Watch Live Today! Mars Society Convention 2019 Talks Red Planet Exploration By Space.com Staff The Mars Society will stream live talks and presentations from its 2019 International Mars Society Convention at USC in Los Angeles. Watch Live!
'Star Trek: Short Treks' Review: Did Spock Just Laugh in 'Q&A'? By Scott Snowden It's Spock's first day on the Enterprise and he gets stuck in a turbolift with Number One! "Star Trek: Short Treks" returns with episode "Q&A."
Space Companies Are Investing Big in 5G Technology By Elizabeth Howell Space companies worldwide want to bring more data to your devices, faster than ever before.
On This Day in Space! Oct. 20, 1970: Soviet Union Launches the Last 'Zond' Moon Mission By Hanneke Weitering On Oct. 20, 1970, the Soviet Union launched the Zond 8 spacecraft on a mission to the moon. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!
Space Photos: The Most Amazing Images This Week! By Doris Elin Urrutia Here are our picks for the most amazing space photos of the week.
Japan's 1st Moon Rover to Touch Down in 2021 By Mike Wall The tiny, wheeled robot, named Yaoki, is one of about 30 payloads flying on the first moon mission of Astrobotic's Peregrine lander.
Moon VIPER: NASA Wants to Send a Water-Sniffing Rover to the Lunar South Pole in 2022 By Meghan Bartels NASA is already pulling together plans for what could become its first long-lived robotic rover on the moon's surface, designed to sniff out water and targeting a landing date of 2022.
Watch Live Today! Mars Society Convention 2019 Talks Red Planet Exploration By Space.com Staff The Mars Society will stream live talks and presentations from its 2019 International Mars Society Convention at USC in Los Angeles. Watch Live!
On This Day in Space! Oct. 20, 1970: Soviet Union Launches the Last 'Zond' Moon Mission By Hanneke Weitering On Oct. 20, 1970, the Soviet Union launched the Zond 8 spacecraft on a mission to the moon. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!
RIP, Van Allen Probes! NASA Ends 7-Year Mission to Explore Earth's Radiation Belts By Meghan Bartels Another long-lived NASA mission has come to an end, this one after more than seven years of dancing through the perilous belts of radiation around Earth.
This Poofy, Inflated Exoplanet Is One of the Puffiest Ever Seen By Charles Q. Choi Giant alien worlds with searing, close orbits to their host stars can inflate like balloons. Now astronomers have discovered one so puffy that it is one of the least dense planets ever discovered.
European-Russian ExoMars Rover Team in 'Race Against the Clock' to Fix Parachutes for 2020 Launch By Mike Wall The European-Russian ExoMars 2020 mission will have to find some parachute fixes fast if it wants to be ready for launch next summer.
Venus May Not Have Been As Earthlike As Scientists Thought By Elizabeth Howell Was Venus once covered in a liquid water ocean? A new study suggests it was not, which could diminish hope that eons ago, warm and wet conditions allowed life to arise on the planet.
A Churning 'Molten Blob' of Planet May Be Easier to Find. Here's Why. By Meghan Bartels The smaller a planet, the more difficult it is to spot — which is frustrating for scientists hoping to find Earth-like worlds.
The Orionid Meteor Shower 2019 Peaks Soon: Here's What to Expect By Joe Rao October's Orionid meteor shower is one of the most reliable of the annual displays of "shooting stars." Unfortunately, this year, the Orionids are going to face a handicap.
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.
Brilliant Midnight Fireball Lights Up Sky Over Northeast China By Tariq Malik What appears to be a dazzling meteor lit up the sky over northeast China on Friday (Oct. 11), appearing as a brilliant fireball in surveillance video of the event.
'Star Trek: Short Treks' Review: Did Spock Just Laugh in 'Q&A'? By Scott Snowden It's Spock's first day on the Enterprise and he gets stuck in a turbolift with Number One! "Star Trek: Short Treks" returns with episode "Q&A."
Robots and Pitbulls: 'Lost in Space 2' Actors Bring Smiles to New York Comic Con By Doris Elin Urrutia Season 2 of Netflix's "Lost in Space" promises a whole new set of ambitious, problem-solving ideas from the Robinson family as they navigate a whole new world.
Josie and the Pussycats are Heading to Outer Space By George Marston Josie and the Pussycats are heading into outer space in a new digital-first series debuting on comiXology, as announced via ScreenRant.