1st solar eclipse of 2022 appears in southern skies

The first solar eclipse of 2022 appeared in southern skies Saturday. Here’s when another partial one is expected later this year — and when the big total eclipse is coming to America that everyone’s been waiting for.

SpaceX launches 4 astronauts for NASA after private flight

The first NASA crew comprised equally of men and women, including the first first Black woman making a long-term spaceflight, Jessica Watkins, has arrived at the International Space Station.

After delays, Crew-4 astronauts ready to launch from Florida

NASA and SpaceX are targeting Wednesday, April 27 to launch the four astronauts in the new Dragon Freedom capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket.

Axiom-1 crew splashes down off Florida's coast after delayed reentry

Axiom Space completed its first all-private mission to the International Space Station Monday after three paying customers and a former NASA astronaut splashed down in a SpaceX Dragon in the Atlantic Ocean.

What a toxic inferno like Venus can tell us about Earth

Venus is a fiery world with sulfuric acid clouds and a toxic atmosphere fueled by a runaway greenhouse effect, but scientists believe that about 800 million years ago, it could have been more like Earth.

High winds off Florida coast push Axiom-1 splashdown to Monday

Weather has continued to delay the Axiom Mission, which was the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

Axiom-1 plans for splashdown off Florida coast on Sunday

Four private astronauts plan to undock from the International Space Station Saturday with a splashdown off the coast of Florida on Sunday.

Airlines to allow passengers banned over masks back on planes

Now that most airlines have made masks optional in the U.S., here's where the four largest stand on bringing back passengers who refused to wear them when they were required.

SpaceX Starlink launch from Cape Canaveral on 2-hour delay

Weather was 70% favorable for an 11:14 a.m. liftoff from Cape Canaveral but the launch window was pushed to 1:51 p.m.

Uranus probe, search for life near Saturn: Survey outlines most important space missions

A once-a-decade survey from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has outlined high-priority missions for space, including a probe to Uranus and searching for life on Saturn’s moon.

Double ridges on Jupiter’s moon could mean better chance for life, study suggests

The water pockets could be just beneath Europa’s icy surface in order for the double ridges to form and those pockets of water could be a prime spot to harbor life, scientists hypothesized.