Satellite News

After more than two years circling a lumpy space rock called Bennu, it’s finally time for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to head back to Earth with a full load precious cargo: pieces of an asteroid.

On May 10, 1967, a NASA research aircraft known as the wingless M2-F2 lifting body crashed on Rogers Dry Lakebed at the Dryden Flight Research Center in California. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

ESA employees create a music video parody of Queen’s song “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

A massive “oddball” star’s violent death has scientists puzzled.

On May 9, 2003, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the first-ever asteroid sample return mission, Hayabusa. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

SpaceX founder Elon Musk landed on late-night TV Saturday (May 8) as the host of “Saturday Night Live.”

The intractable “three-body problem” gets closer to being solved with breakthrough study.

Scientists using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope have detected 8 new millisecond pulsars in the hearts of globular clusters.