Watch live early Saturday: Rocket Lab to launch 'Another One Leaves the Crust' By Space.com Staff A Rocket Lab Electron booster will launch a small microsatellite into orbit from New Zealand’s Māhia Peninsula on Saturday (Jan. 16) and you can watch it live here.
Vespera, a smart telescope to make astrophotography easier, nabs CES 2021 Innovation Award By Hanneke Weitering Vaonis, a French startup that raised eyebrows in 2018 with its sci-fi robot-looking Stellina smart telescope, has revealed its latest newbie-friendly astrophotography invention.
Cold War heats up on the moon in 'For All Mankind' season 2 trailer for Apple TV+ By Robert Z. Pearlman Space shuttles fly to the moon and astronauts take up arms in the new trailer for the second season of "For All Mankind." The series returns to streaming on Apple TV+ on Feb. 19.
SpaceX swapping out two engines on Starship SN9 prototype ahead of test flight By Mike Wall SpaceX's latest Starship prototype needs some maintenance work before it can take to the skies.
Astronaut William Thornton, who invented space shuttle treadmill, dies at 91 By Robert Z. Pearlman Former NASA astronaut William "Bill" Thornton, who used his own inventions to measure and combat the ill-effects of microgravity while on board two space shuttle missions, has died at the age of 91.
Rian Hughes delivers a modernist sci-fi saga of epic proportions in his debut novel, 'XX' By Jeff Spry The acclaimed graphic designer and comics creator explores extreme typographic territory in this wild first contact tale.
This transforming NASA rover can go places others could only dream of By Kasandra Brabaw A new "transforming" rover in development at NASA will be able to explore rough terrain unlike any rover before it.
Meet Au-Spot, the AI robot dog that's training to explore caves on Mars By Mindy Weisberger Scientists are equipping four-legged, animal-mimicking robots with artificial intelligence (AI) and an array of sensing equipment to help the bots autonomously navigate the Red Planet.
On This Day in Space! Jan. 15, 2006: Stardust spacecraft returns samples of comet dust By Hanneke Weitering On Jan. 15, 2006, NASA's Stardust spacecraft returned to Earth with a capsule that contained the first samples of a comet. See how it happened in our "On This Day In Space" series!
After 'Apollo 11': New short film goes into 'Quarantine' after first moon landing By Robert Z. Pearlman The documentary will be released exclusively in IMAX theaters beginning Jan. 29 in select locations.
Pictures from space! Our image of the day By Space.com Staff The Hubble Space Telescope spotted a growing, gaseous supernova remnant, known as 1E 0102.2-7219, from a supernova explosion that occurred 1,700 years ago during the fall of the Roman Empire.
Space Chat with Space.com: Tune in Fridays for science, space and more! By Chelsea Gohd This Friday (Jan. 15), "Space Chat" will explore climate change.
CIA releases entire collection of UFO-related documents to truth-seeking website By Brandon Specktor The CIA just turned over 2,700 pages of UFO-related material to The Black Vault, a free repository of UFO records online.
An alien machine already visited us, Harvard astrophysicist still contends By Rafi Letzter Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has reignited a debate about whether alien life can explain an object that visited the solar system in 2017 in a scathing new book.
Blue UFO soars over Hawaii before crashing into the sea By Laura Geggel Multiple people saw a strange blue light whiz over Oahu, Hawaii.
January new moon 2021: Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury get together in the 'moonless' sky By Jesse Emspak The new moon of January will occur at 12 a.m. EST (0400 GMT) on Wednesday, Jan. 13.
How to watch the rare 'triple conjunction' of Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn tonight By Brandon Specktor Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn will form a tight triangle in the sky this Sunday during a rare 'triple conjunction' event.
Don't miss Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury shine in a triple-conjunction this weekend By Joe Rao A spectacular gathering of bright planets will be the chief celestial attraction in the evening sky this weekend as Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury appear to crowd into tight quarters.
Cold War heats up on the moon in 'For All Mankind' season 2 trailer for Apple TV+ By Robert Z. Pearlman Space shuttles fly to the moon and astronauts take up arms in the new trailer for the second season of "For All Mankind." The series returns to streaming on Apple TV+ on Feb. 19.
Rian Hughes delivers a modernist sci-fi saga of epic proportions in his debut novel, 'XX' By Jeff Spry The acclaimed graphic designer and comics creator explores extreme typographic territory in this wild first contact tale.
Space Chat with Space.com: Tune in Fridays for science, space and more! By Chelsea Gohd This Friday (Jan. 15), "Space Chat" will explore climate change.
