'Ad Astra' Review: Brad Pitt Goes Interplanetary in a Stunning Space Epic By Scott Snowden Moon pirates, killer space monkeys and some serious father issues are all thrown at Brad Pitt in 'Ad Astra.'
On This Day in Space! Sept. 20, 1970: Luna 16 Lands on the Moon By Hanneke Weitering On Sept. 20, 1970, the Soviet Union's Luna 16 moon probe landed on the moon to retrieve a soil sample. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!
We Could Chase Down Interstellar Comet Borisov by 2045 By Mike Wall We could get an up-close look at our solar system's latest interstellar interloper a quarter century from now if we so desired, a new study suggests.
Long-Standing Problem of 'Golden Ratio' and Other Irrational Numbers Solved with 'Magical Simplicity' By Leila Sloman - Scientific American Mathematicians have finally proved a conjecture on approximating numbers with fractions.
Look Out Below! Japan's Hayabusa2 Drops Target Markers on Asteroid Ryugu By Meghan Bartels Japan's asteroid-exploring spacecraft has practiced its last task before heading home — and it made a nifty image as well.
'Alien Megastructure' Star May Not Be So Special After All By Charles Q. Choi More mysteriously dimming stars have been spotted.
China's Lunar Rover Scopes Out Weird Substance on Far Side of the Moon (Photos) By Andrew Jones China's lunar exploration program has released images that give us a glimpse of the mysterious material discovered on the far side of the moon.
China Launches 5 New Earth Observation Satellites into Orbit (Video) By Hanneke Weitering A Chinese Long March 11 rocket successfully launched five new remote-sensing satellites today (Sept. 19).
Students Worldwide Mobilize for Climate Action By Mindy Weisberger On Friday (Sept. 20), students around the world will walk out of their classrooms and gather in coordinated protests to highlight the global crisis created by climate change.
Time Is Running Out for India to Save Its Silent Moon Lander By Meghan Bartels Even as its orbiter settles into work, India's hopes of resurrecting its moon lander are quickly evaporating as the country marks two weeks from its attempt to softly touch down on the lunar surface.
Pictures from Space! Our Image of the Day By SPACE.com Staff City lights around the Nile River and its delta sparkle by night in this stunning view from the International Space Station.
SpaceX Seeks Property Buyouts Near Starhopper Launch Site in Texas: Report By Elizabeth Howell SpaceX wants to buy out the properties of residents in a community located only a few miles away its Starhopper launch site in south Texas, according to a report.
Indian Moon Probe's Failure Won't Stop an Asian Space Race That Threatens Regional Security By Wendy Whitman Cobb These types of missions are one way to achieve international prestige. But they also peacefully demonstrate capabilities that could be used in conflict.
UFOs Are Real — and You Were Never Supposed to See Them, Military Official Says By Brandon Specktor Remember those viral UFO videos you saw last year? The government would like you to forget them, please.
No Space Crash: Dead Russian Satellite Just Missed an Old Habitat Prototype in Orbit By Mike Wall There was a 5.6% chance that Bigelow Aerospace's Genesis II experimental habitat and Russia's defunct Cosmos 1300 satellite would collide early this morning (Sept. 18). But it didn't happen.
NASA Reveals New Gateway Logo for Artemis Lunar Orbit Way Station By Robert Z. Pearlman NASA's effort to build and deploy a small space station in orbit around the moon now has its own logo.
Asteroid Dust Triggered an Explosion of Life on Earth 466 Million Years Ago By Meghan Bartels Consider the possibility that an asteroid may have transformed the picture of life on Earth — but forget the dinosaurs and the massive crater, and rewind an extra 400 million years.
Hermes Regolith Experiment in Space Takes Aim at Moon Dirt and Asteroid Landings By Kasandra Brabaw By 2024, NASA plans to land the next two people on the moon, including the first woman who will ever walk on the lunar surface.
NASA Moon Orbiter Fails to Spot India's Lunar Lander: Report By Leonard David NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has reportedly failed to spot India’s Chandrayaan-2 lunar lander, which apparently crashed during its Sept. 6 touchdown attempt.
How to Feed a Mars Colony of 1 Million People By Charles Q. Choi What might it take to feed a million people on Mars? Lab-grown meat, tunnel-grown crops and cricket farms, a new study finds.
