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NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter spots debris on its leg on latest flight

By Elizabeth Howell published

NASA's Ingenuity drone on Mars had a piece of debris stuck to its leg during a recent flight. While it finished the flight without incident, engineers are assessing what happened.

Best telescopes for skywatching

Best telescopes 2022: Top picks for viewing planets, galaxies, stars and more

By Gemma Lavender published

Buying Guide Looking for the best telescopes available in 2022? We've listed them here in one handy guide for you.

Buying Guide
An illustration of the Mars Orbiter Mission in orbit around Mars.

India loses contact with Mars orbiter as spacecraft runs out of fuel (update)

By Robert Lea published

India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) may have finally reached the end of its operations after eight years spent orbiting the Red Planet.

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Pregnancy in space: Studying stem cells in zero gravity may determine whether it's safe

By Joanna Bridger, Emmanouil Karteris published

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Major solar flare disrupts Hurricane Ian disaster response

By Tereza Pultarova published

A major solar flare that erupted from the sun on Sunday caused a widespread radio blackout that may have affected emergency responders dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.

An image taken by the Landsat 9 satellite on Sept. 14, 2022, showing a volcanic eruption creating a small island at Home Reef in Tonga.

Newborn volcanic island spotted from space (satellite photo)

By Stefanie Waldek published

The NASA-USGS Landsat 9 satellite spotted an eruption at the Home Reef seamount in the Tonga Islands that produced a small island.

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Can stringy physics rescue the universe from a catastrophic transformation?

By Paul Sutter published

A new understanding inspired by string theory shows that our universe may be more stable than we previously thought.

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Near-Earth asteroid Ryugu was born in the outer solar system 4 billion years ago

By Robert Lea published

In 2019, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft collected samples from the asteroid Ryugu. Now, an analysis of these fragments has revealed Ryugu's history.

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Scientists need your help to confirm Jupiter-like exoplanets

By Stefanie Waldek published

Amateur astronomers can help verify discoveries by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite.

An artist's illustration of a super-Earth with liquid water and white clouds.

Super-Earths are more common and more habitable than Earth. Astronomers are finding more of the billions out there.

By Chris Impey published

Astronomers now routinely discover planets orbiting stars outside of the solar system — they're called exoplanets.

Milky Way Fermi Bubbles extending above and below the Milky Way

Gamma rays from a dwarf galaxy solve an astronomical puzzle

By Roland Crocker published

A glowing blob known as "the cocoon" has puzzled astronomers since it was discovered in 2012.

Mineral inclusion in a diamond, containing ringwoodite, enstatite and ferropericlase.

Rare diamonds suggest water lurks much deeper in Earth's interior than scientists thought

By Rebecca Sohn published

Clues about water in Earth's deep interior were recently extracted from rare diamonds.

half lit moon

See the moon appear half-lit during its closest first quarter phase tonight (Oct. 2)

By Robert Lea published

Skywatchers can see the moon half illuminated by the sun at the start of October during the closest first quarter moon of 2022.

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Missing element for life may be present in ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus

By Keith Cooper published

The underground ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus may contain significant amounts of phosphorus, which is vital for life as we know it.

From left to right: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, NASA’s Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, and cosmonaut Anna Kikina wave on Oct. 1, 2022, after arriving at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-5 mission launch.

SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts arrive at launch site for Oct. 5 liftoff

By Mike Wall published

The crewmembers of SpaceX's Crew-5 astronaut mission for NASA made it to Kennedy Space Center in Florida Saturday (Oct. 1), a few days later than originally planned due to Hurricane Ian.

Orionid meteors streak across the star-studded sky with silhouettes of trees in the foreground of the image.

Look up! See the Orionid meteor shower from Sunday (Oct. 2)

By Robert Lea published

The debris of Comet Halley will light up Earth's atmosphere throughout October

NASA's Jupiter-exploring spacecraft Juno made a close pass at the giant planet's ice-covered moon Europa on Sept. 29. 2022.

Space photos: The most amazing images this week!

By Doris Elin Urrutia published

An astrophotographer takes an epic composite image of Jupiter, NASA slams a spacecraft into an asteroid, and Hurricane Ian is monitored from space. These are some of this week's top stories.

A time-lapse view of the asteroid Dimorphos getting bigger as the DART spacecraft hit it.

The top space stories of the week!

By Doris Elin Urrutia published

NASA slams into an asteroid, astronomers analyze ancient mega-supernovas and an astronaut watches Hurricane Ian from space. These are some of this week's top stories.

This Week In Space Episode 31 investing in the stars

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 31 — Investing in the Stars

By Space.com Staff published

On today's This Week in Space, space venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson joins us to discuss SpaceX, investing in NewSpace and the future.

'Andor' is intelligent, enthralling sci-fi that should make other studios take note

By Scott Snowden published

Fingers crossed that "Andor" on Disney Plus will make other major studios realize that clever is cool, be it "Star Wars" or not.