Scientists probe the weird, alien water inside of Uranus and Neptune By Chelsea Gohd Researchers are investigating an alien version of water inside the strange, icy interiors of Uranus and Neptune.
The bizarre dimming of bright star Betelgeuse caused by giant stellar eruption By Mike Wall Betelgeuse's odd recent dimming was caused by a huge cloud of material that the supergiant star blasted into space, a new study suggests.
Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico suffers serious damage after cable breaks By Mike Wall One of Arecibo's supporting cables snapped early Monday morning (Aug. 10), ripping a 100-foot-long (30 meters) gash in the giant radio dish.
On This Day in Space! Aug. 13, 2014: WorldView-3 Earth-observing satellite launches into orbit By Hanneke Weitering On Aug. 13, 2014, a company called DigitalGlobe launched WorldView-3. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!
Quantum communication takes a major leap with satellite-based experiment By Passant Rabie A new experiment increases the distance between two communicating parties from 62 miles (100 km) to 756 miles (1,200 km.)
Experimental DragRacer satellites will test 'Terminator Tape' for space junk cleanup this fall By Samantha Mathewson An experimental mission to collect orbital debris is slated to launch this fall to test the deorbit performance of two identical satellites.
The first interplanetary helicopter is on its way to Mars By Hanneke Weitering NASA's Mars helicopter, called Ingenuity, is hitching a ride to the Red Planet with the agency's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover.
On This Day in Space! Aug. 13, 2014: WorldView-3 Earth-observing satellite launches into orbit By Hanneke Weitering On Aug. 13, 2014, a company called DigitalGlobe launched WorldView-3. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!
NASA to stop using racist nicknames for cosmic objects By Doris Elin Urrutia The Aug. 5 statement was issued by NASA’s Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity (ODEO).
Scientists probe the weird, alien water inside of Uranus and Neptune By Chelsea Gohd Researchers are investigating an alien version of water inside the strange, icy interiors of Uranus and Neptune.
Students grow 'rocket lettuce' from space seeds By Nola Taylor Redd Students across the United Kingdom grew seeds that spent six months in space to learn how they would grow once back on Earth.
NASA's TESS exoplanet-hunting space telescope wraps up primary mission By Mike Wall TESS wrapped up its two-year primary mission on July 4, having discovered 66 confirmed alien planets and nearly 2,100 "candidates" that scientists still need to vet.
Pentagon's secret, defunct UFO-hunting program may still exist By Mindy Weisberger A federal program for investigating UFOs was purportedly discontinued in 2012, but the Pentagon's search for UFOs never stopped. Its findings may soon be released to the public.
NASA's Mars rover Perseverance is fine and out of 'safe mode' By Mike Wall You can breathe easy now: All is officially well with NASA's newly launched Mars rover Perseverance.
Watch live @ 7 pm ET: Slooh livestreams the Perseid meteor shower By Space.com Staff Astronomers with the Slooh online observatory will host a free webcast of the annual Perseid meteor shower on Wednesday (Aug. 12) at 7 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT). Watch it live here!
You can see the 2020 Perseid meteor shower in a free Slooh webcast tonight By Hanneke Weitering The annual Perseid meteor shower has just peaked, but it's not too late to spot one of the famed "shooting stars" in the night sky — or in a live webcast.
Perseid meteor shower 2020 weather forecast: Here's what to expect in the US for tonight's peak! By Joe Rao The 2020 Perseid meteor shower peaks overnight tonight (Aug. 11 and 12). Here's the U.S. weather forecast.
Beck teams up with NASA and AI for 'Hyperspace' visual album experience By Steve Spaleta The musician Beck teams up with NASA and Osk to deliver a new visual album experience for his 2019 record "Hyperspace."
'Space cola wars' at 35: When Coca-Cola, Pepsi tested soda in space By Robert Z. Pearlman For John-David Bartoe, a payload specialist aboard the space shuttle, becoming one of the first to drink Coca-Cola or Pepsi off Earth was a sip too far.
'Star Trek: Lower Decks' warps into the animated comedy frontier with 'Second Contact' By Scott Snowden The new animated "Star Trek" show, "The Lower Decks" gets off to a promising start on CBS All Access with the first episode "Second Contact."
