Space Launch Calendar 2020: Sky Events, Missions & More By Hanneke Weitering Here's a guide to all the rocket launches and astronomical events in 2020, as well as milestones for space missions, anniversaries and conferences.
SpaceX's Crew Dragon abort test was 'picture-perfect,' Elon Musk says By Amy Thompson SpaceX's high-altitude test of its Crew Dragon launch escape system on Sunday morning (Jan. 19) appears to have been a "picture-perfect mission," company founder and CEO Elon Musk said.
NASA's next Mars rover will get one of these 9 names By Mike Wall NASA has chosen nine finalists in the student naming contest for its next Mars rover, which currently goes by the bland Mars 2020.
SpaceX's Crew Dragon returns to shore after successful abort test (photos) By Amy Thompson SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule returned to port Sunday night (Jan. 19), hours after it flawlessly executed a test of its built-in, launch-escape system and splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean.
Early 'soda lakes' may have provided missing ingredient key to the origin of life By Laura Geggel How did early life get its start, given that this essential mineral was scarce?
The quantum world may have a favorite flavor, tantalizing results suggest By Paul Sutter The world of the teensy-tiny, the quantum realm, could have a favorite flavor. Here's why that's a big deal.
How the tiny exoplanet-hunting ASTERIA satellite showed scientists what cubesats can do By Meghan Bartels A tiny satellite studying alien worlds may be gone for good, but during the two years the spacecraft operated, it laid the foundation for what may become a new way of finding exoplanets.
Space Launch Calendar 2020: Sky Events, Missions & More By Hanneke Weitering Here's a guide to all the rocket launches and astronomical events in 2020, as well as milestones for space missions, anniversaries and conferences.
SpaceX's Crew Dragon abort test was 'picture-perfect,' Elon Musk says By Amy Thompson SpaceX's high-altitude test of its Crew Dragon launch escape system on Sunday morning (Jan. 19) appears to have been a "picture-perfect mission," company founder and CEO Elon Musk said.
NASA's next Mars rover will get one of these 9 names By Mike Wall NASA has chosen nine finalists in the student naming contest for its next Mars rover, which currently goes by the bland Mars 2020.
Early 'soda lakes' may have provided missing ingredient key to the origin of life By Laura Geggel How did early life get its start, given that this essential mineral was scarce?
NASA's next Mars rover will get one of these 9 names By Mike Wall NASA has chosen nine finalists in the student naming contest for its next Mars rover, which currently goes by the bland Mars 2020.
Can this new model predict which alien worlds could support life? By Elizabeth Howell It's a tough job to figure out which planets are potentially habitable, because we can only see so much detail in our telescopes.
Alien life is out there. But our theories are steering us away from it. By Peter Vickers Alien life is out there, but our current theories seem to be steering us away from it, says this scientist.
Space Launch Calendar 2020: Sky Events, Missions & More By Hanneke Weitering Here's a guide to all the rocket launches and astronomical events in 2020, as well as milestones for space missions, anniversaries and conferences.
See the moon, Mars and Antares form a triangle in Monday's predawn sky By Hanneke Weitering The waning crescent moon will form a triangle with the Red Planet and the bright star Antares in the morning sky on Monday (Jan. 20), and you can catch the trio in the morning sky before dawn.
Amazing photos: The Wolf Moon lunar eclipse of January 2020 in pictures By Space.com Staff See photos of the Full Wolf Moon and penumbral lunar eclipse of Jan. 10-11, 2020.
Meet Mal Reynolds' mom in 'Firefly: The Outlaw Ma Reynolds' (preview) By Elizabeth Howell Fans of Captain Malcolm Reynolds in the science fiction TV show "Firefly" now have a glimpse of his family history — in comic form.
'Firefly: The Unification War Vol. 2' reveals Mal Reynolds' military past By Elizabeth Howell Browncoats, it's finally here — the next chapter of the Unification War of the "Firefly" sci-fi franchise in a new comic from creator Joss Whedon and others.
