Perseid meteor shower of 2022 thrills stargazers despite bright moon (photos) By Tariq Malik published 13 August 22 Stargazers around the world captured some dazzling views of the Perseid meteor shower as it peaked overnight Friday and Saturday (Aug. 12-13)
'For All Mankind' showrunners discuss the explosive season 3 finale By Robert Z. Pearlman published 13 August 22 What could more pivotal to NASA history than landing the first humans on Mars? As revealed in the season 3 finale of "For All Mankind," the answer could be much more terrestrial. Warning: spoilers.
See the huge solar wings of China's space station in motion above Earth (video) By Andrew Jones published 13 August 22 China’s space station recently gained a new module and with it a pair of huge, solar energy-capturing “wings” that can rotate as the outpost orbits the Earth.
On This Day In Space: Aug. 13, 2014: WorldView-3 Earth-observing satellite launches into orbit By Hanneke Weitering published 13 August 22 On Aug. 13, 2014, a company called DigitalGlobe launched WorldView-3, what was then the sharpest-eyed satellite of all time.
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 24 — Reinventing NASA By Space.com Staff published 13 August 22 Rod Pyle and Geoffrey Notkin chat with former senior NASA official Lori Garver about how her time at the agency created winds of change.
Space photos: The most amazing images this week! By Elizabeth Howell published 13 August 22 See the best photos on Space.com this week.
The top space stories of the week! By Elizabeth Howell published 13 August 22 Astronomers go fishing for an interstellar magnet, SpaceX faces down space debris 'squalls', and North Korea's ICBM intentions are unclear.
Mars enters the evening sky tonight, here's how to find the Red Planet By Elizabeth Howell published 13 August 22 Look for Mars low on the eastern horizon Saturday (Aug. 13) as the Red Planet comes into the evening sky, shining with Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus.
Moon and Jupiter get together late Sunday night By Joe Rao published 13 August 22 Check out the king of the planets meeting up with the moon on Aug. 14, throughout most of the night.
Supernova 'wreckage' blasts out cosmic rays in deep space By Robert Lea published 12 August 22 New evidence suggests the culprit for the cosmic assault presented by cosmic rays may be the shock waves from exploding stars.
SpaceX launches 46 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on drone ship By Elizabeth Howell published 12 August 22 SpaceX sent a batch of 46 Starlink satellites into orbit Friday (Aug. 12) at 5:40 p.m. EDT (2140 GMT). The target orbit seems prone to space debris from a Russian anti-satellite test.
VP Kamala Harris pledges new 'rules framework' for commercial space By Elizabeth Howell published 12 August 22 U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, also the chair of the National Space Council, says the 'outdated' rules governing commercial space will be addressed starting Sept. 9.
Radioactive heat in Ceres drove dwarf planet's fractured geology By Charles Q. Choi published 12 August 22 A new model exploring the dwarf planet Ceres suggests radioactivity deep in the small world may have created criss-crossed geology at its surface.
Rocket Lab plans another helicopter catch later this year By Elizabeth Howell published 12 August 22 The company says data so far from May's first epic helicopter snatch shows a lot of success, even though they let it go into the water.
Enormous sinkhole wide enough to swallow the White House opens in Chile By Brandon Specktor published 12 August 22 A massive sinkhole measuring more than 100 feet across has opened on mining land in Chile, according to the government's geology mining service.
NASA satellite captures Sahara Desert dust plume over the Atlantic Ocean By Stefanie Waldek published 12 August 22 NASA's Aqua satellite photographed plumes of dust being drawn from Africa's Sahara Desert and sent across the Atlantic towards the United States and the Caribbean.
How to watch NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission briefings and megarocket rollout next week By Tariq Malik published 12 August 22 You can learn about NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission science and watch its SLS megarocket roll to the launch pad in webcasts next week.
New rules needed to fix growing space debris problem, FCC says By Elizabeth Howell published 12 August 22 The FCC opened a new inquiry Aug. 5 focusing on how space manufacturing may help the fight against space debris — or hinder it.
'Bouncing' universe theory still can't explain what came first By Robert Lea published 12 August 22 New research highlights a troubling problem with the concept of a cyclical universe that experiences infinite expansion and contraction, known as 'bouncing universe' models.
'Gigantic jet' that shot into space may be the most powerful lightning bolt ever detected By Brandon Specktor published 12 August 22 Scientists detected the most powerful gigantic jet lightning bolt — a lightning bolt that shoots up out of a cloud into the ionosphere — ever.
