Watch private freighter leave space station early Tuesday for fiery death By Mike Wall published 27 June 22 Northop Grumman's robotic Cygnus freighter is scheduled to undock from the orbiting lab at 6:05 a.m. EDT (1005) Tuesday. Watch it live here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA.
Satellites zoom in on cities' hottest neighborhoods to help combat the urban heat island effect By Daniel P. Johnson published 27 June 22 Landsat satellites have been pinpointing risks of extreme heat within cities.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission: Live updates By Space.com Staff published 27 June 22 Read the latest news about NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
James Webb Space Telescope team clears 1st instrument for science observations By Elizabeth Howell published 27 June 22 An exoplanet hunter and first-light detector on the James Webb Space Telescope is ready to do science, six months after the observatory launched to space.
Watch Mercury roll by as BepiColombo probe makes superclose flyby (video) By Tereza Pultarova published 27 June 22 A new video shows the crater-riddled surface of the solar system's smallest planet Mercury as captured during a super close flyby of the BepiColombo spacecraft.
July full moon 2022: 'Buck supermoon' passes Saturn By Jesse Emspak published 27 June 22 The full moon of July also called the "Buck Moon" or "Thunder Moon," will occur July 23 at 10:36 p.m. EDT (0236 GMT on July 24).
Pictures from space! Our image of the day By Space.com Staff published 27 June 22 The core of Europe's new heavy-lift Ariane 6 rocket has been assembled at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana ahead of crucial tests that will pave the way for the rocket's debut flight next year.
Celebrate Asteroid Day 2022 with free online broadcast this week By Samantha Mathewson published 27 June 22 Asteroid research and planetary defense is of great interest to scientists around the world, which is why June 30 marks international Asteroid Day.
Alien super-Earths may get a habitability boost from hydrogen-rich atmospheres By Charles Q. Choi published 27 June 22
Coming increase in rocket launches will damage ozone, alter climate, study finds By Tereza Pultarova published 27 June 22 The projected growth in the number of rocket launches will have a detrimental impact on Earth's climate and its protective ozone layer, a new study has found.
Planet Neptune will go into reverse as it moves in the sky on Tuesday By Daisy Dobrijevic published 27 June 22 Neptune will enter retrograde on Tuesday (June 28) and will appear to 'reverse its course' as it moves across the sky. Here's how to see it.
James Webb Space Telescope will study Milky Way's monster black hole By Meghan Bartels published 27 June 22 Next time the Event Horizon Telescope turns to study the monster black hole at the center of the Milky Way, it will have help from the James Webb Space Telescope.
On This Day In Space: June 27, 1997: NEAR Shoemaker flies by asteroid Mathilde By Hanneke Weitering published 27 June 22 On June 27, 1997, NASA's NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft flew by an asteroid named 253 Mathilde. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series.
Did a giant radio telescope in China just discover aliens? Not so FAST… By Danny C Price published 27 June 22 We should be intrigued, but not too excited (yet). Any interesting signal has to go through a lot of tests to check whether it truly carries the signature of extraterrestrial technology.
NASA's CAPSTONE cubesat launch to the moon delayed again for systems checks By Tariq Malik published 26 June 22 NASA has called off plans to launch a small cubesat to the moon on Monday (June 27) to allow more time to check its Rocket Lab booster for flight.
Watch NASA's CAPSTONE cubesat launch to the moon Tuesday to test unique lunar orbit By Tariq Malik published 26 June 22 Rocket Lab will launch NASA's CAPSTONE cubesat to the moon from New Zealand atop an Electron booster, and you can watch it live online.
Marvel at the majestic galaxies in this classic Hubble telescope photo By Jeff Spry published 26 June 22 NASA revisits a spectacular Hubble Space Telescope shot of the dwarf galaxy ESO 318-13 in this stunning photo.
Buzz Lightyear has really flown in space. Here are the videos to prove it. By Elizabeth Howell published 26 June 22 At 468 days in space, Buzz Lightyear has spent the longest time ever in space on a single mission.
See the moon shine near Mercury before dawn on Monday as it concludes its planet tour By Daisy Dobrijevic published 26 June 22 The moon will pass close to Mercury in the predawn sky on Monday (June 27). Find out how and where to see this skywatching event.
You can watch the rare 5-planet alignment in a live webcast for free today By Elizabeth Howell published 26 June 22 You can watch the five naked-eye planets align for free on a livestream that will be running Sunday (June 26).
