Is the sun white or yellow? It’s a hot debate, and everyone’s wrong.
A Twitter post left people divided over the sun's color. We asked scientists to weigh in.
By María Luisa PaúlA start-up teams with SpaceX to be first to orbit a commercial space station
If the plans come to fruition, it would mark another milestone in the privatization of space.
By Christian DavenportNASA goes full throttle on Mars, but hits speed bumps on road to Venus
At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, leadership is steering this storied institution through an unusually rocky period
By Joel AchenbachElon Musk describes Starship flight as ‘roughly what I expected’
The flight termination system took too long to destroy the rocket, Musk said, and the pad needs to be reinforced with steel.
By Christian DavenportU.S. is concerned about rivals’ space threats, leaked documents show
Russia's program is in tatters, hurt by international sanctions and competition with SpaceX, while China's is showing increasing capabilities.
By Christian DavenportSpaceX launch torched part of state park, sent debris flying, feds say
The SpaceX Starship explosion above Texas started a 3.5-acre fire and sent debris flying thousands of feet away, according to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
By Ben BraschJapanese start-up loses contact with spacecraft during moon landing
The ending was a disappointment for a company that had hoped to become the first commerical enterprise to land a spacecraft on the moon.
By Christian DavenportSpaceX didn’t want to blow up its launchpad. It may have done just that.
Videos shared on social media showed debris slamming into a van several hundred feet away and striking the nearby beach and the shoreline as if they were a war zone.
By Christian DavenportWhy SpaceX’s Starship explosion is a low-key success
The sheer scale of Starship, which is deemed the world’s most powerful rocket, and its successful liftoff is a feat in itself.
By Anumita KaurIn photos: The scene as the unmanned Space X Starship explodes
SpaceX’s Starship lifted off the pad in Southern Texas and cleared the launchpad, its first milestone, but then began tumbling as it was preparing for stage separation and the vehicle came apart some four minutes into flight.
By Washington Post StaffFour minutes till failure: Watch SpaceX’s Starship come apart in flight
On Thursday, SpaceX’s Starship was about four minutes into flight when it exploded. See what we know happened so far.
By Adriana Usero and Christian DavenportSpaceX’s Starship lifts off successfully, but explodes in first flight
Still, it was widely hailed as a success, with congratulations coming from NASA.
By Christian DavenportSee the tests of SpaceX’s Starship prototypes that ended in fireballs
Elon Musk's SpaceX is expected to attempt to launch its fully stacked Starship as soon as this week. Take a look back at the rocket's test flights.
By Christian Davenport and Jonathan BaranUnmanned Starship explodes over gulf after liftoff
The first effort was stopped moments before blast off by a frozen valve.
By Christian DavenportMysterious spiral over Alaska probably a result of SpaceX launch
Researchers say the event was probably caused by excess fuel released during the launch.
By Kasha PatelDespite bankruptcy, Virgin Orbit CEO says company will launch again
After filing for Chapter 11, the company founded by Richard Branson is looking for a suitor to rescue it.
By Christian DavenportA retired satellite is plummeting to Earth. But don’t panic, NASA says.
NASA expects the 660-pound RHESSI satellite, which once observed the sun, to plunge through the atmosphere on Wednesday night and fall to Earth.
By Ellen FrancisSpaceX will try again to launch Starship on Thursday
A valve on the rocket’s first stage apparently froze, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said, leading to a pressurization issue.
By Christian DavenportSpaceX scrubs Starship test launch after valve freezes
The scrub was announced minutes before the launch of what would be the world's most powerful rocket.
By Christian DavenportSpaceX’s launch of Starship could remake space exploration
Powered by a staggering 33 first-stage engines, Starship and its booster are expected to have nearly twice the thrust of NASA's SLS moon rocket.
By Christian Davenport