NASA's Artemis 1 megarocket rolls back to launch pad for moon mission By Elizabeth Howell published 17 August 22 The Artemis 1 Space Launch System is on its way to the moon following its four-mile journey to a Kennedy Space Center launch pad.
NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission: Live updates By Tariq Malik published 17 August 22 See the latest news about NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission here.
Watch NASA's Artemis 1 moon megarocket roll back to the launch pad By Tariq Malik published 17 August 22 You can watch NASA's Artemis 1 SLS megarocket roll to the launch pad for a moon mission at 3 p.m. EDT on Aug. 16.
American Airlines orders 20 Boom Supersonic passenger jets By Brett Tingley published 16 August 22 The world's largest airline has agreed to buy 20 Boom Supersonic Overture jets, expected to carry passengers at twice the speeds of conventional passenger aircraft.
NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission will carry the world's 1st deep-space biology experiment By Stefanie Waldek published 16 August 22 Scientists will study the effects of radiation on yeast in preparation for long-duration crewed missions to deep space.
Asteroid Ryugu contains dust older than the solar system By Tereza Pultarova published 16 August 22 Ancient grains of dust that are older than the solar system itself have been found in samples from asteroid Ryugu brought to Earth by the Japanese Hayabusa2 spacecraft nearly two years ago.
Supermassive black hole pair nearest Earth is locked in a violent cosmic dance By Robert Lea published 16 August 22 A powerful and spectacular cosmic dance that began a billion years ago will lead to a collision and merger between two galaxies and the supermassive black holes at their hearts.
Meteorites that reach the Earth fall from asteroid butts By Stefanie Waldek published 16 August 22 Scientists studied the trajectory and debris field of asteroid 2008 TC3 to determine which specific parts of the space rock made it down to the Earth's surface.
China's X-ray observatory detects strongest magnetic field ever recorded By Andrew Jones published 16 August 22 A Chinese X-ray telescope has detected the strongest-ever magnetic field recorded by making observations of a rapidly-spinning neutron star, or magnetar.
'Cannibal' solar flares may bring auroras as far south as New York By Tereza Pultarova published 16 August 22 The sun has spat out two clouds of plasma in the past two days, which might trigger beautiful aurora displays observable as far south as New York later this week.
Pictures from space! Our image of the day By Space.com Staff published 16 August 22 NASA's Space Launch System rocket captured inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ahead of its roll out to the launch pad.
Wedding bells ring in new 'Star Wars' novel 'The Princess and the Scoundrel' (exclusive) By Jeff Spry published 16 August 22 Writer Beth Revis discusses her new "Star Wars" novel, "The Princess and the Scoundrel"
Mars explorers could harvest oxygen from the atmosphere using plasma By Andrew Jones published 16 August 22 An international team of researchers has devised a plasma-based approach to producing oxygen on Mars to support exploration.
Saturn is at opposition. See it shine at its best for 2022 in a free webcast tonight. By Tariq Malik published 16 August 22 The ringed planet Saturn is often hailed as the jewel of the solar system and you have a chance to see why in a free webcast tonight.
On This Day In Space: Aug. 16, 1963: Wingless M2-F1 completes 1st glide flight By Hanneke Weitering published 16 August 22 On Aug. 16, 1963, NASA's M2-F1 aircraft prototype made its first glide flight. Learn how it happened On This Day in Space!
This tiny moon rover has a leg up on traditional spacecraft designs By Stefanie Waldek published 16 August 22 Students at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands are developing the world's smallest and lightest moon rover, called Lunar Zebro.
Black hole 'superradiance' phenomenon may aid quest for dark matter By Paul Sutter published 16 August 22 Scientists think that when dark photons collect around black holes, they can get trapped and boosted to high energies, where they might transform into other particles (or even just normal photons).
Giant meteorite strikes in Earth's distant history may have helped form continents By Robert Lea published 16 August 22 Earth is the only planet we know possesses continents, a scientific mystery, but new research indicates the continents may have been created by meteorite impacts in Earth's distant history.
NASA film traces Artemis 1 rocket's 'Path to the Pad' as mission stack rolls out today By Jeff Spry published 16 August 22 A new NASA video "Path to the Pad: The Rocket" details the awesome might of the SLS megarocket.
Underwater snow on Earth could offer insight into Europa's icy crust By Andrew Jones published 15 August 22 Studying unusual processes of how ice accumulates below ice shelves here on Earth could hold lessons for the exploration and habitability of Jupiter's moon Europa.
