Manual Command Likely Caused Israeli Moon Lander's Crash By Leonard David A preliminary investigation puts the apparent blame for Beresheet's April 11 moon crash on a "manual command" that was entered into the spacecraft's computer.
Boom! Another Neutron-Star Crash Spotted By Mike Wall Astronomers have apparently spotted another epic neutron-star crash — and they didn't need gravitational waves to do it.
A Rocket Launch to the Space Station Today Could Be Visible Along US East Coast! By Chelsea Gohd Today, Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket will launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Check for it in the afternoon sky.
Asteroid Hunting Mission Releases 5th Year of Data By Meghan Bartels If the idea of an asteroid slamming into Earth keeps you up at night, spare a thought for a mission called NEOWISE, which reincarnated a former astrophysics spacecraft to hunt for nearby space rocks.
Space Calendar 2019: Launches, Sky Events & More By Hanneke Weitering Here's a guide to the major astronomical events of the next year, as well as space launches and milestones for spacecraft already in travel.
NASA Astronaut Christina Koch Will Spend Nearly a Year in Space By Meghan Bartels NASA astronaut Christina Koch is going to break a record on her first spaceflight, the agency announced yesterday (April 16).
Here's How Scientists Turned the World Into a Telescope (to See a Black Hole) By Meghan Bartels It took eight telescopes across the planet a week to produce the black hole image that stunned the world last week, but it took scientists much longer to teach those instruments to work together.
Did NASA Experiment Survive Israeli Moon Lander's Crash? By Leonard David A NASA piggyback experiment may have survived the April 11 crash of Israel's Beresheet moon lander, experts said.
You Can Watch a Cygnus Cargo Ship Launch to the Space Station Today! Here's How By Chelsea Gohd This launch is one you won't want to miss.
Physicists Think You Could Be Rescued from a Black Hole — But Don't Risk It By Rafi Letzter Researchers have developed a new, unspeakably dangerous, and incredibly slow method of crossing the universe. It involves wormholes linking special black holes that probably don't exist.
Rocket Stage Launched 10 Years Ago Disintegrates into Trail of Space Junk (Video) By Mindy Weisberger The breakup created a cloud of space debris.
Budweiser Brews Limited Lager for Moon Landing 50th Anniversary By Robert Z. Pearlman Budweiser has brewed a new limited edition beer in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.
Tiny Robots, Wearable Tech and More Weird Science Will Launch to Space Station Wednesday By Chelsea Gohd Two little robots, wearable tech and more weird science will launch to the International Space Station in a Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft.
Pepsi Drops Plans to Use Orbital Billboard By Jeff Foust Pepsi says it will not pursue plans to advertise its products in space using a Russian startup.
The First Known Interstellar Meteor May Have Hit Earth in 2014 By Charles Q. Choi The first meteor to hit Earth from interstellar space — and the second observed interstellar visitor overall — may have just been discovered, a new study finds.
Owen Garriott, Skylab and Space Shuttle Astronaut, Dies at 88 By Robert Z. Pearlman Owen Garriott, a Skylab and space shuttle astronaut who was the first to use amateur radio from orbit, has died at the age of 88
Discovery! 3rd Planet Found in Two-Star 'Tatooine' Star System By Mike Wall A third world lurks in the two-star Kepler-47 system, and it's bigger than its two previously known siblings, a new study reports.
Rare Comet Fragment Found Inside Rocky Meteorite By Elizabeth Howell Researchers have found a piece of a comet — an object made up of ice and dust — inside of a space rock known as a stony meteorite.
NASA's TESS Exoplanet Mission Finds 1st Earth-Size Alien World By Mike Wall The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite spotted the planet, as well as a weird "sub-Neptune" world, circling the star HD 21749, which lies about 53 light-years from Earth.
'Captain Marvel' Is Full of Space (and 90s) Easter Eggs By Elizabeth Howell Easter comes a bit early for space fans of "Captain Marvel," since the film is embedded with space-related Easter eggs for attentive viewers.
