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Lyrid Meteor Shower 2018: When, Where & How to See It

April 21, 2018 | Article

In late April, skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere will get a view of the Lyrid meteor shower, the dusty trail of a comet with a centuries-long orbit around the sun.
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Lyrids: Leftovers of Comet Thatcher

April 21, 2018 | Reference

The Lyrid meteor shower has been observed for more than 2,700 years.
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The Most Amazing Space Photos This Week!

April 21, 2018 | Image Album

Here are our picks for the most amazing space photos of the week.
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This Week's Top Space Stories!

April 21, 2018 | Countdown

NASA's new exoplanet satellite launches successfully, Saturn played a part in the formation of Jupiter's four largest moons and the Senate finally confirms the new NASA administrator. These are just some of the top stories this week from Space.com.
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'Interplanetary Shock Wave' Spawns Electric-Blue Auroras

April 21, 2018 | Article

A moderate geomagnetic storm kicked up in Earth's skies this morning (April 20), bringing green and rare electric-blue auroras that stretched as far south as Indiana.
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Proton Launches Russian Military Communications Satellite

April 21, 2018 | Article

Russia's Proton rocket launched for the first time this year April 18 with a military communications satellite for the federation's ministry of defense.
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Mushroom Clouds Burst Through Neutron Stars, and NASA Can Watch It Happen

April 21, 2018 | Article

The energetic explosions release clouds of debris similar to those launched from nuclear explosions.
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Big Bang, Big Claim: Why This Bold Idea Is Right

April 21, 2018 | Article

At 13.8 billion years ago, our entire observable universe was the size of a peach and had a temperature of over a trillion degrees.
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New Shepard: Rocket for Space Tourism

April 20, 2018 | Reference

New Shepard is a rocket manufactured by Blue Origin for space tourism. It is designed to take up to six passengers into suborbital space inside of a crew capsule.
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Netflix Doc 'Mercury 13' Chronicles First US Women Tested for Spaceflight

April 20, 2018 | Article

A famous scene from space history gets an unexpected twist in the opening moments of "Mercury 13," a new hour-long documentary from Netflix and directors David Sington and Heather Walsh. "That is one small leap for a woman, another giant step for mankind.
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