China's new Haolong space cargo shuttle. See it launch in this animation. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central ...

Running Chicken Nebula is a stellar nursery located in the constellation Centaurus. See a 3D animation created from VLT ...

It won’t have any crew, but the U.S. Space Force hitched a ride on SpaceX to send the Boeing-built X-37B spacecraft — which looks like a miniature space shuttle — back for a long-duration mission to ...

The X-37B military space plane is built by Boeing for the US Space Force. ULA Atlas V and SpaceX Falcon Heavy rockets have sent the X-37B space plane to orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Florida's ...

When asked about the first fully computer-animated feature film made for the big screen, the 1994 cult classic The Lion King often comes to mind. But that’s not quite accurate. While it’s true that ...

The U.S. Space Force's X-37B space plane is set to launch its eighth mission from Kennedy Space Center. The mission, designated USSF-36, will focus on testing laser communications and a new navigation ...

Florida's Space Coast has become known for its rocket launches, which has notably increased in the past few years. Aside from the "ooh, ahh" factor of a launch virtually morning, noon or night − with ...

Matthew Robinson is the Newsweek U.S. News Editor based in London, U.K. His focus is U.S. politics and national news. Matthew joined Newsweek in 2024 and previously worked at The Telegraph, The Times ...

These women broke boundaries and reached for the stars. Before spaceflight became more inclusive, a few extraordinary women broke through the stratosphere — and the barriers of history. The journey ...

The latest mission of the U.S. Space Force's mysterious X-37B space plane is underway. The robotic X-37B lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida ...

A U.S. military mini shuttle was launched Thursday night to conduct classified experiments in space. The uncrewed space plane, known as the X-37B, took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a SpaceX ...

An international research team led by Dr. Verónica Díez Díaz from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin has used new digital 3D reconstructions to gain detailed insights into the mobility of the tail of ...