In the days following the comet's discovery, astronomers worked out its orbit — and it turned out to be a "sun-skirter" that would pass less than 14 million kilometres from our star on 13 January.

creating a spectacular scene reminiscent of a meteor shower. The test flight, conducted Thursday afternoon at SpaceX's Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, was intended to showcase the rocket's ...

creating a spectacular scene reminiscent of a meteor shower. The test flight, conducted Thursday afternoon at SpaceX's Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, was intended to showcase the rocket's ...

SpaceX noted that for this seventh Starship flight test, “a significant number of tiles will be removed to stress-test vulnerable areas across the vehicle.” A weekly newsletter by David Pierce ...

Blue Origin, the space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its massive New Glenn rocket into orbit for the first time early Thursday, marking a new step in the commercial space race.

The Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin sent its massive new rocket into space Thursday — and carried a prototype satellite into orbit thousands of miles above the Earth’s surface. The seven-engine ...

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) ...

One of the two NASA astronauts stuck in space got a much-welcome change of scenery when she stepped out for her first spacewalk after seven months in orbit. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have ...

The Perseid meteor shower is one of the year's most anticipated celestial events, offering a dazzling display of shooting stars streaking across the night sky. This annual spectacle, which occurs ...

A CAFE manager told how he was left stunned following a close encounter with a “whitish, blue” meteor which streaked ... Clare "accidentally" observed a comet on the same night, catching ...

By reaching orbit, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket launch has marked a milestone for a commercial space company that has big ambitions. As a space policy expert, I see New Glenn’s success as a ...