The Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak early Monday.

Astronomers have directly observed a super Jupiter around a nearby star.

A European space telescope is thrilling scientists with its latest peek at stars and galaxies.

New research indicates the sun's magnetic field originates much closer to the surface than previously thought.

Mark your calendars for these dates, eclipse fans.

This will be the second eclipse visible for parts of San Antonio and the Hill Country in a span of 6 months.

While thousands are heading to the Hill Country to try and get the best seat for the total eclipse, you don’t have to leave San Antonio to get the full experience.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has a tool that can compute every solar eclipse from any city in the past or the future, between 1499 BC and the year 3000.

Throughout history, solar eclipses have had profound impact on adherents of various religions around the world.

Everyone in the United States will experience the eclipse to varying degrees. Here’s the timeline and what to expect in San Antonio, Texas.

In videos submitted to KSAT Connect, viewers showed bright light emitting a circular smoke into the air

In preparation for this historic event, meteorologist Jonathan Kegges put together a viral video below to get you primed for the eclipse and address the basics of it.

In less than two weeks, people from around the world including astronauts will be coming to Texas to get a view of the total solar eclipse.

The total solar eclipse expected on April 8 already is inspiring school lessons in science, literacy and culture.

For Women’s History Month KSAT 12 is sharing the story of Ellen Ochoa, the first Latina astronaut to go to space.

What type of eclipse it will be and where the eclipse will be is what makes this a rare event.

SpaceX's mega rocket has flown higher and farther than ever before.

Four astronauts from four countries are back on Earth after catching a ride from the International Space Station with SpaceX.

As is the case with others around the country, Barham is gearing up to try and photograph a historic eclipse that is set to hit North America on April 8.

This spring break, you can have an up-close look at space exploration at a new exhibit at the Witte Museum.

With help from the San Antonio River Authority (SARA), students from the Advanced Learning Academy will hear from NASA astronaut Laurel O’Hara aboard the International Space Station.

New research suggests there’s less oxygen on the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa than thought.

For anyone counting down the days until April 8, there are some safety tips for viewing.

The aircrafts being used offers bigger windows for passengers to get a better view of the eclipse.

Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses and now a U.S. company is the first private outfit to achieve a touchdown.

A U.S. company says its moon lander is on its side near the lunar south pole.

A private U.S. lunar lander is in orbit around the moon, a day before it will attempt to land on the surface.

The aircrafts being used offers bigger windows for passengers to get a better view of the eclipse.

NASA finally has counted up all the asteroid samples returned by a spacecraft last fall.

Astronauts from Turkey, Italy and Sweden are back on Earth, ending a private three-week trip to the International Space Station.

For months, a UTSA professor of astrophysics and his students have been analyzing images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and have made important discoveries using a technique to enhance the image quality.

It’s unclear when the first test flight of the aircraft will be, but it is expected to be sometime this year.

A NASA telescope has captured the biggest solar flare in years, which temporarily knocked out radio communication on Earth.

There is a local company with NASA funding working to help us take the next steps on the Moon – and maybe one day – Mars.

The Geminids have returned and are set to peak next week.

Astronomers have discovered six planets orbiting a bright, nearby star in perfect synchrony like a grand cosmic orchestra.

Scientists have unveiled the first pictures taken by the European space telescope Euclid.

Scientists have discovered the oldest black hole yet, formed a mere 470 million years after the Big Bang.

Starlink satellites can be seen lined up in the night's sky, leaving people around the world wondering what their purpose is.

A NASA spacecraft has rocketed away on a six-year journey to a rare asteroid made of metal.

NASA is showing off its first asteroid samples delivered last month by a spacecraft.

The University of Texas at San Antonio is collaborating with Harvard University and building devices for the blind and low vision community to experience the solar eclipse with sound.

SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour streaked across the Florida sky before splashing down off the coast of Jacksonville early Monday, bringing four astronauts safely back to Earth after a six-month mission at the International Space Station.

The mornings of Aug. 11, 12, and 13 will be the best time to try and spot meteors before dawn.

Astronomers have discovered what could be two planets sharing the same orbit around their star.

No, it’s not aliens! 👽 Those are satellites! 🛰️

Calling all space enthusiasts! The International Space Station will be flying overhead Wednesday evening and if you time it right, you could see it float across the San Antonio sky.

The Webb Space Telescope is marking one year of cosmic photographs with one of its best yet.

Five of these meteorites are now on display at the “Welcome to Earth” exhibit at the Witte Museum. You can check them out through the summer months and even touch a 4.56 billion-year-old meteorite that was discovered in Morocco back in 2000!

The stars at night are big and bright and this weekend the planets will be too thanks to a planetary alignment.

Scientists for the first time have caught a star in the act of swallowing a planet.

An old NASA satellite is expected to fall to Earth.

NASA has named the four astronauts who will fly around the moon late next year.

Skies in parts of the northern U.S., Canada and Europe were dazzled with walls of green, pink and yellow this week.

Astronomers have discovered what appear to be massive galaxies dating back to within 600 million years of the Big Bang.

Experts believe the meteor measured about two feet in diameter and weighed about one-thousand pounds.

A comet that hasn’t been seen since the ice age will be visible in the northern hemisphere in January and early February.

The comet is the expected to make its closest pass of Earth sometime between Feb. 1 and 2, possibly even sooner sometime at the end of January.

Scientists at NASA have discovered a new Earth-sized planet orbiting the habitable zone of its star.

A comet that hasn’t been seen since the ice age will be visible in the northern hemisphere in January and early February.

The crew of the International Space Station is inspecting an attached Russian space capsule that may have been damaged by a micrometeorite.

The Scobee Education Center has become a hub for space science education in the South Texas region, impacting the lives of hundreds of students in the San Antonio community.

Boeing and Space Foundation are giving students the opportunity to send their artwork to space as a part of its Art in the Stars program.

Boeing and Space Foundation are partnering to launch student artwork into space aboard Boeing’s upcoming Starliner Crew Flight Test.

Ancient Mars may have had an environment capable of harboring an underground world teeming with microscopic organisms.

If you are a high school junior passionate about space exploration, NASA’s Texas High School Aerospace Scholars Program may be an enticing experience.

Calling all space enthusiasts! The International Space Station will be flying overhead Wednesday evening and if you time it right, you could see it float across the San Antonio sky.

San Antonians reported seeing a "train of lights" across the sky Monday night.

NASA scientists shared audio with the public Tuesday that proves your screams can be heard from space.

Astroport, a San Antonio area company, has a second contract from NASA, with a goal of building on the moon.

A bright light that was seen over South Central Texas on Sunday night was also spotted in Oklahoma and Louisiana.

The bright streak of light was probably caused by space junk falling into Earth's atmosphere

University of Texas at San Antonio Professor of Astrophysics Chris Packham is one of the select people given access to Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope for research and is including his students every step of the way.

NASA’s newly released high-resolution color images from the James Webb Space Telescope are a snapshot of our universe millions of years ago and the result of 120 hours of observation or about five days’ worth of data.

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn aligned in their natural order across the morning sky in a rare conjunction with the moon.

The second supermoon of the year will peak on Tuesday.

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are aligned in their natural order across the morning sky in a rare conjunction.

Astronomers have unveiled the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.

The group of researchers crafted a scientific proposal, “A Beacon in the Galaxy,” to communicate with aliens through radio-transmitted messages that include scientific notions that introduce characteristics of humanity to outer space.

We might not be able to claim that 2021 was *the* wildest year in recent history (2020 will likely get that credit for quite some time), but it might be a close second.

NASA’s newest X-ray observatory is circling the world after launching from Kennedy Space Center.

Spacewalking astronauts have replaced a broken antenna outside the International Space Station after getting NASA's all-clear for orbiting debris.

The longest partial lunar eclipse of the year is happening early Friday, and people in all 50 states will be able to view it.

San Antonio is home to so many new, exciting and technologically advanced companies.

Hollywood’s Captain Kirk, 90-year-old William Shatner, has blasted into space and safely returned to Earth in a convergence of science fiction and science reality.

This is an exciting week for space travel, especially in Texas, but it will have to wait for at least an extra day.

NASA's newest Mars rover has completed its first sample grab, tucking away the tube of rock for return to Earth.

NASA's newest Mars rover may have successfully collected its first rock sample for return to Earth, after last month's attempt came up empty.

A Russian space official says engineers will need to analyze whether a glitch that caused the International Space Station to spin out of its normal orientation could have any impact on the orbiting outpost's systems.

Students were able to speak with three NASA astronauts about things like the future of space travel and what it takes to become an astronaut.

Thanks to space experts -- shout out to NASA -- we’re fortunate enough to have a heads up as to when we’ll get the best view of them.

A group of San Antonio middle schoolers say they're excited for the future after watching Jeff Bezos' historic spaceflight with crew members on Tuesday morning.

Billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos are ready to start offering trips to outer space.

Every coastline in the U.S. will experience rapidly increasing high-tide flooding due to “moon wobble” and climate change, according to a new study.

The Hubble Space Telescope should be back in action soon, following a tricky, remote repair job by NASA.

Astronomers say they've witnessed for the first time a black hole swallowing a neutron star, the densest object in the universe.

A new study is throwing cold water on the possibility of life in the clouds of Venus.

Astronauts have finished unfurling a new pair of solar panels outside the International Space Station.

If you’ve missed any of the celestial events that have happened this year already -- the Pink Moon in April or the recent solar eclipse, to name a couple -- you’ve got one more chance to witness a rare supermoon this year, and it’s happening this week.

NASA is teaming up with the maker of Tide to figure out how to do laundry in space.