Hanneke Weitering

The Hubble Space Telescope, which launched into low Earth orbit on April 24, 1990, kicked off this year's birthday celebration with some dazzling new views of a pair of spiral galaxies.

The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City will host its first-ever "Virtual Astronomy Live" webcast today (April 24) at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT).

You may not be able to see the moon in the sky tonight, but if you look up for long enough at a dark, clear sky, you may catch some "shooting stars."

Europe's new exoplanet-spotting space telescope has observed its first alien worlds.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, which is getting ready to scoop a sample of asteroid Bennu, has successfully completed a partial dress rehearsal for its historic trip to the asteroid's surface.

Comedian Stephen Colbert phoned the International Space Station today (April 15) to get some isolation tips from NASA astronaut Jessica Meir.

A "Super Pink Moon" will rise into the evening sky today (April 7), and you can watch it online with webcasts from The Virtual Telescope Project and Slooh.

The "potentially hazardous" asteroid 1998 OR2 is just a few weeks away from its close encounter with Earth, and you can watch the giant space rock's approach online or with a small telescope.

NASA is calling on its workforce to come up with creative ways that the agency can help fight the coronavirus pandemic.

Billions of locusts have been swarming in eastern Africa for months, ravaging crops and threatening the food source for millions of people. NASA satellites are coming to the rescue.

Three bright planets line up across the predawn sky above the New York City skyline in these gorgeous views by local photographer Alexander Krivenyshev.

The bright planets Mars and Saturn will tango in the predawn sky on Tuesday (March 31). You can catch them above the southeast horizon before sunrise.

The global response to the novel coronavirus pandemic is so intense that it's visible from space.

China successfully launched three new military surveillance satellites into orbit on a Long March 2C rocket today (March 24).

A large and "potentially hazardous" asteroid is poised to fly by Earth next month, but don't worry — it poses no threat to Earth.

Early Friday morning (March 20), Jupiter and Mars will make a close approach, and you can catch them together with Saturn and the crescent moon.

If the coronavirus pandemic has you stuck at home and yearning for some space exploration, here are some free space projects and activities to keep you occupied.

To celebrate St. Patrick's Day at the International Space Station, NASA astronauts share photos of Ireland from space.

NASA has still not decided whether it will require Boeing to do a second uncrewed test flight of its Starliner spacecraft, which failed to reach the International Space Station in December.

Veteran NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson holds the records for the most cumulative spacewalking time by a woman and is the oldest woman to go to space. Here are some of her most memorable moments.

The Red Planet briefly disappeared behind the moon for skywatchers in North America on Tuesday (Feb. 18), providing a rare celestial treat for early risers and astrophotographers.

An Ariane 5 rocket will launch two new satellites for Japan and South Korea from French Guiana today (Feb. 18) at 5:18 p.m. EST (2218 GMT), and you can watch it live online.

NASA's newest Mars rover has just left the nest.

The first flight of NASA's Space Launch System and Orion crew capsule was originally scheduled to launch this year, but the mission is now expected to slip to 2021.