Celebrate the 'Taco Moon' with a free taco from Taco Bell tonight! By Hanneke Weitering The last quarter moon will shine like a big, cheesy taco in the sky tonight (May 4), and Taco Bell is celebrating the lunar phase by giving away free tacos.
Celebrate Star Wars Day with an explosive premiere of 'The Bad Batch' on Disney Plus By Jeff Spry Meet the bad boys of Clone Force 99 in "The Bad Batch," 16-episode spinoff of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" on Disney Plus.
Rocket debris from China's space station launch is falling back to Earth — but where? By Elizabeth Howell A large Chinese rocket is set to make an uncontrolled reentry back into Earth's atmosphere, but it is not yet clear exactly where or when the debris will hit our planet.
Florida lawmakers protect spacecraft parts from finders, keepers By Robert Z. Pearlman On its way to a splashdown with four astronauts, SpaceX's Crew Dragon "Resilience" shed some of its parts. If you find them, you can't keep them.
'Star Wars: The High Republic: Into the Dark' is only 99 cents for May the 4th By Elizabeth Howell Claudia Gray's 'Into the Dark' e-book is on sale through May 7 for Star Wars Day 2021.
Star Wars video games are up to 75% off for May the 4th By Elizabeth Howell Popular "Star Wars" video game titles are up to 75 percent off, just in time for the annual May the 4th celebration Tuesday (May 4).
Former Senator Bill Nelson sworn in as new NASA Administrator By Chelsea Gohd There's a new NASA chief in town. Today (May 3), former U.S. senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), 78, was sworn in as the agency's 14th administrator.
Pictures from space! Our image of the day By Space.com Staff The Crew Dragon Resilience capsule captured from the International Space Station as it zoomed through the atmosphere during Crew-1's return to Earth.
Dark matter could be destroying itself inside the bellies of exoplanets By Adam Mann Researchers propose learning more about dark matter by looking for its effects inside exoplanets.
Space junk is blocking our view of the stars, scientists say By Ben Turner The increasing number of satellites and space debris orbiting Earth could prevent astronomers from making crucial discoveries.
The youngest exoplanet found by the Hubble telescope is the size of Jupiter (and still growing) By Chelsea Gohd The Hubble Space Telescope peered out into the cosmos, 379 light-years from Earth, and spotted a giant planet forming, the youngest planet ever spotted by the space telescope.
Europe plans to launch space telescope to monitor orbital debris By Tereza Pultarova The European Space Agency wants to launch an orbiting telescope to monitor small pieces of space debris only a few millimeters in size to reduce risk of damaging collisions.
SpaceX Crew Dragon makes 1st nighttime splashdown with US astronauts since Apollo era By Meghan Bartels A SpaceX Dragon capsule returned four astronauts to Earth early Sunday (May 2) in the first nighttime splashdown of a NASA crew since Apollo 8 in 1968.
Exclusive Peek: Soar Inside 'The Art Of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge' By Jeff Spry A new, deluxe "making-of" book revealsg the Imagineering magic behind Disney's amazing "Star Wars"-themed land.
Disney Imagineers reveal new robotic 'Baby Groot' in new video By Jeff Spry Walt Disney Imagineering R&D is building an adorable dancing robotic Baby Groot for its theme parks.
Is there anything beyond the universe? By Paul Sutter What's beyond the known limits? What lies outside the boundary of the universe? The answer is … well, it's complicated.
SpaceX's Crew-1 astronaut mission to the International Space Station in photos By Space.com Staff See photos of the SpaceX Crew-1 mission, the first operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.
SpaceX's Crew-1 astronaut mission for NASA: Live updates By Space.com Staff SpaceX plans to launch the first operational flight of its Crew Dragon astronaut taxi to the International Space Station on Nov. 14, 2020.
SpaceX Dragon leaves space station for NASA's 1st nighttime crew splashdown since 1968 By Amy Thompson SpaceX's first long-duration astronaut mission is coming to an end, with a Dragon capsule undocking from the International Space Station and headed for a splashdown Sunday.
