Rocket Lab launches microsatellite to orbit in its 1st mission of 2021 By Mike Wall A two-stage Electron booster lifted off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand launch site today (Jan. 20) at 2:26 a.m. EST (0726 GMT), carrying a single microsatellite to orbit.
Watch live Wednesday: SpaceX launching another batch of Starlink satellites By Space.com Staff A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 60 more Starlink broadband satellites Wednesday (Jan. 20) at 8:02 a.m. EST (1302 GMT). Here's how to watch live.
Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin gets COVID-19 vaccine By Chelsea Gohd Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, who landed on the moon over 51 years ago, received his first COVID-19 vaccine yesterday (Jan. 18).
Earth is hotter than ever — So what happens next? By Chelsea Gohd This week, NASA revealed that 2020 tied with 2016 as the hottest year on record. So what does this mean for the future of our planet and life on Earth?
Space photo app 'spelfie' lets you attend President-elect Biden's inauguration virtually By Mike Wall You can put yourself on the scene virtually for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration Wednesday (Jan. 20), thanks to the space-photo app Spelfie.
NASA knows what caused the early engine shutdown of its 1st SLS moon rocket during major test By Mike Wall The core stage of NASA's giant Space Launch System moon rocket is in good shape despite its early shutdown during a crucial test this past weekend, agency officials said.
NASA Parker Solar Probe nails close flyby of sun as its space weather cycle ramps up By Meghan Bartels NASA's Parker Solar Probe spacecraft kicked off the new year with another close approach to the sun on Sunday (Jan. 17) as the sun's activity picks up from a lull when the probe launched.
Pictures from space! Our image of the day By Space.com Staff This stunning, sandy, sienna-hued landscape is the Tanezrouft Basin (a desolate region of the Sahara Desert) as seen by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 from space.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe could make a 2nd stop at infamous asteroid Apophis By Meghan Bartels Hot on the heels of successfully snagging hunks of space rock in October, the scientists behind NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission are contemplating sending the spacecraft to study the asteroid Apophis.
Pluto's atmosphere gets its blue haze from icy organic compounds, study suggests By Charles Q. Choi The haze shrouding Pluto might be made up of ice crystals possessing cyanide hearts, a new study finds.
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SpaceX will launch its 1st Starlink satellites of 2021 on Wednesday. Here's how to watch. By Amy Thompson SpaceX will launch its first batch of Starlink satellites in 2021 on Tuesday (Jan. 19) to expand the company's growing megaconstellation and you can watch the action live online.
On This Day in Space! Jan. 19, 2006: New Horizons launches to Pluto! By Hanneke Weitering On Jan. 19, 2006, NASA launched a spacecraft to Pluto! See how it happened in our "On This Day In Space" series!
Now-dead radio telescope finds bizarre venomous-spider star By Rafi Letzter Data from the now-destroyed Arecibo radio telescope has revealed a bizarre new type of hybrid venomous spider star.
A neutron-star crash spotted 3 years ago is still pumping out X-rays. But why? By Meghan Bartels Three years ago, two neutron stars collided in a cataclysmic crash, the first such merger ever observed directly. Naturally, scientists kept their eye on it — and now, something strange is happening.
Citizen scientists create 3D map of brown dwarfs in our sun's neighborhood By Samantha Mathewson A citizen scientist group has created the most complete map to date of brown dwarfs neighboring our solar system.
Virgin Orbit launches 10 satellites to orbit in landmark test flight By Mike Wall Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket reached orbit today (Jan. 17) on its second test flight — and also successfully deployed 10 satellites.
