Chinese Film 'The Wandering Earth' Imagines a Journey to a New Sun By Doris Elin Salazar China's 2019 blockbuster movie "The Wandering Earth" takes audiences on a epic journey outward through the solar system.
The Great Exoplanet Bake-Off: Why NASA Made an Oven-Fresh Alien Atmosphere in Its Lab By Brandon Specktor NASA scientists cooked up an alien atmosphere in their lab to solve the puzzle of "hot Jupiters."
Happy 20th! Beloved Sci-Fi Series 'Farscape' Now Available on Amazon Prime By Scott Snowden The weird, wonderful and slightly wacky '90s sci-fi series that helped shape the genre is now available on Amazon Prime.
Watch Live Now! Slooh Webcast of the Super Worm Moon Equinox By SPACE.com Staff The online observatory Slooh.com will host a live webcast of the Super Worm Moon and the vernal equinox today (March 20). Watch it live here, courtesy of Slooh, beginning at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT).
Zippo Celebrates Apollo 11 50th With 'Collectible of the Year' Lighter By Robert Z. Pearlman An iconic U.S. brand is sparking collector interest with a tribute to the first moon landing.
Image of the Day By Hanneke Weitering Happy vernal equinox! Here's a satellite view of the sun rising over North America this morning on the first day of spring. In the Southern Hemisphere, today is the first day of autumn.
Vernal Equinox 2019: Google Doodles Celebrate as Earth's Seasons Change By Tariq Malik The seasons change on Earth today, and Google is getting into the equinox spirit with a pair of doodles to celebrate the yearly milestone.
Supermoon 2019: When and How to See the Supermoon Trifecta By Hanneke Weitering This year skywatchers will get to witness three supermoons in a row on Jan. 21, Feb. 19 and March 20.
March Full Moon 2019: Spring Equinox Brings the 'Super Worm Moon' ! By Jesse Emspak The full moon of March, called the Worm Moon, will occur on Wednesday, March 20, at 9:43 p.m. EDT (0143 GMT on March 21), just under four hours after the vernal equinox.
On This Day in Space! March 20, 1987: NASA Launches Palapa B2-P Satellite for Indonesia By Hanneke Weitering On March 20, 1987, NASA launched an Indonesian communications satellite called Palapa B2-P. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space Video Series.
Israeli Lunar Lander on Course for the Moon After Latest Engine Firing By Mike Wall Israel's first lunar lander has managed to get itself out to the moon's neighborhood.
How a Viral Comet Crash Into Jupiter Helped Popularize the Internet By Meghan Bartels A quarter century ago and thousands of miles away, a dramatic weeklong cosmic collision unfolded and helped the internet gain a foothold in people's lives.
Here's the Right Way to Nuke an Asteroid (Sorry, Bruce Willis) By Meghan Bartels If you want to use a nuclear weapon to save the world from an asteroid, don't try to do it the way Bruce Willis did, NASA's planetary defense office would like to remind you.
NASA Wants to Put a Rover on the Moon by 2023 By Meghan Bartels NASA officials offered a target date for a key intermediate step preceding human lunar missions by 2028: The agency wants to put a rover on the moon by 2023.
Surprise! 'Active Asteroid' Bennu Is a Rare Particle-Ejecting Space Rock By Mike Wall The near-Earth asteroid Bennu is one of just a dozen or so known 'active asteroids,' newly announced observations from NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft reveal.
Scientists Are Fighting Drug-Resistant Bacteria in Space with Silvery Shield By Hanneke Weitering While living in space weakens astronauts' bodies, microbes can thrive in the zero-gravity environment, growing stronger and even developing resistance to antibiotics.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Returning to TV After Fox, NatGeo Investigation: Report By Mike Wall Neil deGrasse Tyson will be back on the air soon, according to media reports.
Water on Asteroid Bennu Could Mean 'Pay Dirt' for Space Miners By Mike Wall The near-Earth asteroid Bennu could be Exhibit A for space miners making their case to skeptical investors.
