On This Day in Space: Feb. 21, 1931: Germany's 1st liquid-fuel rocket (barely) launches By Hanneke Weitering On Feb. 21, 1931, Germany launched its first liquid-fueled rocket … sort of. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!
Lego unveils 'Baby Yoda' BrickHeadz and epic Razor Crest from 'The Mandalorian' By Chelsea Gohd Lego is at it again with two new seriously awesome, Mandalorian-inspired BrickHeadz and a rad Razor Crest.
'Mad Mike' will try to launch his steam rocket again for 'Homemade Astronauts' TV show By Chelsea Gohd
How the universe could possibly have more dimensions By Paul Sutter String theory is a purported theory of everything that physicists hope will one day explain … everything.
Seven of Nine gets long overdue closure in 'Star Trek: Picard' episode 5 By Scott Snowden Rios, Raffi, Picard et al pull off a sting in Stardust City on Freecloud.
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.
Satellite 'license plates' and re-igniting rocket fuel could head off space junk crashes By Mindy Weisberger In low Earth orbit's growing "space junkyard," new technologies could reduce the risk of collisions.
'Mad Mike' will try to launch his steam rocket again for 'Homemade Astronauts' TV show By Chelsea Gohd
New book 'How We Got to the Moon' will reveal a stunning look at Apollo 11 (cover reveal) By Chelsea Gohd
Pictures from space! Our image of the day By Space.com Staff Mars ducks behind the crescent moon's lower limb in this photo from the lunar occultation on Tuesday (Feb. 18).
See the new Solar Orbiter's 1st space measurements (and an awesome video) By Samantha Mathewson The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter has sent back its first measurements from space, confirming the successful deployment of the boom that carries many of its sun-gazing instruments.
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.
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.
February new moon 2020: Catch Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and more in the 'moonless' night sky By Jesse Emspak The new moon occurs Sunday (Feb. 23) at 10:32 a.m. EST (1532 GMT), three days after a waning crescent moon makes a close pass with Saturn and four days before a close pass with Venus.
Watch Mars 'sneak' behind the crescent moon in these amazing views (video) By Hanneke Weitering The Red Planet briefly disappeared behind the moon for skywatchers in North America on Tuesday (Feb. 18), providing a rare celestial treat for early risers and astrophotographers.
'Mad Mike' will try to launch his steam rocket again for 'Homemade Astronauts' TV show By Chelsea Gohd
Behold, Baby Yoda! Hasbro reveals animatronic 'Child' and more from 'The Mandalorian' By Chelsea Gohd The new "Baby Yoda" animatronic moves, giggles and babbles when you pat its head.
New book 'How We Got to the Moon' will reveal a stunning look at Apollo 11 (cover reveal) By Chelsea Gohd
