In the Space.com forums this week: Perseverance prizes, exploration and breaking theories! By Mohamed Mohammed This week, the Space.com forums kicked off our Perseverance Prize giveaway, talked space exploration and more. See what's up here.
NASA names Perseverance rover's Mars touchdown site 'Octavia E. Butler Landing' By Elizabeth Howell The Perseverance rover's Red Planet touchdown site has been renamed for Octavia E. Butler, the noted African American science fiction author.
First-ever 'space hurricane' detected over the North Pole By Brandon Specktor Astronomers detected the first-known 'space hurricane' raging over the North Pole for 8 hours in 2014, a new study found.
The top space stories of the week! By Doris Elin Urrutia These are the top space stories this week from Space.com.
Space photos: The most amazing images this week! By Doris Elin Urrutia See the best photos on Space.com this week.
Space Chat with Space.com: Tune in Fridays for science, space and more! By Chelsea Gohd This Friday (Mar. 5), Space Chat will explore commercial space initiatives like Inspiration4, which aim to send commercial astronauts to space.
NASA's Perseverance rover takes its first test drive on Mars By Chelsea Gohd NASA's Perseverance rover has taken its first steps on Mars, the agency announced today (March 5).
Mercury meets up with Jupiter (Saturn and the moon, too!) in the morning sky this week By Joe Rao If you look low in the east-southeast sky at around 5:45 a.m. local time, you'll see them: the biggest planet in our solar system passing unusually close to the smallest planet in the solar system.
Watch live tonight: Join Slooh's live webcast of asteroid Apophis flyby By Space.com Staff The Slooh online observatory will broadcast live views of the near-Earth asteroid Apophis tonight (March 5) at 8 p.m. EST (0100 GMT on Saturday).
Netflix launches 'Pacific Rim: The Black' anime series By Jeff Spry When Kaiju ravage Australia, two siblings pilot a Jaeger to search for their parents in this new teaser for Netflix's "Pacific Rim: The Black" anime series available now.
Marvel's new 'Alien' comic promises 'claustrophobic feeling of unseen, unknowable terror' By Chris Arrant The iconic sci-fi/horror franchise "Alien" will roar once more in a new comic book series from Marvel.
On This Day in Space! March 5, 1982: Soviet Venera 14 probe lands on Venus By Hanneke Weitering On March 5, 1982, the Soviet Union's Venera 14 spacecraft landed on Venus! See how it happened in our "On This Day In Space" series!
Spacewalking astronauts tackle stubborn struts to prime space station for new solar arrays By Elizabeth Howell Two astronauts finally wrapped up tricky solar array strut installations outside the International Space Station Friday (March 5) that stymied a previous set of spacewalkers just a few days before.
Live @ 3:30 pm ET: NASA unveils Perseverance rover's 'firsts' on Mars By Space.com Staff NASA will hold a teleconference today (March 5) to discuss the many firsts the Perseverance rover is performing on Mars and you can watch it live here.
Read a free issue of All About Space magazine! By Tariq Malik Created by space experts, our sister publication is the cutting-edge magazine that features the latest developments in space science, exploration and more
Mount Etna's fiery eruptions seen from space (satellite photos) By Chelsea Gohd Mount Etna has been spewing lava across Sicily for weeks during a series of eruptions captured by a slew of Earth-orbiting satellites.
Boeing's 2nd Starliner space taxi test flight for NASA delayed again By Elizabeth Howell Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will face another delay before reattempting an uncrewed test flight that had been targeting April 2.
Pictures from space! Our image of the day By Space.com Staff The European Space Agency's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft Plato has crossed another hurdle, with critical technology for its mission passing tests at the ESTEC Test Center in the Netherlands.
NASA will revel in Perseverance rover's 'firsts' on Mars today and you can follow it live By Tariq Malik NASA will show off the Perseverance rover's "firsts" on Mars in a teleconference today, March 5. Here's how to watch live.
Huge asteroid Apophis will safely fly past Earth tonight. Here's where to watch live online. By Elizabeth Howell At least two astronomy broadcast services plan to showcase the asteroid Apophis as it flies by Earth safely on Friday (March 5).
