mission may save it—and rewrite the rules for space infrastructure maintenance.

Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket returned to flight after a 10-month hiatus, nailing orbit and demonstrating engine restart capability. Here's why this quiet success matters more than it looks.

A NASA satellite is set to reenter Earth's atmosphere uncontrolled, with debris casualty odds that exceed the US government's own safety threshold. What does that say about space debris governance?

The third confirmed interstellar object, 3I/Atlas, carried up to four times the methanol of typical comets. What its strange chemistry tells us about the universe beyond our solar system.

A gamma-ray burst from 8.5 billion light-years away has been traced to a galaxy collision—the first time this cosmic link has been established. Here's what it means for how heavy elements spread across the universe.

NASA's decision to allow astronauts to bring iPhones to space reveals a deeper shift from bureaucratic caution to competitive urgency in the new space race.

China's Long March 12A rocket failed its booster recovery, marking the second such failure in a month and a setback for its space program. The failure highlights the challenge of catching up to U.S. firms like SpaceX and its implications for China's satellite megaconstellation project.