Pictures from space! Our image of the day By Space.com Staff The Sombrero Galaxy may have a smooth "brim," suggesting that its past was free of any galactic collisions, but new Hubble data shows that this seemingly unscathed galaxy is hiding a violent past.
'Mad Mike' wasn't trying to prove 'flat Earth' theory on ill-fated homemade rocket launch By Chelsea Gohd Following the tragic death of 'Mad' Mike Hughes, we revisit the real reasons why he launched himself into the air aboard his homemade steam rocket, knowing how risky the stunt was.
Astra's 1st flight for DARPA Launch Challenge delayed by bad weather By Mike Wall A California spaceflight company's quest to win the $12 million DARPA Launch Challenge won't kick off tomorrow (Feb. 25) after all.
The Picard Panel: Beam into our 'Star Trek: Picard' talk today! By Tariq Malik On Friday's through March, Space.com is taking a look at "Star Trek: Picard," the latest installment in the "Star Trek" franchise on the streaming service CBS All Access. Here's how to watch!
Smithsonian documentary 'Black in Space' looks at race and the space race By Robert Z. Pearlman The documentary premieres on Feb. 24.
See record-high temperatures strip Antarctica of huge amounts of ice By Brandon Specktor Antarctica saw two record-high temperatures set between Feb. 6 and Feb.9, and that took a huge toll on the continent's ice, as seen in NASA images.
DARPA's hypersonic 'Glide Breaker' could blast missile threats out of the sky By Elizabeth Howell Aerojet Rocketdyne will develop "enabling technologies" for DARPA's Glide Breaker program under a newly announced contract, which is worth up to $19.6 million.
On This Day in Space: Feb. 24, 1968: First pulsar discovered by Jocelyn Bell By Hanneke Weitering On Feb. 24, 1968, an astronomy grad student Jocelyn Bell announced that she had discovered the first pulsar. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!
Japan to launch a sample-return mission to Mars moon Phobos in 2024 By Mike Wall The Martian Moon Exploration (MMX) mission, which aims to haul pieces of the Mars moon Phobos to Earth, has officially become a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) project.
Pictures from space! Our image of the day By Space.com Staff The Sombrero Galaxy may have a smooth "brim," suggesting that its past was free of any galactic collisions, but new Hubble data shows that this seemingly unscathed galaxy is hiding a violent past.
See record-high temperatures strip Antarctica of huge amounts of ice By Brandon Specktor Antarctica saw two record-high temperatures set between Feb. 6 and Feb.9, and that took a huge toll on the continent's ice, as seen in NASA images.
Scientists eye the Martian underground in search for alien life By Leonard David While the cold, dry, radiation-blasted surface of Mars is widely considered to be uninhabitable, the subsurface may be a very different story.
SETI search of interstellar Comet Borisov finds no sign of alien 'technosignatures' By Mike Wall The Breakthrough Listen SETI project has scanned the interstellar Comet Borisov for "technosignatures" but come up empty so far.
Water on Mars? Boulder shadows may spawn short-lived pools of brine. By Mike Wall Many tiny patches of modern Martian ground may be capable of supporting life, if only very briefly, a new study suggests.
Full moon and the 'Belt of Venus' glow over Lisbon during 1st eclipse of 2020 (photo) By Miguel Claro A cityscape view captured from the highest point of Lisbon shows the first full moon of the year, rising above the capital of Portugal on Jan. 10, with the Tagus River visible in the background.
Milky Way's seasonal transition captured in gorgeous night sky photo By Miguel Claro A starry night scene captured at the end of summer from the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve in Portugal shows the Milky Way's galactic arc shimmering above a dead tree in Noudar Park.
See the moon, 3 planets and red star Antares arc over NYC (photos) By Mike Wall You can catch the sky show, too, if you're willing to rise before the sun.
Luke Skywalker gets a new yellow lightsaber this May By George Marston After he lost his father's lightsaber and before he built his own, Luke Skywalker had a different Jedi weapon.
'No Man's Sky' update adds freaky living spaceships you can hatch from eggs By Christopher Livingston Bizarre new points of interest have been added to solar systems in the Living Ships update as well.
'Mad Mike' Hughes, daredevil who built a homemade steam rocket, dies in launch attempt By Tariq Malik Daredevil "Mad Mike" Hughes died Saturday (Feb. 22) during his latest attempt to launch into the sky on a homemade rocket powered by steam.
