When it comes to the wild things people will do to land a job, most of us think of funny résumés, bold DMs or maybe even a ...

Rocket Lab’s final Electron mission of the year did more than loft another payload into orbit. By delivering a Japanese radar satellite to space, the company locked in a new annual launch record for ...

Since its launch, the James Webb Space Telescope has transformed our view of the universe. From the earliest galaxies to the atmospheres of distant exoplanets, Webb has delivered discovery after ...

Long before modern telescopes, early astronomers mapped the heavens with math, myth, and sheer curiosity. This crossword quiz celebrates the minds who first charted the cosmos.

The Old 97's are ringing in the new year with a rocking revelry. The genre-defying band takes a mini residency December 29-31 ...

Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope spotted huge stars leaking nitrogen in an early galaxy, hinting that such 'monster stars' might have been the source of ancient supermassive black ...

Astronauts Tom Stafford (left) and Wally Schirra (right) demonstrating with two model space crafts during an interview in the 1960s Donald Uhrbrock / Getty Images On December 15, 1965, NASA’s mission ...

SpaceX is planning to raise tens of billions of dollars through an initial public offering next year, multiple outlets have reported, and Ars can confirm. This represents a major change in thinking ...

Scientists have discovered Alaknanda, a so-called "grand design" spiral galaxy, just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang. Credit: NASA / CSA / ESA / Rashi Jain For decades, astronomers believed ...

For the first time in its 25-year history, all eight docking ports on the International Space Station are occupied, according to NASA. The rare "orbital traffic jam" occurred after Northrop Grumman's ...

The highest radiation levels in nearly two decades at altitudes used by commerical aviation—the result of a major solar storm—were detected by scientists last month. Storms any larger, the researchers ...

Liftoff occurred at 2:44 a.m. EST on Monday (Dec. 1). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. SpaceX kicked off the first day of the last ...