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A dazzling new image from the European Southern Observatory’s VLT Survey Telescope in Chile has revealed an unusual cosmic tale unfolding 6,000 light-years away in the Serpens constellation. The snapshot

In 1972, the Soviet Union launched the Kosmos 482 lander, a spacecraft designed to reach Venus and land on its surface. The craft never reached Venus, however. The rocket that

After launching a pair of satellites last year that failed to reach the right orbit around the moon, China’s Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization (CSU) came up with

A Soviet-era spacecraft is set to reenter Earth’s atmosphere after over 50 years in orbit, and you may just be able to see it blaze through our skies during a

It seems NASA’s ice-hunting VIPER rover won’t be hitching a ride to the moon as a part of a private sector partnership, as the space agency had previously sought. The

A failed space probe from the former Soviet Union is expected to fall back to Earth soon, and if its plunge happens to take place over your head, some recent

The U.S. Space Force tested new thrusters designed for satellites that will keep tabs on spacecraft and other objects near the moon. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC), in conjunction

A new study has found that the 28 most populous cities in the United States — including New York, Chicago, Dallas and Denver — are sinking at rates between two

Astronauts are helping to destigmatize a common childhood experience by pointing out the similarities between what some kids wear to bed and what explorers wear into space. Scott Kelly, who

Plato, the European Space Agency’s terrestrial planet hunter spacecraft, is seen after having 24 of its 26 cameras installed. (Image credit: European Space Center/P. Sebirot) The European Space Agency (ESA)