That now classic tagline (from Alien, one of the greatest science-fiction horror movies ever made) hinges on a big assumption that most of us broadly make: space is empty. And it is—mostly.

That's it for our rolling coverage of today's space launch from the Gobi Desert. Thank you for following along. Scroll back through to relive the moment of lift-off and all our updates from the ...

Access to and the ability to operate freely in space are vital to U.S. national interests. This framework presents the United States Space Force (USSF) current body of knowledge pertaining to ...

"This flight — and the engineering process that led us here — taught us valuable lessons on the design of the next iteration, Phoenix 2." A European reentry capsule notched some important ...

But this week, three prominent Republican space policy officials broke their silence. In an op-ed published Tuesday on Real Clear Science, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former House Chair ...

The U.S. Space Force is keen to add to its arsenal a spacecraft that would essentially serve as the cosmic equivalent of an aircraft carrier. Appropriately known as an "orbital carrier," the ...

China's outgoing Shenzhou 19 crew have handed over the reins of the Tiangong space station to a new set of astronauts. The Shenzhou 20 mission launched on a Long March 2F rocket from Jiuquan ...

After 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope is still churning out hits. In just the last year or so, scientists have used the school bus–sized observatory to confirm the first lone black hole ...

View from Shenzhou-20 spacecraft showing the docking interface with the Tiangong space station on April 24, 2025. Credit: CMSEO HELSINKI — Three Chinese astronauts arrived at the Tiangong space ...

Katy Perry is placing zero gravity on her critics. After the "Firework" singer received major backlash for her high-profile seat on the Blue Origin New Shepard mission, she shut down the negative ...

Experts predict it will not make another close approach until 2028. However, "2025 HP" is not the only space rock flying nearby. Today, a separate 40-foot, bus-sized asteroid named "2025 HN4" is ...