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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 184 — Space is Scary!
On Episode 184 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik look at why space can be scary with a survey of some of the best (and most laughable) movies about critters from outer space!
On this day in space! Nov. 1, 1962: Soviet Union launches Mars 1
On Nov. 1, 1962, the Soviet Union launched the Mars 1 spacecraft on a mission to fly by the Red Planet.
A Flash, a Boom, a New Microbe Habitat
After an asteroid struck Finland long ago, microscopic life colonized the impact site within a few million years, new research reveals.
Blue Origin fires up powerful New Glenn rocket ahead of NASA Mars mission launch (video)
Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket has successfully completed a static fire test ahead of launching NASA's ESCAPADE mission to Mars.
Does the full moon make us sleepless? A neurologist explains the science behind sleep, mood and lunar myths
Research shows a full moon can modestly affect sleep, but its influence on mental health is much less certain.
SpaceX launches 100th Starlink mission of 2025 (video)
SpaceX launched its 100th Starlink mission of the year on Friday (Oct. 31), from a foggy Vandenberg Space Force Base, in California.
Interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS is still full of surprises — an unexpected brightening has scientists baffled
"The reason for 3I’s rapid brightening, which far exceeds the brightening rate of most Oort cloud comets at similar distances, remains unclear."
Satellite images show 'mesovortices' forming around the eye of deadly Hurricane Melissa
Footage from a NOAA satellite taken Oct. 28 shows Melissa’s deadly spin as it moves across the Caribbean.
