Bernie Sanders in space! These inauguration mitten memes are out of this world By Hanneke Weitering After casually stopping by President Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday (Jan. 20), Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont set out on a tour of the universe — sort of.
Exclusive: Avasarala and Bobbie sink deeper into a black market weapons ring in 'The Expanse #2' By Jeff Spry Writer Corrina Bechko and artist Alejandro Aragon fill in the gaps between Season 4 and Season 5 of "The Expanse" with Boom! Studios.
SpaceX's Starship SN9 prototype fires engines again to prep for test flight By Mike Wall The Starship SN9 vehicle performed its fifth-ever static fire Friday morning (Jan. 22), gearing up for a high-altitude test flight in the coming days.
Dawn Aerospace aims to launch New Zealand's 1st space plane from a conventional airport By Elizabeth Howell Dawn Aerospace has received approval to fly a suborbital space plane from a conventional airport in New Zealand.
A moon rock in the Oval Office: President Joe Biden's lunar display By Robert Z. Pearlman Joe Biden was three weeks from taking office as a freshman U.S. senator when the moon rock that is now on display in the White House was collected by astronauts on the lunar surface.
Mystery particle may explain extreme X-rays shooting from the 'Magnificent 7' stars By Stephanie Pappas Particles called axions may be the reason the 'Magnificent 7' cluster of neutron stars emits extreme X-rays.
Pictures from space! Our image of the day By Space.com Staff NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins flashes a big smile in a photo posted by the International Space Station on Jan. 21, 2021.
SpaceX to launch dozens of satellites on Transporter-1 flight Saturday and you can watch it live By Amy Thompson SpaceX is preparing one of its veteran rockets to launch a stack of small satellites into space on Saturday (Jan. 23). Here's how to watch.
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Watch live Saturday: SpaceX launching Transporter-1 satellite rideshare mission @ 9:40am ET By Space.com Staff A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Transporter-1 rideshare mission with dozens of satellites from Cape Canaveral on Saturday, Jan. 23, at 9:40 a.m. EST (1440 GMT). Watch it live!
'Out Astronaut' contest accepting submissions until Jan. 31 By Chelsea Gohd The Out Astronaut Contest is now accepting submissions until Jan. 31.
Elon Musk says he's donating $100 million for carbon-capture tech prize By Mike Wall Elon Musk is putting a big chunk of change into the fight against climate change.
Kerbal Space Program 2 will launch Kerbonauts with wild new hairdos and emotions By Elizabeth Howell The developers of the popular "Kerbal Space Program" from Private Division and Intercept Games revealed the true nature of their astronauts (Kerbals) in a recent YouTube video.
'Symbiotic stars' caught snacking on each other outside the Milky Way By Nola Taylor Redd Stars snacking on their companions outside the Milky Way have been precisely mapped and measured for the first time.
On This Day in Space! Jan. 22, 2003: Pioneer 10 beams last signal to Earth By Hanneke Weitering On January 22, 2003, NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft beams its last data transmission back to Earth. See how it happened in our "On This Day In Space" series!
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You can see Uranus, Mars and the moon get close in a rare night sky sight tonight By Chelsea Gohd Look up tonight (Jan. 21) to see Uranus and Mars nestled together in the night sky.
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft software passes qualification review for next NASA test flight By Elizabeth Howell The uncrewed test flight will launch in March.
Did water once flow through meteorites? By Charles Q. Choi Water may have recently flowed within meteorites, suggesting the asteroids they broke off from may bear ice, a new study finds.
Powerful cosmic eruptions traced to brilliant 'magnetar' in nearby galaxy By Charles Q. Choi Astronomers may have captured the first good look at giant flares from the strongest magnets in the universe.