Satellite News

Skywatchers who plan to rise early and step outside on June 3 expecting to see a stunning display of visible planets will be quite disappointed, at the very least.

On Episode 112 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Rob Manning, Chief Engineer Emeritus of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, about Mars exploration and, in particular, Mars Sample Return.

Here’s what it was like seeing Ridley Scott’s “Alien” on opening day in 1979, in honor of the iconic sci-fi horror film’s 45th anniversary.

An explanation of Towel Day and its meaning in the world of Douglas Adams’ “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.”

Jared Isaacman, the billionaire funder and commander of the Polaris Program missions, spoke on social media recently about why he wants a Hubble Space Telescope mission.

The James Webb Space Telescope has found three of the universe’s earliest galaxies, and they could reveal a lot about galactic dynamics. Here’s how.

NASA and Boeing are still working through “complicated” issues arising from a small Starliner spacecraft helium leak. Launch is June 1, but that’s pending a flight readiness review.

A new catalog of the masses and widths of 126 new exoplanets showcases the extreme and exotic nature of worlds beyond the solar system.