Astronomy

On Episode 173 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and and Tariq Malik look back at the week in space news.

Beyond powering lights, it's also important to think about where all that light would go.

The second largest moon in the solar system will cast its shadow over Saturn on Aug. 19.

"Being able to send something out there would enable us to take a lot more precise data than we currently can."

SpaceX is targeting Aug. 24 for the 10th Flight Test for its Starship rocket, following delays from a pad accident and May's failed mission.

Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket will launch NASA's ESCAPADE Mars mission no earlier than (NET) Sep. 29.

NASA has awarded $1.4 million to six companies, to further their ideas about how to get vehicles farther into space cheaply and efficiently.

Russia is readying its Bion-M No. 2 biosatellite for a planned Aug. 20 launch. The mission will send 75 mice and other specimens on a monthlong mission to Earth orbit.

Unexpected X-ray polarization challenges long-held ideas about how black holes behave.

NordSpace begins building its new orbital spaceport on the Canada's east coast, as the company prepares for its first suborbital rocket launch.

Going boldly where someone has gone before! The "Star Trek" prequel series is overflowing with characters who debuted in the 1960s.

On Episode 172 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest host Rick Jenet are joined by Erika Alden DeBenedictis to discuss how terraforming Mars might work.

On Episode 171 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest host Isaac Arthur are joined by Rick Jenet to discuss the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA).

The members of Expedition 73-"B" settle in and get busy conducting science research on board the International Space Station.

In this quiz, you’ll test your cosmic knowledge by matching each moon to the planet it calls home.

There's a gap in black hole masses, and experts believe here is where 'lite intermediate black holes' reside.

Deep-field images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope revealed 300 unusually energetic early galaxy candidates, offering new insights into how the universe formed and evolved over 13 billion years ago.

Astronomers discovered a star-triggered explosion shaping its dusty disk, revealing a far more chaotic and intense environment than previously thought.