Day and Night Are Perfectly Balanced in Spring Equinox Photo Snapped from Space By Laura Geggel Earth just got another dazzling glamour shot, thanks to a satellite that snapped its photo on the March 20 spring equinox.
Space Webcasts: Astronauts Take Spacewalk Outside Space Station By SPACE.com Staff Two NASA astronauts took a spacewalk outside the International Space Station Friday, March 22, to swap out huge batteries.
Spacewalking Astronauts Swap Space Station Batteries in Power Upgrade By Hanneke Weitering The International Space Station got a power upgrade today (March 22) as two NASA astronauts took a spacewalk to install new batteries on the station's solar arrays.
SpaceX's Hexagon Tiles for Starship Heat Shield Pass Fiery Test By Tariq Malik SpaceX is turning up the heat on its Starship spacecraft project. Literally.
There's a Mock Moon Mission Underway in Russia By Leonard David Russia's SIRIUS (Scientific International Research in Unique Terrestrial Station) experiment is now underway, simulating a flight to the moon.
These Two Cosmic 'Chimneys' Could Be Fueling the Galaxy-Sized Bubbles Looming Over the Milky Way By Brandon Specktor Scientists made an X-ray map of the center of the galaxy — and they found two chimneys of plasma.
NASA May Send a Smallsat Mission to the Giant Asteroid Pallas By Meghan Bartels NASA is considering funding a mission that would send a satellite the size of a mini-fridge to the asteroid belt to examine an unexplored world: a massive asteroid scientists call Pallas.
How a Viral Comet Crash Into Jupiter Helped Popularize the Internet By Meghan Bartels A quarter century ago and thousands of miles away, a dramatic weeklong cosmic collision unfolded and helped the internet gain a foothold in people's lives.
Day and Night Are Perfectly Balanced in Spring Equinox Photo Snapped from Space By Laura Geggel Earth just got another dazzling glamour shot, thanks to a satellite that snapped its photo on the March 20 spring equinox.
Space Webcasts: Astronauts Take Spacewalk Outside Space Station By SPACE.com Staff Two NASA astronauts took a spacewalk outside the International Space Station Friday, March 22, to swap out huge batteries.
These Two Cosmic 'Chimneys' Could Be Fueling the Galaxy-Sized Bubbles Looming Over the Milky Way By Brandon Specktor Scientists made an X-ray map of the center of the galaxy — and they found two chimneys of plasma.
Meet 'Kazachok': Landing Platform for ExoMars Rover Gets a Name By Mike Wall The Russian-built landing platform for the ExoMars rover now has a name: 'Kazachok.'
Meet 'Kazachok': Landing Platform for ExoMars Rover Gets a Name By Mike Wall The Russian-built landing platform for the ExoMars rover now has a name: 'Kazachok.'
Why This Poisonous Gas Could Be a Sign of Alien Life By Mike Wall Scientists hunting for signs of alien life shouldn't be so quick to dismiss carbon monoxide, a new study suggests.
Europa Clipper Mission to Jupiter Gets $600M in NASA's 2020 Budget Request By Meghan Bartels NASA's Europa Clipper mission could receive $600 million for the fiscal year that begins in October, according to budget request documents released today (March 11) by the Trump administration.
Spring Arrives with a Lion in the Night Sky By Joe Rao For each season of the year, there is a "keynote" star pattern — and spring brings us to Leo, the Lion.
Slooh Webcasts: Vernal Equinox and Super Worm Moon Celebration By SPACE.com Staff The online observatory Slooh.com hosted a live webcast of the Super Worm Moon and the vernal equinox on March 20.
Netflix Premieres Nail-Biting '14 Minutes From Earth,' With Bold Stratospheric Jump By Elizabeth Howell The documentary "14 Minutes From Earth," which just premiered on Netflix, shows the secrecy behind, and the excitement following, the highest free-fall jump ever.
A Time Capsule Is Recovered and Lt. Malloy Experiences Life in 2015 in 'The Orville' Episode 'Lasting Impressions' By Scott Snowden A simple, back-to-basics episode of "The Orville" reminds us that convoluted plots aren't a prerequisite for quality sci-fi.
The Identity of the Mysterious Red Angel Is Revealed in This Week's 'Star Trek: Discovery' By Scott Snowden Burnham has to deal with one emotional uppercut after another in "The Red Angel."
