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Students can create an Ingenuity helicopter video game with NASA's new learning guide.

Teach your kids to code a Mars helicopter game with this NASA guide

By Samantha Mathewson

NASA has shared a new learning guide for students to create their own video game to explore Mars with a helicopter like Ingenuity, which is expected to make its debut flight this week.

Frank Drake with cosmic equation to gauge the presence of intelligent life in the cosmos. The Drake Equation identifies specific factors believed to play a role in the development of civilizations in our galaxy.

On This Day in Space! April 11, 1960: 'Project Ozma' begins search for alien life

By Hanneke Weitering

On April 11, 1960, astronomers began the first scientific experiment that would search for extraterrestrial life. See how it happened in our "On This Day In Space" series!

The Larsen C ice shelf.

Over a third of Antarctic ice shelf could collapse as climate change warms the Earth

By Chelsea Gohd

Over a third of the Antarctic ice shelf is at risk of collapsing as Earth continues to warm.

This photo, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, depicts a dying galaxy called NGC 1947.

Hubble telescope captures striking image of a dying galaxy

By Kasandra Brabaw

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking photo of a dying galaxy.

NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity is seen by the Perseverance rover after unlocking its rotor blades on April 7, 2021.

NASA delays Mars helicopter Ingenuity's 1st flight to April 14

By Meghan Bartels

NASA has delayed the first flight of its Mars helicopter Ingenuity after the vehicle's last test ended earlier than planned.

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter does a slow spin test of its blades on April 8, 2021, the 48th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. This image was captured by the Mastcam-Z on NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover.

The Mars helicopter Ingenuity is about to make history in the skies of another world

By Chelsea Gohd

NASA is about to make history on the Red Planet with the first controlled, helicopter flight on another world.

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NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter does a slow spin test of its blades on April 8, 2021, the 48th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. This image was captured by the Mastcam-Z on NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover.

The Mars helicopter Ingenuity is about to make history in the skies of another world

By Chelsea Gohd

NASA is about to make history on the Red Planet with the first controlled, helicopter flight on another world.

Artist's illustration of NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter flying on the Red Planet.

How NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity can fly on the Red Planet

By Mike Wall

Flying on Mars is far from a breeze, but NASA is confident that its little helicopter is up to the challenge.

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NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter does a slow spin test of its blades on April 8, 2021, the 48th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. This image was captured by the Mastcam-Z on NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover.

The Mars helicopter Ingenuity is about to make history in the skies of another world

By Chelsea Gohd

NASA is about to make history on the Red Planet with the first controlled, helicopter flight on another world.

Artist's illustration of NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter flying on the Red Planet.

How NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity can fly on the Red Planet

By Mike Wall

Flying on Mars is far from a breeze, but NASA is confident that its little helicopter is up to the challenge.

Science & Astronomy

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Artist's illustration of NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter flying on the Red Planet.

How NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity can fly on the Red Planet

By Mike Wall

Flying on Mars is far from a breeze, but NASA is confident that its little helicopter is up to the challenge.

A test version of NASA's Orion spacecraft splashes into the Hydro Impact Basin at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, at 2:02 p.m. EDT (1802 GMT) on April 6, 2021.

The top space stories of the week!

By Doris Elin Urrutia

These are the top space stories this week from Space.com.

Search For Life

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An image of Saturn's moon Enceladus taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

Enceladus may have ocean currents like we see around Antarctica

By Elizabeth Howell

The ocean of the water-spurting moon Enceladus might be more active than scientists realized.

Features called recurring slope lineae (RSL) are found on some Martian slopes in warmer months. Red arrows point out an RSL in this image taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera system on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Mars' dark streaks are probably caused by dry landslides

By Mike Wall

A recent study found that these dark marks, known as recurring slope lineae, surged following the massive 2018 dust storm that killed NASA's Mars rover Opportunity.

A 2007 image from the APL-built STEREO B spacecraft of the moon crossing in front of the sun. A new conceptual study proposes to observe the Earth in a similar way, to learn if the transit method can determine a planet’s habitability.

How to spot aliens? Look at Earth, scientists propose.

By Mindy Weisberger

Revisiting how Earth looks from space could offer scientists clues for finding alien life on distant worlds.

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A total solar eclipse is seen on Monday, August 21, 2017 above Madras, Oregon. Another total solar eclipse will be visible across North America on April 8, 2024.

The Great North American Solar Eclipse of 2024 is just three years away

By Joe Rao

Three years from today, on Monday, April 8, 2024, more than half a billion people across North America have the chance to see another Great American Solar Eclipse.

starry night sky April 2021

Best night sky events of April 2021 (stargazing maps)

By Chris Vaughan

See what's up in the night sky for April 2021, including stargazing events and the moon's phases, in this Space.com gallery courtesy of Starry Night Software.

The full moon looks massive as it sets behind the Very Large Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert, in this photo released on June 7, 2010.

The Paschal full moon of 2021 rises tonight to make way for Easter

By Joe Rao

Palm Sunday, March 28 brings us the first full moon of the new spring season: the Paschal full moon.

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The cover of "Star Wars: Galactic Baking"

Exclusive: Salute 'Star Wars Day' with this mouth-watering 'Star Wars: Galactic Baking' cookbook

By Jeff Spry

Preheat the oven for more than 30 tempting "Star Wars"-themed sweets and treats

Tune in to the Yuri's Night 2021 Global Livestream on April 10, 2021.

Yuri's Night 2021: Celebrate 60 years of human spaceflight tonight with Bill Nye, astronauts, OK Go and more

By Chelsea Gohd

Tune in to Yuri's Night virtual party at 7 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT)!

The crew for SpaceX's upcoming Crew-2 mission is all smiles as we get closer to launch. The four astronauts are set to launch to the International Space Station April 22 and there will meet up with the Crew-1 astronauts who have been living up on the orbiting laboratory. From the left is European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.

Space Chat with Space.com: Tune in Fridays for science, space and more!

By Chelsea Gohd

This Friday (April 9), Space Chat will explore SpaceX's upcoming Crew-2 mission.