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Astrophysicist Gianluca Masi, of The Virtual Telescope Project, photographed the full moon from Rome, Italy on Jan. 1, 2018.

See the 'Super Pink Moon' online in live webcasts today

By Hanneke Weitering

A "Super Pink Moon" will rise into the evening sky today (April 7), and you can watch it online with webcasts from The Virtual Telescope Project and Slooh.

Event Horizon Telescope spots weird black-hole jet mystery inside quasar

By Meghan Bartels

At the same time the Event Horizon Telescope was gathering data to create the first-ever image of a black hole, it was also observing an even stranger object.

A comparison of the apparent size of a perigee moon, or "supermoon," and an apogee moon (“minimoon”) as seen through Slooh's Half Meter Telescope at its Canary Islands Observatory in 2015.

Watch live today! Slooh webcasts the 'Super Pink Moon' @ 7:30 pm ET

By Space.com Staff

Astronomers with the Slooh online observatory will stream live views of the "Super Pink Moon" in a free webcast today (April 7) at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT). Watch it live here!

SpaceX's Dragon CRS-20 cargo ship departs the International Space Station on April 7, 2020 for a return to Earth, ending a month-long resupply mission to the outpost.

SpaceX Dragon cargo ship, the last of its kind, heads back to Earth from space station

By Tariq Malik

A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship is headed back to Earth today (April 7) to wrap up a successful resupply mission to the International Space Station. It's the end of an era for SpaceX.

SpaceX's Dragon CRS-20 cargo ship is attached to the International Space Station after being captured via robotic arm on March 9, 2020.

Watch live Today! SpaceX Dragon cargo ship to leave International Space Station

By Space.com Staff

A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship will depart the International Space Station today, April 7, and you can watch it live on NASA TV. Here's how.

Astronauts Story Musgrave, left, and Donald Peterson float about in the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Challenger during their April 7, 1983. It was the first spacewalk from a space shuttle.

On This Day in Space: April 7, 1983: 1st spacewalk from a NASA space shuttle

By Hanneke Weitering

On April 7, 1983, astronauts took the first spacewalk outside of a space shuttle during mission STS-6. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!

The full pink moon rises over Boston in this photo taken by Chris Cook on Wednesday (April 11). April's full moon isn't actually pink; it's named after the wild ground phlox, one of the first flowers to bloom in spring. Cook said the full moon appeared red-orange that evening due to the thick atmosphere, dust, haze and pollen in the air.

No, the 'Super Pink Moon' isn't really pink … though we wish it was

By Chelsea Gohd

As much as I (an avid lover of all things pink) would love for the "Super Pink Moon," which comes out tonight (April 7) to actually be pink, it won't be.

An artist's depiction of the BepiColombo spacecraft flying past Earth.

A spacecraft headed to Mercury will observe the moon this week during an Earth flyby

By Meghan Bartels

The moon will stun skywatchers this evening (April 7) with the biggest full moon of the year, but later this week humans will catch a very different view of our companion, in infrared light.

'Super Pink Moon' rises tonight! Teach your kids about the biggest full moon of 2020

By Chelsea Gohd

Tonight (April 7), if you look up at the night sky, you'll see the "Super Pink Moon," the biggest supermoon of the year, shining big and bright.

Trailblazing astronomer Margaret Burbidge, who helped reveal what happens inside stars, dies at 100

By Meghan Bartels

Margaret Burbidge, an astronomer who made vital contributions to our understanding of what happens inside stars and who worked on instruments that flew on the Hubble Space Telescope, has died at 100.

The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is pictured at the company’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility in Florida, undergoing inspection after its Orbital Flight Test.

Boeing will launch a 2nd uncrewed test flight of its Starliner spacecraft for NASA

By Mike Wall

Boeing announced Monday (April 6) that it will conduct a second uncrewed flight test of its Starliner capsule for astronauts after a problematic debut in December 2019.

Uranus is uniquely tipped over among the planets in our solar system. Uranus' moons and rings are also orientated this way, suggesting they formed during a cataclysmic impact which tipped it over early in its history.

What smacked Uranus on its side? Something icy and as massive as Earth, scientists say.

By Mike Wall

Astronomers have worked out details of the giant impact that knocked Uranus so famously askew.

Skywatcher Tim McCord of Entiat, Washington caught this amazing view of the March 19, 2011 full moon - called a supermoon because the moon was at perigee, the closest point to Earth in its orbit - using a camera-equipped telescope.

April's Super Pink Moon is the biggest full moon of 2020. Here's what to expect.

By Joe Rao

On Tuesday (April 7), the moon will arrive at its closest point to Earth in 2020 a few hours before becoming full. This "supermoon" will be the biggest of the year — but you may not see a difference.

Artist's illustration of mining activity on the moon.

Trump signs executive order to support moon mining, tap asteroid resources

By Mike Wall

The lunar resources that will help the United States establish a long-term human presence on and around the moon are there for the taking, the White House believes.

Astrophotographer Chris Schur captured this image of Comet ATLAS from Payson, Arizona, on March 29, 2020. He created this 45-minute exposure using a 10-inch Orion Astrograph and a ST10XME CCD camera.

Bright Comet ATLAS could blaze into view this month

By Joe Rao

Already visible in telescopes and high-power binoculars, the comet may be bright enough to see with the naked eye by the end of April.

The full moon of April, called the Pink Moon, occurs Tuesday, April 7. It will be the biggest "supermoon" of the year!

April Full Moon 2020: 'Super Pink Moon,' the biggest of the year, rises Tuesday

By Jesse Emspak

The full moon of April, called the Pink Moon, occurs Tuesday, April 7. It will be the biggest "supermoon" of the year!

An image taken in March by ESA's Mars Express orbiter shows Jupiter and Saturn moving across the Martian sky.

This is what Jupiter and Saturn look like from Mars

By Meghan Bartels

If you've caught a splendid look at Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in the past few weeks, get ready for a major perspective shift.

Saturn's moons Rhea and Janus tango on opposite sides of the planet's famous ring system in this new color-enhanced image from NASA's Cassini orbiter. Rhea, Saturn's second-largest moon, is visible in the foreground, while the smaller moon Janus is pictured in the distance across the rings. Citizen scientist Kevin Gill recently processed this 10-year-old view of Saturn and two of its moons using calibrated red, green and blue filtered images captured by the Cassini spacecraft on March 28, 2010.

Pictures from space! Our image of the day

By Space.com Staff

Saturn's moons Rhea and Janus tango on opposite sides of the planet's famous ring system in this new color-enhanced image from NASA's Cassini orbiter.

If the U.S. wants to send humans to Mars in the 2030s, it may have to rely on nuclear-fission-powered spacecraft to cut the travel time down to three to four months.

Private companies find role in developing nuclear power for space travel

By JoAnna Wendel

The private sector wants to bring nuclear power to space to enable faster and more efficient space travel.

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus shoots plumes of ocean water out into space, making the world a tempting target for the search for life.

Next stop, Enceladus? Scientists make their case for a mission to Saturn's icy moon

By Meghan Bartels

NASA is headed to Saturn's largest moon, Titan — but some scientists hope to convince the agency to send another mission to Titan's neighbor, Enceladus, to look for signs of life.