Artificial intelligence could help hunt for life on Mars and other alien worlds By Robert Lea published 25 March 23 A newly developed machine-learning tool could help scientists search for signs of life on Mars and other alien worlds.
How to watch Ceres, a dwarf planet 14 times smaller than Pluto, photobomb a spiral galaxy this weekend By Jamie Carter published 25 March 23 Watch live online as the dwarf planet Ceres swoops in front of the 'grand design' spiral galaxy Messier 100 this weekend.
Watch Indian rocket launch final 36 OneWeb satellites tonight (March 25) By Mike Wall published 25 March 23 India's most powerful rocket is scheduled to launch the final 36 satellites for OneWeb's internet constellation Saturday night (March 25), and you can watch the action live.
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 54 —You have questions, we have answers! (maybe) By Space.com Staff last updated 25 March 23 From secret Russian rockets to alien physiology to alien motherships lurking in our solar system, Rod and Tariq tackle the vexing questions of our time on This Week In Space. We might even be right!
On This Day In Space: March 25, 1655: Christiaan Huygens discovers Saturn's moon Titan By Hanneke Weitering last updated 25 March 23 On March 25, 1655, Saturn's moon Titan was discovered by the Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens.
'65' star Adam Driver asks NASA about the asteroid threat to Earth (video) By Robert Lea published 25 March 23 Adam Driver, star of the new movie "65," quizzed NASA about the dangers of asteroids and the success of the DART mission.
See the moon shine next to the Pleiades star cluster tonight (March 25) By Robert Lea published 25 March 23 The waxing crescent moon will visit the Pleiades tonight (March 25) passing this densely packed bright star cluster also known as "the Seven Sisters" in the evening.
Alien mothership lurking in our solar system could be watching us with tiny probes, Pentagon official suggests By Hannah Osborne published 25 March 23 A draft paper by a Harvard scientist and the head of the Pentagon's UFO office has raised the idea an alien mothership could be in the solar system, sending out tiny probes dubbed "dandelion seeds" to explore the planets within.
Watch skyscraper-sized asteroid zoom near Earth tonight (March 25) in free livestream By Mike Wall published 25 March 23 The near-Earth asteroid 2023 DZ2 will pass within 107,500 miles (173,000 kilometers) of Earth today (March 25), and you can watch the flyby live online.
See the moon turn blood red in this stunning lunar eclipse video By Miguel Claro published 24 March 23 A new time lapse showcases the incredible view during a lunar eclipse, which will help us wait out the two-year drought until a new blood moon appears in our skies.
Uranus grows a smoggy cap while Jupiter's Red Spot keeps shrinking, Hubble telescope reveals (photos) By Tereza Pultarova published 24 March 23 New images of Uranus and Jupiter taken by the Hubble Space Telescopes reveal slow weather changes on these giant, distant planets.
Skywatchers enjoy surprise auroras as strongest solar storm in years hits Earth (photos) By Tereza Pultarova published 24 March 23 A surprise solar storm supercharged auroras across the U.S. and Europe last night (March 23), with sightings of the colorful displays reported from as far south as New Mexico and Arizona.
Boeing Starliner's 1st astronaut mission delayed to May at the earliest By Mike Wall published 24 March 23 Boeing and NASA had been targeting April for Starliner's Crew Flight Test, but the astronaut mission will now launch after the private Ax-2 flight, which is targeted for early May.
Blue Origin says it finally knows what caused its New Shepard rocket launch to fail last year By Mike Wall published 24 March 23 The September 2022 in-flight failure of Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital vehicle was caused by a problem with the vehicle's engine nozzle, the company announced on Friday (March 24).
SpaceX launches 56 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea By Mike Wall last updated 24 March 23 SpaceX launched its 20th mission of the year on Friday (March 24), sending 56 of its Starlink internet satellites skyward and landing the returning rocket on a ship at sea.
Here's what the sky would look like if humans could see gamma rays (video) By Robert Lea published 24 March 23 A new NASA animation created using data from the Large Area Telescope aboard NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope shows the sky lit up by gamma-ray flashes.
Pictures from space! Our image of the day By Space.com Staff published 24 March 23 A surprise solar storm supercharged auroras across the U.S. tonight with colorful displays visible as far south as New Mexico.
NASA investigates veteran Mars orbiter to solve a missing fuel mystery By Robert Lea published 24 March 23 NASA engineers have solved the mystery of the Mars Odyssey orbiter's missing fuel, after estimates suggested the veteran spacecraft could be running on empty.
Strongest solar storm in nearly 6 years slams into Earth catching forecasters by surprise By Daisy Dobrijevic published 24 March 23 A stealthy solar storm surprised forecasters, causing spaceflight delays and incredible aurora displays as far south as New Mexico.
Hubble telescope captures galactic jellyfish with bright tendrils of star formation (photo) By Samantha Mathewson published 24 March 23 A distant spiral galaxy boasts bright streams of star-forming gas dripping from its central disk like tentacles of a jellyfish in a new Hubble Space Telescope photo.
