Voracious Black Holes Could Feed Alien Life on Rogue Worlds By Mara Johnson-Groh Black holes are engines of destruction on a cosmic scale, but they may also be the bringers of life.
SpaceX Eyes New Feats With Falcon Heavy Launch Tonight By Amy Thompson SpaceX's megarocket, the Falcon Heavy, is poised for flight. Perched atop NASA's historic Pad 39A, the behemoth will lift off sometime during a 4-hour window that opens late tonight (June 24).
Blue Origin Performs First Test of BE-7 Lunar Lander Engine By Jeff Foust Blue Origin has performed the first hotfire test of the engine it plans to use on its Blue Moon lunar lander.
Contest Aims to Fly Openly LGBTQ+ Scientist-Astronaut in Space By Elizabeth Howell No one has flown in space while publicly identifying as LGBTQ+, but a new contest called Out Astronaut hopes to change that.
Watch Live Monday: Space Station Crew Landing and a SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch By SPACE.com Staff See a space station crew landing followed by a Falcon Heavy rocket launch on Monday (June 24).
Bill Nye and Planetary Society Set to Ride a Sunbeam with LightSail 2 Solar Sail By Doris Elin Salazar This Monday (June 24), the nonprofit organization The Planetary Society will launch LightSail 2, the first spacecraft propelled solely by sunlight.
Secretive Startup SpinLaunch Gets 1st Launch Contract for US Military By Tariq Malik The secretive startup SpinLaunch, which aims to fling satellites into space without a traditional launch pad, has just secured its first launch contract.
SpaceX Eyes New Feats With Falcon Heavy Launch Tonight By Amy Thompson SpaceX's megarocket, the Falcon Heavy, is poised for flight. Perched atop NASA's historic Pad 39A, the behemoth will lift off sometime during a 4-hour window that opens late tonight (June 24).
Blue Origin Performs First Test of BE-7 Lunar Lander Engine By Jeff Foust Blue Origin has performed the first hotfire test of the engine it plans to use on its Blue Moon lunar lander.
Voracious Black Holes Could Feed Alien Life on Rogue Worlds By Mara Johnson-Groh Black holes are engines of destruction on a cosmic scale, but they may also be the bringers of life.
How Martian Microbes Could Survive in the Salty Puddles of the Red Planet By Charles Q. Choi The Red Planet may be more habitable than previously thought.
Two Potentially Earth-Like Alien Planets Found Around Nearby Star By Elizabeth Howell A research team discovered two Earth-like planets in our cosmic backyard, and they reside in the perfect zone for water to form on their presumably rocky surfaces.
Breakthrough Listen Releases 1 Million Gigabytes of Data from Its Search for E.T. By Doris Elin Salazar On Tuesday (June 18), the project announced that it's made the largest data release ever in the search for extraterrestrial life.
NASA's 2020 Mars Rover Gets Its 1st Wheels, and a Mast, Too (Ahoy!) By Mike Wall Engineers have installed the headlike mast on the Mars 2020 rover and put on a (temporary) set of wheels as well.
Space Launch Calendar 2019: Sky Events, Missions & More By Hanneke Weitering Here's a guide to SpaceX's launch schedule, other rocket missions, astronomical events of the next year, as well as milestones for spacecraft already in travel.
See Draco the Dragon in the Night Sky This Week By Joe Rao Draco the Dragon is well worth spotting this week, as it is particularly bright in the northern sky, winding around the Little Dipper.
Total Solar Eclipse 2019: Video Streams and Webcasts to Watch Live By Doris Elin Salazar If you aren't lucky enough to view this summer's total solar eclipse in person, check out any one of these live webcasts streaming the amazing sight.
CNN Documentary 'Apollo 11' Premieres on TV Tonight By Chelsea Gohd The smash hit film "Apollo 11," made entirely of archival NASA footage, pays a thrilling homage to the historic mission. Tonight, CNN premieres the film on television for all to enjoy.
Take One Giant Leap to the Moon with New Augmented Reality Apps By Elizabeth Howell If you weren't born when the first crewed moon-landing mission launched — or you want to relive the experience — USA Today's two augmented reality apps will take you step by step through history.
Sci-Fi Classic 'Moon' Available on 4K Ultra HD for Apollo 11 Anniversary By Scott Snowden As part of a double anniversary celebration, the modern sci-fi classic "Moon" will be available for the first time on 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray.
