The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its first images, including a photo called the “Cosmic Treasure Chest,” showcasing about 10 million galaxies and marking a major milestone in an $810 million ...

With a $621,000 award from NASA, University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist James Holden will dedicate the next three years to “predicting” the nature of life on Europa.

On July 7, 2025, theEuropean Space Agency (ESA) achieved a groundbreaking feat in space communications by establishing Europe ...

No American space mission has left the remains of a lost astronaut floating in the final frontier, but NASA has a plan if it happens.

Impulse Space, a space technology startup developing orbital transfer vehicles commonly known as "space tugs," has raised $300 million in a late-stage funding round led by Linse Capital, bringing ...

How can fission-powered propulsion help advance deep space exploration, specifically to the outer planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune? This is what a recent study presented at the ...

The Artemis programme and others aim to send humans to the Moon and, eventually, to Mars. Innovations in health care that support the mission crew could also benefit people at home.

Five Years Later, Deep Rock Galactic Has Gotten Far By Rejecting Modernity Deep Rock Galactic is easily one of the best cooperative experiences in games, and we should talk about it as such.

Ars Live: Three space journos pick apart NASA’s Mars plans Join us on the livestream at 3 pm EDT and ask questions about the future of space!

The European Space Agency (ESA) has opened its European Space Deep-Tech Innovation Center in Villigen, Switzerland, a research facility focused on advanced technologies that could be used by the ...

Johann Strauss’ “Blue Danube” will be beamed into space this month to commemorate the Austrian composer’s 200th birthday — and to correct the “cosmic mistake” of being left out of ...