Watch live today: NASA preps for SpaceX cargo flight and ocean-monitoring satellite launch By Space.com Staff Today, NASA will preview science launching on the next Dragon flight and show off the Sentinel-6 oceanography satellite that launches tomorrow.
Watch a bright fireball explode over the Tasman Sea (video) By Samantha Mathewson A bright green meteor streaked across the southern coast of Tasmania, Australia, and researchers caught the fireball on camera as it broke up over the ocean.
Hear Mars rover Perseverance whir as it cruises toward the Red Planet By Mike Wall A microphone aboard the Mars 2020 rover Perseverance, which will touch down in February 2021, captured the whirring sound made by part of the robot's heating system.
Here's why SpaceX's Crew-1 astronauts chose Baby Yoda as their zero-g indicator By Mike Wall Zero-g Baby Yoda put a smile on our faces, and that was the plan all along.
Rocket Lab launches 30 satellites, recovers booster in reusability milestone By Mike Wall Rocket Lab just delivered a passel of satellites to orbit and took a big step toward booster reusability.
Law firm claims stake in tape strips used to lift moon dust off Apollo 11 sample bag By Robert Z. Pearlman The saga continues.
Stratolaunch starts building Talon hypersonic plane for Mach 6 flights By Elizabeth Howell Stratolaunch has started construction on a prototype of a Mach 6 vehicle designed to launch from the world's biggest airplane.
SpaceX's Crew-1 launch for NASA is carrying rock-eating microbes (and more weird science) By Elizabeth Howell The first operational commercial crew mission will not only bring astronauts to the International Space Station but also a suite of unique science experiments for the crew to work on.
Law firm claims stake in tape strips used to lift moon dust off Apollo 11 sample bag By Robert Z. Pearlman The saga continues.
SpaceX's Crew-1 astronaut launch for NASA: Live updates By Space.com Staff SpaceX plans to launch the first operational flight of its Crew Dragon astronaut taxi to the International Space Station on Nov. 14, 2020.
Arecibo radio telescope, an icon of astronomy, is lost By Meghan Bartels The National Science Foundation (NSF) will decommission Arecibo Observatory's massive radio dish after damage has made the facility too dangerous to repair, the agency announced today (Nov. 19).
Big dust storms may have driven off much of Mars' water By Nola Taylor Redd Martian dust storms have helped to strip water from the red planet.
Bringing Mars samples to Earth could cost an extra $1 billion, but NASA should totally do it, experts say By Meghan Bartels Holding a pristine piece of Mars in a lab on Earth is among the most ambitious dreams of planetary scientists, and NASA and its European counterpart want to make the dream a reality.
NASA's Curiosity rover snaps stunning selfie on Mars (photo) By Mike Wall NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has taken another selfie, just a few months before its six-wheeled cousin joins it on the Red Planet.
NASA's next Mars rover will land in less than 100 days By Mike Wall The life-hunting Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, which launched on July 30, is scheduled to land inside Jezero Crater on the afternoon of Feb. 18, 2021.
The best deals on Orion telescopes and binoculars By Gemma Lavender, All About Space magazine The very best deals on Orion telescopes and binoculars — whatever your budget and whoever the recipient
The Leonid meteor shower of 2020 peaks tonight! Here's what to expect. By Joe Rao One of the most famous annual meteor showers is reaching its peak — the Leonids. These ultrafast meteors are due to crest overnight tonight and into early Tuesday morning (Nov. 16-17).
November new moon 2020: Dark sky sets the stage for meteors, planets and constellations By Jesse Emspak The new moon occurs on Sunday, Nov. 15, just two days before the Leonid meteor shower reaches its peak.
HBO developing TV sci-fi drama series based on the 1998 movie 'Sphere' By Scott Snowden Will we get to see what happened to the crew of the crashed spacecraft from the future?
New game 'Mars Horizon' shows the real challenges of running a space agency By Elizabeth Howell The CEO of the new space strategy game says international spaceflight missions helped inspire a new game focusing on space agency management.
Take a video tour of SpaceX's Crew-1 Dragon spaceship with Baby Yoda (and astronauts, too) By Elizabeth Howell While en route to the International Space Station, the four astronauts of NASA's Crew-1 mission — along with special passenger Baby Yoda — showed viewers around their SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.
