Space calendar 2020: Rocket launches, 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.
Pictures from Space! Our Image of the Day By Space.com Staff The barred spiral galaxy NGC 1022 flaunts its tendrils of dark, red dust in this new view from the Hubble Space Telescope.
European scientists are taking a mock moon mission in Hawaii right now By Chelsea Gohd A crew of researchers prepared to leave "Mars" this past Saturday (Jan. 18) as another crew arrived, ready to explore the "moon."
Rocket glitch delays launch of European Solar Orbiter to Feb. 7 By Amy Thompson The launch of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Solar Orbiter spacecraft has been delayed two days after engineers discovered a rocket issue during preflight testing.
Fallen SpaceShipTwo pilot's name added to Space Mirror Memorial By Robert Z. Pearlman A name has been added the U.S. memorial for fallen astronauts, honoring the first commercial spacecraft pilot to die in the pursuit of opening outer space to the public.
SpaceX postpones launch of Starlink satellite fleet due to bad weather By Amy Thompson SpaceX called off the next launch for its Starlink megaconstellation of internet satellites due to bad weather Monday (Jan. 27), postponing the flight for 24 hours.
These twin rovers might explore the moon together one day By Chelsea Gohd Astronauts aren't the only ones who will have to work together on future crewed missions.
A TV satellite is about to explode following 'irreversible' battery damage By Brandon Specktor A Boeing satellite is being hastily moved into "graveyard orbit" following a devastating "anomaly" that turned its batteries into bombs.
Space calendar 2020: Rocket launches, 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.
European scientists are taking a mock moon mission in Hawaii right now By Chelsea Gohd A crew of researchers prepared to leave "Mars" this past Saturday (Jan. 18) as another crew arrived, ready to explore the "moon."
Pictures from Space! Our Image of the Day By Space.com Staff The barred spiral galaxy NGC 1022 flaunts its tendrils of dark, red dust in this new view from the Hubble Space Telescope.
Rocket glitch delays launch of European Solar Orbiter to Feb. 7 By Amy Thompson The launch of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Solar Orbiter spacecraft has been delayed two days after engineers discovered a rocket issue during preflight testing.
To find intelligent alien life, humans may need to start thinking like an extraterrestrial By Adam Mann Anthropologist reveals a potentially big flaw in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI).
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.
Space calendar 2020: Rocket launches, 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.
Spot Auriga the charioteer (and goat tender) in the winter sky By Joe Rao Auriga is one of those star patterns whose exact origin is a hopeless mix of antique conceptions.
January new moon 2020: Catch Venus, Jupiter and more in the 'moonless' night sky By Jesse Emspak In January, the moon will make a close approach to several planets both before and after it enters its new phase on Jan. 24, offering some fine photo opportunities in a bright winter sky.
Netflix's futuristic sci-fi series 'Altered Carbon' returns with season two next month By Scott Snowden "Altered Carbon," the futuristic sci-fi series from Netflix, is set to return on Feb. 27 for an eight-episode second season.
'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' final season trailer, debut date revealed By Newsarama Staff The animated series returns on Disney Plus next month.
Google doodle celebrates lunar new year as astronaut photographs Beijing from space By Tariq Malik The Year of the Rat has officially begun and Google is celebrating the start of the Lunar New Year with an adorable doodle of a cartoon rat.
