Hubble Telescope Reveals What 200 Billion Stars Look Like (Photos) By Meghan Bartels Two incredible new images from the Hubble Space Telescope show galaxies in all their shining glory.
See Jupiter Near the Moon Wednesday Morning By Hanneke Weitering The waning moon will make a close approach to Jupiter in the night sky tonight (March 26), and you can see the giant gas planet shining close to Earth's natural satellite early tomorrow morning.
Kathy Sullivan, 1st American Woman to Walk in Space, on the All-Female Spacewalk That Could Have Been By Chelsea Gohd NASA's plans for the first all-female spacewalk by space station astronauts this week had all the makings of a historic moment.
Watch Live Wednesday: Rocket Lab's R3D2 Launch By SPACE.com Staff Rocket Lab is now aiming to launch DARPA's R3D2 satellite prototype no earlier than Wednesday, March 27, at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT) during a four-hour window.
US to Return Astronauts to the Moon by 2024, VP Pence Says By Mike Wall U.S. Vice President Mike Pence called on NASA to return American astronauts to the moon by 2024 — just five years from now — during the National Space Council meeting on Tuesday (March 26).
NASA Moon Orbiter Tracks Chinese Rover on Lunar Farside (Photos) By Leonard David NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter continues to monitor the whereabouts and wanderings of China's Yutu 2 rover on the moon's far side.
Lunar Module Makes Landing in Revamp of Apollo/Saturn V Center By Robert Z. Pearlman For more than 20 years, Lunar Module 9 has been in a state of constant flight. Now, it has finally come down for a landing — and for a closer view by the public.
Visit the Heart of the Milky Way in This 360-Degree, 4K Simulation (Video) By Sarah Lewin Put yourself at the center of an ever-changing Milky Way with this new immersive video of the galaxy's core.
Flat-Earthers' Cruise Will Sail to Antarctica 'Ice Wall' at the Planet's Edge. Right. By Mindy Weisberger A flat-Earthers conference promises a cruise to Antarctica.
Image of the Day By Hanneke Weitering Jupiter looks like a beautifully detailed marble in this new view from NASA's Juno spacecraft.
'Tiamat's Wrath' Builds Up to Grand Finale for 'Expanse' Books By Sarah Lewin The most dangerous thing in space exploration is the humans that do the exploring — right up until it isn't.
Behold! Jupiter Is a Breathtaking 'Marble' in This NASA Juno Photo By Meghan Bartels You've never seen Jupiter look like this.
Are Aliens Ignoring Us? Maybe We're Already Their Captives in a 'Galactic Zoo' By Mindy Weisberger Is Earth an exhibit in an alien zoo?
World's Largest Atom Smasher May Have Just Found Evidence for Why Our Universe Exists By Stephanie Pappas An asymmetry between matter and antimatter has been observed in the charm quark.
Astronauts Won’t Make the 1st All Female Spacewalk After All, NASA Says By Hanneke Weitering The first all-female spacewalk in history won't be happening this week after all due to a last-minute crew swap, NASA announced today (March 25).
Birth of 'Great Dark Spot' Storm on Neptune Seen for 1st Time (Photo) By Mike Wall For the first time ever, astronomers have witnessed the birth of one of Neptune's enormous 'Great Dark Spot' storms.
Northrop Grumman Names Spaceship for Fallen Apollo 1 Astronaut By Robert Z. Pearlman Northrop Grumman has named its next space station resupply ship after an astronaut who died in NASA's pursuit of the first moon landing.
Chemically, Earth Is Basically a Less Volatile Version of the Sun By Mindy Weisberger The elemental composition of Earth and sun are unexpectedly similar.
National Space Council Seeks Urgency in NASA Exploration Plans By Jeff Foust The National Space Council will likely press NASA at its upcoming meeting to speed up its plans to return humans to the moon.
